* 202 BC – Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage.
* 439 – The Vandals, led by King
Gaiseric
Gaiseric ( – 25 January 477), also known as Geiseric or Genseric ( la, Gaisericus, Geisericus; reconstructed Vandalic: ) was King of the Vandals and Alans (428–477), ruling a kingdom he established, and was one of the key players in the dif ...
, take Carthage in North Africa.
* 1216 – King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry.
* 1386 – The
Universität Heidelberg
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Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württember ...
holds its first lecture, making it the oldest German university.
*
1453
Year 1453 ( MCDLIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1453rd year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 453rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 15th century, and the 4 ...
–
Hundred Years' War
The Hundred Years' War (; 1337–1453) was a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of England and France during the Late Middle Ages. It originated from disputed claims to the French throne between the English House of Plantagen ...
: Three months after the Battle of Castillon, England loses its last possessions in southern France.
*
1466
Year 1466 ( MCDLXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. It is one of eight years (CE) to contain each Roman numeral once (1000(M)+(-100(C)+500(D))+50(L)+10(X)+5(V)+1(I) = 1466).
...
Ferdinand II of Aragon
Ferdinand II ( an, Ferrando; ca, Ferran; eu, Errando; it, Ferdinando; la, Ferdinandus; es, Fernando; 10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516), also called Ferdinand the Catholic (Spanish: ''el Católico''), was King of Aragon and Sardinia fro ...
marries Isabella I of Castile, a marriage that paves the way to the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country, Spain.
* 1512 –
Martin Luther
Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation and the namesake of Lutherani ...
1596
Events
January–June
* January 6– 20 – An English attempt led by Francis Drake to cross the Isthmus of Panama ends in defeat.
* January 28 – Francis Drake dies of dysentery off Portobelo.
* February 14 – Archbishop John Whitgi ...
– The Spanish ship '' San Felipe'' runs aground on the coast of Japan and its cargo is confiscated by local authorities
1781
Events
January–March
* January – William Pitt the Younger, later Prime Minister of Great Britain, enters Parliament, aged 21.
* January 1 – Industrial Revolution: The Iron Bridge opens across the River Severn ...
–
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...
: The
siege of Yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, or the German battle (from the presence of Germans in all three armies), beginning on September 28, 1781, and ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virg ...
comes to an end.
*
1789
Events
January–March
* January – Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès publishes the pamphlet ''What Is the Third Estate?'' ('), influential on the French Revolution.
* January 7 – The 1788-89 United States presidential electio ...
–
John Jay
John Jay (December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, patriot, diplomat, abolitionist, signatory of the Treaty of Paris, and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as the second governor of New York and the f ...
is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
*
1805
After thirteen years the First French Empire abolished the French Republican Calendar in favour of the Gregorian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 11 – The Michigan Territory is created.
* February 7 – King Anouvong become ...
– War of the Third Coalition: Austrian General Mack surrenders his army to Napoleon at the Battle of Ulm.
* 1812 – The French invasion of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow.
* 1813 – War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon is forced to retreat from Germany after the Battle of Leipzig.
* 1864 –
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and t ...
: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.
* 1864 – American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob three banks in Saint Albans, Vermont.
* 1866 – In accordance with the Treaty of Vienna, Austria cedes Veneto and Mantua to France, which immediately awards them to Italy in exchange for the earlier Italian acquiescence to the French annexation of Savoy and Nice.
* 1900 – Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
1901–present
*
1912
Events January
* January 1 – The Republic of China is established.
* January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens.
* January 6
** German geophysicist Alfred ...
– Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
* 1914 –
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
1921
Events
January
* January 2
** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in Brazil.
** The Spanish liner ''Santa Isabel'' bre ...
– The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.
*
1922
Events
January
* January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes.
* January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
– British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the
coalition government
A coalition government is a form of government in which political parties cooperate to form a government. The usual reason for such an arrangement is that no single party has achieved an absolute majority after an election, an atypical outcome in ...
with the Liberal Party.
* 1935 – The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
* 1943 – The cargo vessel ''Sinfra'' is attacked by Allied aircraft at Crete and sunk. Two thousand and ninety-eight Italian prisoners of war drown with it.
* 1943 – Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
*
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...
Korean War
{{Infobox military conflict
, conflict = Korean War
, partof = the Cold War and the Korean conflict
, image = Korean War Montage 2.png
, image_size = 300px
, caption = Clockwise from top:{ ...
: The Battle of Pyongyang ends in a United Nations victory. Hours later, the Chinese Army begins crossing the border into Korea.
* 1950 – Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the
Point Four Program
The Point Four Program was a technical assistance program for "developing countries" announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address on January 20, 1949. It took its name from the fact that it was the fourth foreign ...
.
*
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangs ...
– The General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union approves the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest.
*
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...
– The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.
*
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
– The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
* 1973 – President Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
* 1974 – Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
* 1984 – A Roman Catholic priest, Jerzy Popiełuszko, associated with the Solidarity Union, is killed by three agents of the Polish Communist internal intelligence agency.
*
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal en ...
– The president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.
* 1987 – The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
* 1987 –
Black Monday
Black Monday refers to specific Mondays when undesirable or turbulent events have occurred. It has been used to designate massacres, military battles, and stock market crashes.
Historic events
*1209, Dublin – when a group of 500 recently arriv ...
: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
* 1988 – The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.
*
1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
– The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison.
* 2001 – '' SIEV X'', an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
* 2003 –
Mother Teresa
Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, MC (; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa ( sq, Nënë Tereza), was an Indian-Albanian Catholic nun who, in 1950, founded the Missionaries of Charity. Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu () was ...
Hurricane Wilma
Hurricane Wilma was an extremely intense and destructive Atlantic hurricane which was the most intense storm of its kind and the second-most intense tropical cyclone recorded in the Western Hemisphere, after Hurricane Patricia in 2015. Part o ...
becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
* 2012 – A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon.
*
2013
File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...
– One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires.
Liao Dynasty
The Liao dynasty (; Khitan: ''Mos Jælud''; ), also known as the Khitan Empire (Khitan: ''Mos diau-d kitai huldʒi gur''), officially the Great Liao (), was an imperial dynasty of China that existed between 916 and 1125, ruled by the Yelü ...
1507
__NOTOC__
Year 1507 ( MDVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* April 25 – Martin Waldseemüller publishes his '' Cosmographiae Introductio'' ("In ...
–
Viglius
Viglius (October 19, 1507, SwichumMay 5, 1577) was the name taken by Wigle Aytta van Zwichem, a Dutch statesman and jurist, a Frisian by birth.
Biography
He studied at various universities— Louvain, Dole and Bourges among others—devoting ...
Dmitry of Uglich
Dmitri Ivanovich ( rus, Дмитрий Иванович, Dmitrii Ivanovich; 19 October 1582 – 15 May 1591), also known as Dmitry of Uglich (, ''Uglichskii'') or Dmitry of Moscow (, ''Moskovskii''), was the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible, T ...
Gerrard Winstanley
Gerrard Winstanley (19 October 1609 – 10 September 1676) was an English Protestant religious reformer, political philosopher, and activist during the period of the Commonwealth of England. Winstanley was the leader and one of the found ...
, English Protestant religious reformer (d. 1676)
*
1610
Some have suggested that 1610 may mark the beginning of the Anthropocene, or the 'Age of Man', marking a fundamental change in the relationship between humans and the Earth system, but earlier starting dates (ca. 1000 C.E.) have received broa ...
1613
Events
January–June
* January 11 – Workers in a sandpit in the Dauphiné region of France discover the skeleton of what is alleged to be a 30-foot tall man (the remains, it is supposed, of the giant Teutobochus, a legendar ...
William Cheselden
William Cheselden (; 19 October 168810 April 1752) was an English surgeon and teacher of anatomy and surgery, who was influential in establishing surgery as a scientific medical profession. Via the medical missionary Benjamin Hobson, his work ...
1789
Events
January–March
* January – Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès publishes the pamphlet ''What Is the Third Estate?'' ('), influential on the French Revolution.
* January 7 – The 1788-89 United States presidential electio ...
–
Theophilos Kairis
Theophilos Kairis (Greek: Θεόφιλος Καΐρης; baptismal name Θωμᾶς ''Thomas''; 19 October 1784 – 13 January 1853) was a Greek priest, philosopher and revolutionary. He was born in Andros, Cyclades, Ottoman Greece, as a so ...
Theodoros Vryzakis
Theodoros Vryzakis ( el, Θεόδωρος Βρυζάκης; 1819–1878) was a Greek painter, known mostly for his historical scenes. He was one of the founders of the "Munich School", composed of Greek artists who had studied in that city.
Biog ...
1850
Events
January–June
* April
** Pope Pius IX returns from exile to Rome.
** Stephen Foster's parlor ballad " Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway" is published in the United States.
* April 4 – Los Angeles is incorporated as a city ...
1862
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos Island, in modern-day Nigeria.
* January 6 – French intervention in Mexico: French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico.
* January ...
Bertha Knight Landes
Bertha Ethel Knight Landes (October 19, 1868, – November 29, 1943) was the first female mayor of a major American city, serving as mayor of Seattle, Washington from 1926 to 1928. After years of civic activism, primarily with women's organiz ...
Jaap Eden
Jacobus Johannes "Jaap" Eden (; 19 October 1873 – 2 February 1925) was a Dutch athlete. He is the only male athlete to win world championships in both speed skating and bicycle racing.
Early life
Jaap Eden was born in Groningen to Johannes E ...
, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (d. 1925)
* 1873 –
Bart King
John Barton "Bart" King (October 19, 1873 – October 17, 1965) was an American cricketer, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. King was part of the Philadelphia team that played from the end of the 19th century until the outbreak ...
, American cricketer (d. 1965)
* 1876 – Mordecai Brown, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1945)
* 1876 – Mihkel Pung, Estonian lawyer and politician, 11th
Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
, insignia = Coat of arms of Estonia.svg
, insigniasize = 80px
, department = Ministry of Foreign Affairs
, image = File:Urmas Reinsalu 2017-05-25 (cropped).jpg
, incumbent = Urmas Reinsalu
, incumbentsince = 18 July 2022
, acting =
, for ...
(d. 1941)
*
1879
Events January–March
* January 1 – The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold, for the first time since the American Civil War.
* January 11 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
* Janu ...
–
Emma Bell Miles
Emma Bell Miles (October 19, 1879 – March 19, 1919) was a writer, poet, and artist whose works capture the essence of the natural world and the culture of southern Appalachia.
Early life and education
Miles was born Emma Bell in Evansville, I ...
Lewis Mumford
Lewis Mumford (October 19, 1895 – January 26, 1990) was an American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic. Particularly noted for his study of cities and urban architecture, he had a broad career as a w ...
, American historian, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1990)
* 1896 – Bob O'Farrell, American baseball player and manager (d. 1988)
* 1897 – Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani chemist and scholar (d. 1994)
* 1899 – Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (d. 1974)
* 1900 – Erna Berger, German soprano and actress (d. 1990)
* 1900 – Bill Ponsford, Australian cricketer and baseball player (d. 1991)
* 1900 –
Roy Worters
Roy Thomas "Shrimp" Worters (October 19, 1900 November 7, 1957) was a Canadian professional Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender who played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Montreal Canadiens and New York American ...
Arleigh Burke
Arleigh Albert Burke (October 19, 1901 – January 1, 1996) was an Admiral (United States), admiral of the United States Navy who distinguished himself during World War II and the Korean War, and who served as Chief of Naval Operations during th ...
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (; ) (19 October 1910 – 21 August 1995) was an Indian-American theoretical physicist who spent his professional life in the United States. He shared the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with William A. Fowler for " ...
, Indian-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and mathematician,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (d. 1995)
* 1910 –
Shunkichi Hamada
(October 19, 1910 – December 7, 2009) was a Japanese field hockey player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics.
Hamada was born in what is now part of Minamiawaji, Hyōgo, Japan. In 1932, while a student at ...
, Japanese field hockey player (d. 2009)
* 1910 – Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (d. 1980)
* 1913 –
Vinicius de Moraes
Marcus Vinícius da Cruz e Mello Moraes (19 October 1913 – 9 July 1980), better known as Vinícius de Moraes () and nicknamed O Poetinha ("The little poet"), was a Brazilian poet, diplomat, lyricist, essayist, musician, singer, and playwrigh ...
, Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1980)
* 1914 – Juanita Moore, American actress (d. 2014)
* 1916 – Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (d. 2009)
* 1916 – Emil Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian pianist (d. 1985)
* 1916 – Minoru Yasui, American soldier, lawyer, and activist (d. 1986)
* 1917 – Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande, Indian mathematician (d. 2020)
* 1917 – William Joel Blass, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)
* 1917 – Walter Munk, Austrian-American oceanographer, author, and academic (d. 2019)
*
1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
– Charles Evans, English-Welsh mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (d. 1995)
* 1918 – Russell Kirk, American theorist and author (d. 1994)
* 1918 –
Robert Schwarz Strauss
Robert Schwarz Strauss (October 19, 1918 – March 19, 2014) was an influential figure in American politics, diplomacy, and law whose service dated back to future President Lyndon Johnson's first congressional campaign in 1937. By the 1950s, he ...
1920
Events January
* January 1
** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20.
** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...
–
LaWanda Page
LaWanda Page (born Alberta Peal; October 19, 1920September 14, 2002) was an American actress, comedian, and dancer whose career spanned six decades. Crowned "The Queen of Comedy" or "The Black Queen of Comedy", Page melded blue humor, signifyi ...
, American actress (d. 2002)
* 1920 –
Harry Alan Towers
Harry Alan Towers (19 October 1920 – 31 July 2009) was a British radio and independent film producer and screenwriter. He wrote numerous screenplays for the films he produced, often under the pseudonym Peter Welbeck. He produced over 80 f ...
, English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (d. 2009)
* 1920 – Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian activist, philosopher, and spiritual leader (d. 2003)
* 1920 –
Peter Aduja
Peter Aquino Aduja (19 October 1920 – 19 February 2007) was the first Filipino American elected to public office in the United States. He was elected as a representative in the Hawaii Legislature in 1954.
Born in the Philippines, Aduja emigra ...
1921
Events
January
* January 2
** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in Brazil.
** The Spanish liner ''Santa Isabel'' bre ...
1922
Events
January
* January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes.
* January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
Czesław Kiszczak
Czesław Jan Kiszczak (19 October 1925 – 5 November 2015) was a Polish general, communist-era interior minister (1981–1990) and prime minister (1989).
In 1981 he played a key role in imposing martial law and suppression of the ''Solidarit ...
Arne Bendiksen
Arne Joachim Bendiksen (19 October 1926 – 26 March 2009) was a Norwegian singer, composer and producer, described as "the father of pop music" in Norway.
Career
Bendiksen was born in Bergen, Norway. In the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, he was a m ...
, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2009)
* 1926 –
Joel Feinberg
Joel Feinberg (October 19, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan – March 29, 2004 in Tucson, Arizona) was an American political and legal philosopher. He is known for his work in the fields of ethics, action theory, philosophy of law, and political p ...
, American philosopher and academic (d. 2004)
* 1926 – Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (d. 2015)
* 1926 –
Marjorie Tallchief
Marjorie Tallchief (born Marjorie Louise Tall Chief; October 19, 1926November 30, 2021) was an American ballerina and member of the Osage Nation. She was the younger sister of the late prima ballerina, Maria Tallchief, and was the first Native A ...
Pierre Alechinsky
Pierre Alechinsky (born 19 October 1927) is a Belgian artist. He has lived and worked in France since 1951. His work is related to tachisme, abstract expressionism, and lyrical abstraction.
Life
Alechinsky was born in Schaerbeek. In 1944 he ...
, Belgian painter and illustrator
* 1927 – Stephen Keynes, English businessman (d. 2017)
*
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhano ...
Mavis Nicholson
Mavis Nicholson (née Mainwaring; 19 October 1930 – 8 September 2022) was a Welsh writer and radio and television broadcaster. She was born in Wales, and worked throughout the United Kingdom.
Early life
Nicholson was born on 19 October 1930 i ...
Ed Emberley
Edward Randolph Emberley (born October 19, 1931) is an American artist and illustrator, best known for children's picture books.
Biography
Emberley was born in Malden, Massachusetts. He studied art at the Massachusetts School of Art in Boston ...
, American author and illustrator
* 1931 –
John le Carré
David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 193112 December 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré ( ), was a British and Irish author, best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television. ...
, English intelligence officer and author (d. 2020)
* 1931 – Atsushi Miyagi, Japanese tennis player
*
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...
–
Robert Reed
Robert Reed (born John Robert Rietz Jr.; October 19, 1932 – May 12, 1992) was an American actor. He played Kenneth Preston on the legal drama '' The Defenders'' from 1961 to 1965 alongside E. G. Marshall, and is best known for his role as the ...
, American actor (d. 1992)
*
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
–
Brian Booth
Brian Charles Booth (born 19 October 1933) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 29 Test matches between 1961 and 1966, and 93 first-class matches for New South Wales. He captained Australia for two Tests during the 1965–66 ...
, Australian cricketer and educator
* 1933 –
Anthony Skingsley
Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Gerald Skingsley, (19 October 1933 – 15 January 2019) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.
RAF career
Educated at St Bartholomew's School, Newbury, Berkshire1934 – Yakubu Gowon, Nigerian general and politician, 3rd
Head of State of Nigeria
This is a list of the heads of state of Nigeria, from independence in 1960 to the present day. The current constitution of Nigeria has the president of Nigeria as the head of state and government.
From 1960 to 1963, the head of state under the Co ...
* 1934 – Dave Guard, American folk music singer-songwriter, arranger, and musician (d. 1991)
* 1935 – Don Ward, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2014)
* 1936 – James Bevel, American civil rights activist and minister (d. 2008)
* 1937 – Marilyn Bell, Canadian swimmer
* 1937 –
Peter Max
Peter Max (born Peter Max Finkelstein, October 19, 1937) is a German-American artist known for using bright colors in his work. Works by Max are associated with the visual arts and culture of the 1960s, particularly psychedelic art and pop art.
...
Minister for the Cabinet Office
The Minister for the Cabinet Office is a position in the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom. The minister is responsible for the work and policies of the Cabinet Office, and since February 2022, reports to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lanc ...
Larry Chance
Larry Chance (born October 19, 1940) is an American musician and the lead singer of the popular 1960s doo-wop group Larry Chance and the Earls, originally known as The Earls.
He was born Larry Figueiredo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Upon m ...
, American singer-songwriter
* 1940 – Michael Gambon, Irish-British actor
* 1940 –
Rosny Smarth
Rosny Smarth (born October 19, 1940) was Prime Minister of Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antill ...
L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
L. E. (Leland Exton) Modesitt Jr. (; born 1943) is an American science fiction and fantasy author who has written over 75 novels. He is best known for the fantasy series '' The Saga of Recluce''. By 2015 the 18 novels in the ''Recluce'' series h ...
, American author and poet
*
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...
–
George McCrae
George Warren McCrae Jr. (born October 19, 1944) is an American soul and disco singer who is most famous for his 1974 hit "Rock Your Baby".
Biography and career
McCrae was the second of nine children, born in West Palm Beach, Florida. He f ...
, American singer
* 1944 – Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1987)
* 1945 – Angus Deaton, Scottish-American economist and academic,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate
* 1945 –
Divine
Divinity or the divine are things that are either related to, devoted to, or proceeding from a deity.divine< ...
, American drag queen performer, and actor (d. 1988)
* 1945 – Patricia Ireland, American lawyer and activist
* 1945 – Gloria Jones, American singer-songwriter
* 1945 – John Lithgow, American actor
* 1945 –
Jeannie C. Riley
Jeannie C. Riley (born Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson; October 19, 1945) is an American country music and gospel singer. She is best known for her 1968 country and pop hit "Harper Valley PTA", which missed by one week simultaneously becoming the ''B ...
, American singer
* 1945 – Martin Welz, South African journalist
* 1946 – Bob Holland, Australian cricketer and surveyor (d. 2017)
* 1946 – Philip Pullman, English author and academic
* 1946 – Keith Reid, English songwriter and lyricist
* 1947 –
Giorgio Cavazzano
Giorgio Cavazzano (); born 19 October 1947) is an Italian cartoonist, and one of the most famous Disney comics artists in the world.
Biography
Giorgio Cavazzano was born 19 October 1947 in Venice, Italy. At the age of twelve, Cavazzano started t ...
, Italian author and illustrator
* 1948 – James Howard Kunstler, American author and critic
* 1948 – Dave Mallow, American voice actor and screenwriter
* 1948 – Patrick Simmons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1949 –
Lynn Dickey
Clifford Lynn Dickey (born October 19, 1949) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons, primarily with the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at Kansas State and was sele ...
, American football player and radio host
* 1949 –
Jamie McGrigor
Sir James Angus Rhoderick Neil McGrigor, 6th Baronet (born 19 October 1949) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician, who is a councillor in Argyll and Bute. He had previously been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Highlands ...
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugosl ...
–
Lionel Hollins
Lionel Eugene Hollins (born October 19, 1953) is an American professional basketball coach and former player currently serving as an assistant coach for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for the Portland ...
, American basketball player and coach
* 1954 – Sam Allardyce, English footballer and manager
* 1954 – Deborah Blum, American journalist and author
* 1954 – Joe Bryant, American basketball player and coach
*
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangs ...
–
Dan Gutman
Dan Gutman (born October 19, 1955) is an American writer, primarily of children's fiction.
His works include the '' Baseball Card Adventures'' children's book series that began with '' Honus & Me'', and the '' My Weird School'' series.
Early li ...
, American author
* 1955 – LaSalle Ishii, Japanese actor and director
*
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...
–
Steve Doocy
''yes'Steve is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Steven or Stephen
Notable people with the name include:
steve jops
* Steve Abbott (disambiguation), several people
* Steve Adams (disambiguation), several people
* Steve ...
Didier Theys
Didier Theys (born 19 October 1956) is a Belgian sports car driver. He is a two-time overall winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona (1998 and 2002); a winner of the 12 Hours of Sebring (1998); the Sports Racing Prototype driver champion of the Grand- ...
, Belgian race car driver and coach
* 1956 – Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (d. 2003)
* 1956 – Bruce Weber, American basketball player and coach
* 1957 – Dorinda Clark-Cole, American singer-songwriter and pianist
* 1957 –
Ray Richmond
Ray Richmond (born October 19, 1957, in Whittier, California) is a globally syndicated critic and entertainment/media columnist. Richmond has also worked variously as a feature and entertainment writer, beat reporter and TV critic for a variety ...
, American journalist and critic
* 1957 – Karl Wallinger, Welsh singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
–
Carolyn Browne
Carolyn Browne (born 19 October 1958) is a British diplomat who was the British Ambassador to Kazakhstan from 2013 to 2018.
Early life
She is the daughter of the late Brigadier Christopher Browne OBE and Margaret Howard. She attended the So ...
Tiriel Mora
Tiriel Mora (born 19 October 1958) is an Australian television and film actor.
Early life
He is a son of the late Melbourne artist Mirka Mora and Georges Mora, German-born Australian entrepreneur, art dealer, patron, connoisseur and restaura ...
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
–
Dawn Coe-Jones
Dawn Coe-Jones (October 19, 1960 – November 12, 2016) was a Canadian professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour, and a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. She was the first female Canadian golfer to surpass $1million in career earning ...
, Canadian golfer (d. 2016)
* 1960 – Jennifer Holliday, American actress and singer
* 1960 – Takeshi Koshida, Japanese footballer
* 1960 – Susan Straight, American author and academic
* 1960 – Ayuo Takahashi, Japanese-American singer-songwriter
* 1960 – Dan Woodgate, English musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer
*
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 (K ...
–
Sunny Deol
Ajay Singh Deol (born 19 October 1956), better known by his stage name Sunny Deol, is an Indian actor, film director, producer, politician and current Member of Parliament from Gurdaspur (Lok Sabha constituency) of Punjab, India. As an acto ...
, Indian actor and producer
* 1961 – Cliff Lyons, Australian rugby league player and coach
* 1962 – Claude Callegari, English YouTube personality (d. 2021)
* 1962 – Tracy Chevalier, American-English author
* 1962 – Brian Henninger, American golfer
* 1962 –
Bendik Hofseth
Bendik Hofseth (born 19 October 1962, in Oslo) is a Norwegian jazz musician, who plays the saxophone and sings. He is also a bandleader, and arranges and composes music.
Career
When Bendik Hofseth went to New York in 1987, and replaced the wor ...
Ty Pennington
Tygert Burton "Ty" Pennington (born Gary Tygert Burton) is an American television host, artist, carpenter, author, and former model and actor.
His rise to prominence began with his role as carpenter on the TLC home improvement reality show '' ...
, American model, carpenter and television host
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term ...
– Brad Daugherty, American basketball player and sportscaster
* 1965 –
Todd Park Mohr
Todd Park Mohr (born October 19, 1965) is the singer and guitarist for the American rock band Big Head Todd and the Monsters, as well as being their namesake and primary lyricist. A founding member of the band, he also occasionally provides keyb ...
, American rock singer-songwriter and musician
* 1966 – Jon Favreau, American actor, director, and screenwriter
* 1966 – Dimitris Lyacos, Greek poet and playwright
* 1966 – David Vann, American novelist and short story writer
* 1967 – Amy Carter, American illustrator and activist
* 1967 –
Yōji Matsuda
is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo, Japan.
Early life
He was born in Setagaya, Tokyo. His older brother is Naoyuki Matsuda, a musical translator and professor at Komazawa University. After studying at Aoyama Gakuin High School, he d ...
, Japanese actor
* 1967 – Yoko Shimomura, Japanese pianist and composer
*
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* J ...
–
Rodney Carrington
Rodney Scott Carrington (born October 19, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, country music artist and songwriter. He has released six major-label studio albums and a greatest hits package, on Mercury Records and Capitol Records. His ...
, American comedian, actor, and singer
*
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
–
Pedro Castillo
José Pedro Castillo Terrones (; born 19 October 1969) is a Peruvian politician, former elementary school teacher, and union leader who served as the President of Peru from 28 July 2021 to 7 December 2022. On 7 December 2022, he was impeached a ...
, Peruvian politician, 130th President of Peru
* 1969 – John Edward, American psychic and author
* 1969 – Trey Parker, American actor, animator, producer, and screenwriter
* 1969 – Erwin Sánchez, Bolivian footballer and manager
* 1970 – Andrew Griffiths, English politician
* 1970 –
Chris Kattan
Christopher Lee Kattan () (born October 19, 1970) is an American actor and comedian. He was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1996 to 2003. He played Doug Butabi in ''A Night at the Roxbury'', Bob on the first four seasons of '' The M ...
, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
* 1972 – Keith Foulke, American baseball player
* 1972 – Pras, American rapper-songwriter, record producer, and actor
* 1973 – Hicham Arazi, Moroccan tennis player
* 1973 –
Okan Buruk
Okan Buruk (born 19 October 1973) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Süper Lig club Galatasaray. As a former midfielder, he played for Galatasaray, Inter Milan, Beşiktaş, and İstanbu ...
, Turkish footballer and manager
* 1973 –
Joaquin Gage
Joaquin Jesse Gage (born October 19, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Gage was selected in the fifth round of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, 109th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers, and played 23 games in the NHL with the Oi ...
, Canadian ice hockey player
*
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
– Burak Güven, Turkish singer-songwriter and bass player
* 1976 – Omar Gooding, American actor and producer
* 1976 –
Jostein Gulbrandsen
Jostein Gulbrandsen (born 19 October 1976 in Namsos, Norway) is a New York based Norwegian guitarist and composer.
Biography
Gulbrandsen was attracted to music from an early age, and he picked up the guitar at 9. After enrolling in the perform ...
, Norwegian guitarist and composer
* 1976 –
Desmond Harrington
Desmond Harrington (born October 19, 1976) is an American actor. He has appeared in '' The Hole'' (2001), ''Ghost Ship'' (2002), and '' Wrong Turn'' (2003), Desmond joined the cast of the Showtime series ''Dexter'' in its third season, as Det ...
, American actor
* 1976 – Paul Hartley, Scottish footballer and manager
* 1976 – Hiroshi Sakai, Japanese footballer
* 1976 – Dan Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1976 – Michael Young, American baseball player
* 1977 –
Habib Beye
Habib Frédéric Beye (born 19 October 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He is the manager of Championnat National club Red Star. Born in France, he represented the Senegal national team.
He is also a pundit ...
, French-Senegalese footballer
* 1977 –
Louis-José Houde
Louis-José Houde (born October 19, 1977 in Saint-Apollinaire, Quebec) is a French-Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known for his performances in films such as ''Bon Cop, Bad Cop'' in 2006, ''Father and Guns (De père en flic)'' in 2009 ...
, Canadian comedian and actor
* 1977 – Jason Reitman, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1977 –
Raúl Tamudo
Raúl Tamudo Montero (born 19 October 1977) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a striker.
An icon at Espanyol, he captained the club for almost a decade, playing nearly 400 official games, winning two Copa del Rey an ...
, Spanish footballer
* 1977 – Mo Twister, Filipino radio and television host
* 1978 – Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian race car driver
* 1978 – Zakhar Dubensky, Russian footballer
* 1978 –
Henri Sorvali
Henri "Trollhorn" Sorvali, born 19 October 1978 in Finland, is the guitarist and keyboardist of the pagan metal band Moonsorrow, and keyboardist for Finntroll.
He also played keyboards on a few occasional gigs with The Rasmus in the late 1990s. B ...
, Finnish guitarist and keyboard player
* 1979 – José Luis López, Mexican footballer
* 1979 – Brian Robertson, American trombonist
* 1979 –
Sachiko Sugiyama
Sachiko Sugiyama (杉山 祥子, ''Sugiyama Sachiko'', born October 19, 1979) is a volleyball player from Japan, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #12 jersey. There she ended up in fifth place with t ...
, Japanese volleyball player
*
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
–
José Bautista
José Antonio Bautista Santos (born October 19, 1980), nicknamed "Joey Bats", is a Dominican special advisor for the general manager of the Leones del Escogido and former professional baseball right fielder and third baseman. He played in ...
, Dominican baseball player
* 1980 – Rajai Davis, American baseball player
* 1981 – Leon Bott, Australian rugby league player
* 1981 –
Heikki Kovalainen
Heikki Johannes Kovalainen (; born 19 October 1981) is a Finnish racing driver competing in the Japan Rally Championship for Rally Team AICELLO. He raced in Formula One between 2007 and 2013 for the Renault, McLaren, Team Lotus, Caterham a ...
Daan van Bunge
Daan Lodewijk Samuel van Bunge (born 19 October 1982), commonly as Daan van Bunge, is a Dutch cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm leg break bowler.
He is the currently Director of Cricket at Haileybury in the UK. He also wo ...
Andy Lonergan
Andrew Michael Lonergan (born 19 October 1983) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Everton.
Lonergan is a former England U21 international and is also eligible to play for the Republic of Ire ...
1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
– Tom Kilbey, English footballer
* 1990 – Endō Shōta, Japanese sumo wrestler
* 1990 –
Janet Leon
Janet Ava Owji (born 19 October 1990), also known by her stage name Janet Leon, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and A&R. Leon began her career as part of the pop group Play, for which she was lead singer 2003–2005. She rose to further promi ...
, Swedish singer-songwriter and dancer
* 1991 – Colton Dixon, American singer-songwriter and pianist
* 1992 – Shiho, Japanese actress and model
* 1993 – Abby Sunderland, American sailor
*
1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...
Sammis Reyes
Sammis Daniel Reyes Martel (born October 19, 1995) is a Chilean-born former professional American football tight end. He was the first player from Chile to play in the NFL. Reyes grew up playing basketball as a youth member of the Chile nati ...
, Chilean basketball and American football player
* 1996 –
Bernadeth Pons
Bernadeth Pons (born October 19, 1996) is a Filipino indoor and beach volleyball athlete. She is currently playing for the Creamline Cool Smashers at the Premier Volleyball League.
She played for Petron Tri-Activ Spikers as an outside hitter. ...
, Filipino volleyball athlete
*
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...
–
Carlotta Truman
Carlotta Truman (born 19 October 1999) is a German singer and a finalist in season 3 of ''Das Supertalent'' 2009 and ''The Voice Kids'' 2014. She represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 as part of the duo S!sters with the song ...
1287
Year 1287 ( MCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* January 17 – Aragonese forces led by King Alfonso III (the Liberal) conquer ...
1354
Year 1354 ( MCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* Early in the year – Ibn Battuta returns from his travels at the command of A ...
Cansignorio della Scala
Cansignorio della Scala (5 March 1340 – 19 October 1375) was Lord of Verona from 1359 until 1375, initially together with his brother Paolo Alboino.
Biography
He inherited the lordship of Verona at the death of his father Mastino, together wit ...
, Lord of Verona (b. 1340)
*
1401
Year 1401 ( MCDI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 6 – Rupert, King of Germany, is crowned King of the Romans at Cologne.
* ...
1587
Events
January–June
* February 1 – Queen Elizabeth I of England signs the death warrant of her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots, after Mary has been implicated in a plot to murder Elizabeth. Seven days later, on the orders of ...
1595
Events
January–June
* January – Mehmed III succeeds Murad III, as sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
* January 17 – During the French Wars of Religion, Henry IV of France declares war on Spain.
* April 8 (March 29 O.S. ...
–
Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel
Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel (28 June 155719 October 1595) was an English nobleman. He was canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1970, as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He is variously numbered as 1st, 20th or 13th Earl of Arun ...
1619
Events
January–June
* January 12 – James I of England's Banqueting House, Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire."Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Conne ...
Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten
Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten (2 August 1627, in Dordrecht – 19 October 1678, in Dordrecht) was a Dutch painter of the Golden Age, who was also a poet and author on art theory.
Biography
Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten trained first with his fa ...
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Du ...
Andrea Belli
Andrea Belli (13 October 1703 – 19 October 1772) was a Maltese architect and businessman. He designed several Baroque buildings, including Auberge de Castille in Valletta, which is now the Office of the Prime Minister of Malta.
Life and caree ...
, Maltese architect and businessman (b. 1703)
*
1790
Events
January–March
* January 8 – United States President George Washington gives the first State of the Union address, in New York City.
* January 11 – The 11 minor states of the Austrian Netherlands, which t ...
–
Lyman Hall
Lyman Hall (April 12, 1724 – October 19, 1790) was an American Founding Father, physician, clergyman, and statesman who signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia. Hall County is named after him. He ...
1796
Events
January–March
* January 16 – The first Dutch (and general) elections are held for the National Assembly of the Batavian Republic. (The next Dutch general elections are held in 1888.)
* February 1 – The capital ...
–
Michel de Beaupuy
Armand-Michel Bacharetie de Beaupuy (14 July 1755 – 19 October 1796) was a French soldier. He rose in rank to command an infantry division during the Wars of the French Revolution. He was killed at the Battle of Emmendingen. His surname is one ...
Aleksey Koltsov
Aleksey Vasilievich Koltsov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Васи́льевич Кольцо́в; October 15, 1809 – October 29, 1842) was a Russian poet who has been called a Russian Burns. His poems, frequently placed in the mouth of wo ...
, Russian poet and author (b. 1808)
*
1851
Events
January–March
* January 11 – Hong Xiuquan officially begins the Taiping Rebellion.
* January 15 – Christian Female College, modern-day Columbia College, receives its charter from the Missouri General Assembly.
...
–
Marie Thérèse of France
Marie may refer to:
People Name
* Marie (given name)
* Marie (Japanese given name)
* Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973
* Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in Tr ...
(b. 1778)
*
1856
Events
January–March
* January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California.
* January 23 – American paddle steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatlantic voya ...
Governor of Rhode Island
The governor of Rhode Island is the head of government of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and serves as commander-in-chief of the state's Army National Guard and Air National Guard. The current governor is Democrat Dan McKee. In their capac ...
GN Store Nord
GN Store Nord A/S is a Danish manufacturer of hearing aids (GN ReSound/GN Hearing) and headsets ( Jabra (GN Audio)). GN Store Nord A/S is listed on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen (ISIN code DK0010272632).
History The Great Northern Telegraph Company
T ...
1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hold ...
Lu Xun
Zhou Shuren (25 September 1881 – 19 October 1936), better known by his pen name Lu Xun (or Lu Sun; ; Wade–Giles: Lu Hsün), was a Chinese writer, essayist, poet, and literary critic. He was a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. ...
, Chinese author and critic (b. 1881)
* 1937 – Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (b. 1871)
* 1943 – Camille Claudel, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1864)
*
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...
–
Dénes Kőnig
Dénes Kőnig (September 21, 1884 – October 19, 1944) was a Hungarian mathematician of Jewish heritage who worked in and wrote the first textbook on the field of graph theory.
Biography
Kőnig was born in Budapest, the son of mathematician G ...
, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1884)
* 1945 – Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and politician, 40th
President of Mexico
The president of Mexico ( es, link=no, Presidente de México), officially the president of the United Mexican States ( es, link=no, Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is the head of state and head of government of Mexico. Under the ...
(b. 1877)
* 1945 –
N. C. Wyeth
Newell Convers Wyeth (October 22, 1882 – October 19, 1945), known as N. C. Wyeth, was an American painter and illustrator. He was the pupil of Howard Pyle and became one of America's most well-known illustrators. Wyeth created more than 3,000 ...
, American painter and illustrator (b. 1882)
* 1950 – Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright (b. 1892)
* 1952 – Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer (b. 1868)
*
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...
– Isham Jones, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1894)
*
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
–
Hjalmar Dahl
Hjalmar Karl Emil Dahl (15 May 1891 – 19 October 1960) was a Finnish-Swedish journalist, translator and author.George Wallace, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
*
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 (K ...
–
Şemsettin Günaltay
Mehmet Şemsettin Günaltay (; 17 July 1883 – 19 October 1961) was a Turkish historian, politician, and Prime Minister of Turkey from 1949 to 1950.
Biography
Günaltay was born 1883 in the Kemaliye town of the Vilayet of Mamuret-ul-Aziz ...
Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard
Christopher William Vane, 10th Baron Barnard (28 October 1888 – 19 October 1964) was a British peer and military officer.
Education
Lord Barnard was born on 28 October 1888, the second son of Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard, and ...
, English soldier and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Durham
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Durham.
* Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland 1552–?
*Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon 2 August 1586 – 1595
*''vacant''
*Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset 4 February ...
(b. 1888)
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term ...
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
President of Mexico
The president of Mexico ( es, link=no, Presidente de México), officially the president of the United Mexican States ( es, link=no, Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is the head of state and head of government of Mexico. Under the ...
Alfred Rouleau
Alfred Rouleau, (August 19, 1915 – October 19, 1985) was a Canadian businessman and President of the Fédération du Québec des Caisses Populaires Desjardins, Quebec's largest credit union.
Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, he was elected Pres ...
, Canadian businessman (b. 1915)
*
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal en ...
Samora Machel
Samora Moisés Machel (29 September 1933 – 19 October 1986) was a Mozambican military commander and political leader. A socialist in the tradition of Marxism–Leninism, he served as the first President of Mozambique from the country's ...
Magnus Pyke
Magnus Alfred Pyke (29 December 1908 – 19 October 1992) was an English nutritional scientist, governmental scientific adviser, writer and presenter. He worked for the UK Ministry of Food, the post-war Allied Commission for Austria, and dif ...
, English scientist and television host (b. 1908)
*
1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...
– Martha Raye, American actress and comedian (b. 1916)
* 1995 – Don Cherry, American trumpet player (b. 1936)
* 1995 – Harilaos Perpessas, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1907)
* 1996 – Shamsuddin Qasemi, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician (b. 1935)
*
1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
– Glen Buxton, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1947)
* 1997 – Ken Wood, inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer (b. 1916)
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1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...
President of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Predsjedništvo Bosne i Hercegovine, separator=" / ", Предсједништво Босне и Херцеговине) is a three-member body which collectively serves as head of state o ...
(b. 1925)
* 2003 – Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author (b. 1902)
* 2003 – Nello Pagani, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1911)
* 2005 –
Ryan Dallas Cook
Suburban Legends are an American ska punk band that formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1998 and later based themselves in nearby Santa Ana, California, Santa Ana. After building a fanbase in the Orange County ska, Orange County ska scen ...
, American trombonist (b. 1982)
* 2006 – James Glennon, American cinematographer (b. 1942)
* 2006 – Phyllis Kirk, American actress (b. 1927)
* 2007 –
Winifred Asprey
Winifred "Tim" Alice Asprey (April 8, 1917 – October 19, 2007) was an American mathematician and computer scientist. She was one of only around 200 women to earn PhDs in mathematics from American universities during the 1940s, a period of w ...
, American mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1917)
* 2007 –
Randall Forsberg
Dr. Randall Caroline Forsberg ( – ) led a lifetime of research and advocacy on ways to reduce the risk of war, minimize the burden of military spending, and promote democratic institutions. Her career started at the Stockholm International Peac ...
, American activist and author (b. 1943)
* 2007 – Michael Maidens, English footballer (b. 1987)
* 2007 – Jan Wolkers, Dutch author, sculptor, and painter (b. 1925)
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2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
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Richard Blackwell
Richard Blackwell (August 29, 1922 – October 19, 2008) was an American fashion critic, journalist, television and radio personality, artist, former child actor and former fashion designer, sometimes known just as Mr. Blackwell. He was the cre ...
, American actor, fashion designer, and critic (b. 1922)
* 2009 – Howard Unruh, American murderer (b. 1921)
* 2009 – Joseph Wiseman, Canadian-American actor (b. 1918)
* 2010 – Tom Bosley, American actor (b. 1927)
* 2011 –
Kakkanadan
George Varghese Kakkanadan (23 April 1935 – 19 October 2011), commonly known as Kakkanadan, was an Indian short-story writer and novelist in the Malayalam language. His works broke away from the neo-realism that dominated Malayalam literature ...
Lincoln Alexander
Lincoln MacCauley Alexander (January 21, 1922 – October 19, 2012) was a Canadian lawyer who became the first Black Canadian member of Parliament in the House of Commons, the first Black federal Cabinet Minister (as federal Minister of Labo ...
, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
The lieutenant governor of Ontario (, in French: ''Lieutenant-gouverneur'' (if male) or ''Lieutenante-gouverneure'' (if female) ''de l'Ontario'') is the viceregal representative in Ontario of the , who operates distinctly within the province b ...
Wiyogo Atmodarminto
Wiyogo Atmodarminto (22 November 1922 – 19 October 2012) or better known as Bang Wi, is an Indonesian military figure, diplomat and politician. He served as Governor of Jakarta, the country's capital, from 1987–1992. Previously, he served as ...
, Indonesian general and politician, 10th
Governor of Jakarta
The Jakarta Special Capital Region is administratively equal to a province with special status as the capital of Indonesia. Instead of a mayor, the executive head of Jakarta is a governor. The governor of Jakarta is an elected politician who, ...
(b. 1922)
* 2012 – Mike Graham, American wrestler (b. 1951)
* 2012 – Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist (b. 1920)
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2013
File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...
– John Bergamo, American drummer and composer (b. 1940)
* 2013 – Noel Harrison, English singer, actor, and skier (b. 1934)
* 2013 – Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer and composer (b. 1940)
* 2013 –
Mikihiko Renjō
was a Japanese writer, winner of the Naoki Prize. He was also an ordained priest within the Ōtani-ha branch of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism.
Life
He was born in Nagoya, and graduated from the Political Economy Department of Waseda University. H ...
, Japanese author (b. 1948)
* 2013 –
Mahmoud Zoufonoun
Ostad (“Master”) Mahmoud Zoufonoun (Persian: محمود ذوالفنون, sometimes pronounced "Zolfonoon" or "Zolfonun"; 1 January 1920 – 19 October 2013) was an Iranian-born American musician accomplished in the art of Persian traditional ...
, Iranian-American violinist and composer (b. 1920)
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2014
File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...
– John Holt, Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
* 2014 – Stephen Paulus, American composer (b. 1949)
* 2014 –
Raphael Ravenscroft
Raphael Ravenscroft (4 June 1954 – 19 October 2014) was a British musician, composer and author. He is best known for playing the saxophone on Gerry Rafferty's song "Baker Street".
Early life
While his place of birth is disputed, the E ...
, English saxophonist and composer (b. 1954)
* 2014 –
Serena Shim
Serena Shim ( ar, سيرينا علي سحيم, ''Serena Ali Suhaim''; 10 October 1985 – 19 October 2014) was a Lebanese-American journalist for Press TV.
, Lebanese-American journalist (b. 1984)
* 2015 – Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1919)
* 2015 –
Fleming Mackell
Fleming David Mackell (April 30, 1929 – October 19, 2015) was a Canadian ice hockey forward who played with two Stanley Cup winners in his 13-season National Hockey League career.
Playing career
After a stage with St-Michaels, the Toronto Ma ...
, Canadian ice hockey player and singer (b. 1929)
* 2015 –
Ali Treki
Ali Abdussalam Treki ( ar, علي عبد السلام التريكي; 10 October 1937 – 19 October 2015) was a Libyan diplomat in Muammar Gaddafi's regime. Treki served as one of Libya's top diplomats beginning in the 1970s and ending wit ...
Deborah Orr
Deborah Jane Orr (23 September 1962 – 19 October 2019) was a British journalist who worked for ''The Guardian'', ''The Independent'' and other publications.
Early life and education
Orr was born on 23 September 1962 to Winifred "Win" and John ...
, Scottish journalist (b. 1962)
* 2021 – Jack Angel, American voice actor (b. 1930)
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
The Coptic Orthodox Church ( cop, Ϯⲉⲕ̀ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ, translit=Ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos, lit=the Egyptian Orthodox Church; ar, الكنيسة القبطي� ...
Anglican Communion
The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion after the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Founded in 1867 in London, the communion has more than 85 million members within the Church of England and other ...
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Isaac Jogues
Isaac Jogues, S.J. (10 January 1607 – 18 October 1646) was a French missionary and martyr who traveled and worked among the Iroquois, Huron, and other Native populations in North America. He was the first European to name Lake George, c ...
,
Jean de Brébeuf
Jean de Brébeuf () (25 March 1593 16 March 1649) was a French Jesuit missionary who travelled to New France (Canada) in 1625. There he worked primarily with the Huron (Wyandot people) for the rest of his life, except for a few years in Franc ...
Blessed
Blessed may refer to:
* The state of having received a blessing
* Blessed, a title assigned by the Roman Catholic Church to someone who has been beatified
Film and television
* ''Blessed'' (2004 film), a 2004 motion picture about a supernatural ...
October 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
October 18 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 20
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on November 1 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For October 19th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints li ...
* Constitution Day, in honor of the country's independence (self-governing in free association with New Zealand) in 1974. (
Niue
Niue (, ; niu, Niuē) is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand. Niue's land area is about and its population, predominantly Polynesian, was about 1,600 in 2016. Niue is located in a triangle between T ...