Events
Pre-1600
*
1066
1066 ( MLXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
Worldwide
* March 20 – Halley's Comet reaches perihelion. Its appearance is subsequently recorded in the Bayeux Tapestry.
Asia
* ''unknown dates ...
–
William the Conqueror
William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 10 ...
and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the
Norman conquest of England
The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, Breton, Flemish, and French troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqu ...
.
*
1331 – The
Battle of Płowce
The Battle of Płowce took place on 27 September 1331 between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order.
Background
The Teutonic plan was to support John of Bohemia in an invasion of Silesia. Władysław I the Elbow-high had claimed lordsh ...
is fought, between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order. The Poles are defeated but their leaders escape capture.
*
1422
Year 1422 ( MCDXXII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 10 – Hussite Wars – Battle of Deutschbrod: The Hussites defeat 2 ...
– After the brief
Gollub War, the Teutonic Knights sign the
Treaty of Melno
The Treaty of Melno ( lt, Melno taika; pl, Pokój melneński) or Treaty of Lake Melno (german: Friede von Melnosee) was a peace treaty ending the Gollub War. It was signed on 27 September 1422, between the Teutonic Knights and an alliance of th ...
with Poland and Lithuania.
*
1529
__NOTOC__
Year 1529 ( MDXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* February 2 – The Örebro Synod provides the theological foundation of th ...
– The
Siege of Vienna begins when Suleiman I attacks the city.
*
1540
Year 1540 ( MDXL) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 6 – King Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort; the m ...
– The
Society of Jesus
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, abbreviation = SJ
, nickname = Jesuits
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, founders ...
(Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
*
1590
Events
January–June
* January 4 – The Cortes of Castile approves a new subsidy, the '' millones''.
* March 4 – Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, takes Breda, by concealing 68 of his best men in a peat-boat, to ...
– The death of
Pope Urban VII
Pope Urban VII ( la, Urbanus VII; it, Urbano VII; 4 August 1521 – 27 September 1590), born Giovanni Battista Castagna, was head of the Catholic Church, and ruler of the Papal States from 15 to 27 September 1590. His thirteen-day papacy was th ...
, 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, ends the shortest papal reign in history.
1601–1900
*
1605 – The armies of Sweden are defeated by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the
Battle of Kircholm
The Battle of Kircholm ( lt, Salaspilio mūšis; ) was one of the major battles in the Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611). The battle was decided in 20 minutes by the devastating charge of Polish-Lithuanian cavalry, the Winged Hussars. The ba ...
.
*
1669 – The Venetians surrender the fortress of Candia to the Ottomans, thus ending the 21-year-long
Siege of Candia
The siege of Candia (modern Heraklion, Crete) was a military conflict in which Ottoman forces besieged the Venetian-ruled city. Lasting from 1648 to 1669, or a total of 21 years, it is the second-longest siege in history after the siege of Ce ...
.
*
1777
Events
January–March
* January 2 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of the Assunpink Creek: American general George Washington's army repulses a British attack by Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis, in a second ...
– American Revolution:
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Lancaster, ( ; pdc, Lengeschder) is a city in and the county seat of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is one of the oldest inland cities in the United States. With a population at the 2020 census of 58,039, it ranks 11th in population amon ...
becomes the capital of the United States for one day after Congress evacuates Philadelphia.
*
1791
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Austrian composer Joseph Haydn arrives in England, to perform a series of concerts.
* January 2 – Northwest Indian War: Big Bottom Massacre – The war begins in the Ohio Country ...
– The National Assembly of France votes to award full citizenship to
Jews
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
.
*
1821
Events
January–March
* January 21 – Peter I Island in the Antarctic is first sighted, by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.
* January 28 – Alexander Island, the largest in Antarctica, is first discovered by Fabian Gottlieb von B ...
– The
Army of the Three Guarantees
At the end of the Mexican War of Independence, the Army of the Three Guarantees ( es, Ejército Trigarante or ) was the name given to the army after the unification of the Spanish troops led by Agustín de Iturbide and the Mexican insurgent troo ...
triumphantly enters
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
, led by
Agustín de Iturbide
Agustín de Iturbide (; 27 September 178319 July 1824), full name Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Arámburu and also known as Agustín of Mexico, was a Mexican army general and politician. During the Mexican War of Independence, he built ...
. The following day Mexico is declared independent.
*
1822 –
Jean-François Champollion
Jean-François Champollion (), also known as Champollion ''le jeune'' ('the Younger'; 23 December 17904 March 1832), was a French philologist and orientalist, known primarily as the decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphs and a founding figure in t ...
officially informs the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres in France that he has deciphered the
Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone is a stele composed of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in Memphis, Egypt, in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes. The top and middle texts are in Anci ...
.
*
1825 – The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, the
Stockton and Darlington Railway
The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) was a railway company that operated in north-east England from 1825 to 1863. The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, its first line connected collieries near Shildon with Darli ...
, is ceremonially opened.
*
1854
Events
January–March
* January 4 – The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the ''Samarang''.
* January 6 – The fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is perhaps born.
* January 9 – The ...
– The paddle steamer , owned by the Collins Line of New York,
sinks
A sink is a bowl-shaped plumbing fixture for washing hands, dishwashing, and other purposes. Sinks have a tap (faucet) that supply hot and cold water and may include a spray feature to be used for faster rinsing. They also include a drain to ...
off the coast of Newfoundland, following a collision with a smaller vessel, the ''
SS Vesta
SS ''Vesta'' was a propeller-driven fishing vessel 250 gross tons, built in 1853 at Nantes, France, by Hernoux et Cie of Dieppe for the Société Terreneuvienne of Granville in Normandy. The company had extensive fishing interests in the Grand B ...
''. Only 88 of over 300 people on board survive. About a dozen of the occupants of the ''Vesta'' are killed when their lifeboat is hit by the ''Arctic''.
*
1875
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of th ...
– The merchant sailing ship ''
Ellen Southard
''Ellen Southard'' was an American full-rigged merchant ship from Bath, Maine that was built in 1863 by prominent shipbuilder T.J. Southard. She plied international trade routes for twelve years, calling at ports as far away as Sydney.
On 27 ...
'' is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
1901–present
*
1903
Events January
* January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India.
* January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having bee ...
– "
Wreck of the Old 97
Wreck or The Wreck may refer to: Common uses
* Wreck, a collision of an automobile, aircraft or other vehicle
* Shipwreck, the remains of a ship after a crisis at sea
Places
* The Wreck (surf spot), a surf spot at Byron Bay, New South Wales, Aus ...
": an American rail disaster, in which 11 people are killed; it later becomes the subject of a popular ballad.
*
1908 – Production of the Model T automobile begins at the
Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant is a former factory located within the Milwaukee Junction area of Detroit, Michigan, in the United States. Built in 1904, it was the second center of automobile production for the Ford Motor Company, after the Fo ...
in Detroit.
*
1916
Events
Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled.
* J ...
–
Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt
Zewditu
, spoken = ; ''djānhoi'', lit. ''"O steemedroyal"''
, alternative = ; ''getochu'', lit. ''"Our master"'' (pl.)
Zewditu ( gez, ዘውዲቱ, born Askala Maryam; 29 April 1876 – 2 April 1930) was Empress of Ethiopia from 1916 to 19 ...
.
*
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 ...
– King
Constantine I of Greece
Constantine I ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Αʹ, ''Konstantínos I''; – 11 January 1923) was King of Greece from 18 March 1913 to 11 June 1917 and from 19 December 1920 to 27 September 1922. He was commander-in-chief of the Hellenic Army ...
abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son,
George II.
*
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 ...
– The
Republic of China
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeas ...
is recognized by the United States.
*
1930
Events
January
* January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will b ...
–
Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters)
Grand Slam of golf.
*
1938
Events
January
* January 1
** The new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the authoritarian regime.
** State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France ...
– The ocean liner ''
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elisabeth or Elizabeth the Queen may refer to:
Queens regnant
* Elizabeth I (1533–1603; ), Queen of England and Ireland
* Elizabeth II (1926–2022; ), Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms
* Queen ...
'' is launched in Glasgow.
*
1940
A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* Januar ...
– World War II: The
Tripartite Pact
The Tripartite Pact, also known as the Berlin Pact, was an agreement between Germany, Italy, and Japan signed in Berlin on 27 September 1940 by, respectively, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Galeazzo Ciano and Saburō Kurusu. It was a defensive milit ...
is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
*
1941
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar E ...
– The Greek National Liberation Front is established with
Georgios Siantos
Georgios Siantos (nicknames: ''Geros'' "Old man", ''Theios'' "Uncle"; el, Γεώργιος "Γιώργης" Σιάντος; 1890 – 20 May 1947) was a prominent figure of the Communist Party of Greece ( el, links=no, Κομμουνιστικό � ...
as acting leader.
*
1941
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar E ...
– The is launched, becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships.
*
1942
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in w ...
– Last day of the
Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces.
*
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 ...
– The
Kassel Mission
The Kassel Mission on 27 September 1944 was also known as the ''air battle over the Seulingswald''. The mission aimed to destroy the factories in Kassel of the engineering works of Henschel & Sohn which built tracked armoured vehicles (the "Tiger ...
results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
*
1949
Events
January
* January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022.
* January 2 – Luis ...
–
Zeng Liansong's design is chosen as the flag of the People's Republic of China.
*
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 ...
– USAF Captain
Milburn G. Apt becomes the first person to exceed Mach 3. Shortly thereafter, the
Bell X-2 goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
*
1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
–
Typhoon Vera
Typhoon Vera, also known as the , was an exceptionally intense tropical cyclone that struck Japan in September 1959, becoming the strongest and deadliest typhoon on record to make landfall on the country as a Category 5 equivalent storm. Th ...
kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.
*
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...
– The
Yemen Arab Republic
The Yemen Arab Republic (YAR; ar, الجمهورية العربية اليمنية '), also known simply as North Yemen or Yemen (Sanaʽa), was a country from 1962 to 1990 in the northwestern part of what is now Yemen.The United States extend ...
is established.
* 1962 – Rachel Carson's book ''
Silent Spring
''Silent Spring'' is an environmental science book by Rachel Carson. Published on September 27, 1962, the book documented the environmental harm caused by the indiscriminate use of pesticides. Carson accused the chemical industry of spreading d ...
'' is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
*
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...
– The British
TSR-2
The British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2 is a cancelled Cold War strike and reconnaissance aircraft developed by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC), for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The TSR-2 was designed a ...
aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight.
*
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. ...
– The
last use of capital punishment in Spain sparks worldwide protests.
*
1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...
–
Japan Airlines Flight 715 crashes on approach to
Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport
Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport ( ms, Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah), (formerly Subang International Airport/Kuala Lumpur International Airport), often called Subang Airport or Subang Skypark, is an airport located in Subang, Petali ...
in
Subang,
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Mal ...
, killing 34 of the 79 people on board.
*
1988
File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...
– The
National League for Democracy
The National League for Democracy ( my, အမျိုးသား ဒီမိုကရေစီ အဖွဲ့ချုပ်, ; abbr. NLD; Burmese abbr. ဒီချုပ်) is a liberal democratic political party in Myanmar (Burma). It ...
is formed by
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi (; ; born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and a 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar (equivalent to a prime minister) and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2 ...
and others to fight dictatorship in Myanmar.
*
1993
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...
– The
Sukhumi massacre
The Sukhumi massacre took place on September 27, 1993, during and after the fall of Sukhumi into separatist hands in the course of the War in Abkhazia. It was perpetrated against Georgian civilians of Sukhumi, mainly by militia forces of Abkh ...
takes place in Abkhazia.
*
1996
File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone o ...
– The
Battle of Kabul ends in a Taliban victory; an
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is borde ...
is established.
* 1996 – Confusion on a tanker ship results in the
Julie N. oil spill in Portland, Maine.
*
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
– The
Google
Google LLC () is an American Multinational corporation, multinational technology company focusing on Search Engine, search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, software, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, ar ...
internet search engine retroactively claims this date as its birthday.
*
2001
The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...
– In Switzerland, a gunman
shoots
In botany, a plant shoot consists of any plant stem together with its appendages, leaves and lateral buds, flowering stems, and flower buds. The new growth from seed germination that grows upward is a shoot where leaves will develop. In the spr ...
18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.
*
2003
File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A ...
– The
SMART-1 satellite is launched.
*
2007
File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple Inc., Apple's first iPhone (1st generation), iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakis ...
– NASA launches the ''
Dawn
Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the appearance of indirect sunlight being scattered in Earth's atmosphere, when the centre of the Sun's disc has reached 18° below the observer's ...
'' probe to the asteroid belt.
*
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; ...
– CNSA astronaut
Zhai Zhigang
Zhai Zhigang (; born 11 October 1966) is a Chinese major general of the People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLASSF) in active service as a People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut. During the Shenzhou 7 mission ...
becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.
*
2012
File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...
– In Minneapolis, a gunman
shoots seven citizens, killing five and then himself.
*
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 ...
– The
eruption of Mount Ontake in Japan occurs.
*
2019
File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
– Over two million people participated in
worldwide strikes to protest climate change across 2,400 locations worldwide.
*
2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...
–
Second Nagorno-Karabakh war:
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
launched an offensive against the self-proclaimed
Republic of Artsakh
Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh () or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (),, is a breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Artsakh controls a part of the former ...
, inhabited predominantly by
ethnic Armenians
Armenians ( hy, հայեր, '' hayer'' ) are an ethnic group native to the Armenian highlands of Western Asia. Armenians constitute the main population of Armenia and the ''de facto'' independent Artsakh. There is a wide-ranging diaspora ...
.
Births
Pre-1600
*
808 –
Ninmyō, Japanese emperor (d. 850)
*
830 –
Ermentrude of Orléans, Queen of the Franks (probable year; d. 869)
*
1271 –
Wenceslaus II of Bohemia
Wenceslaus II Přemyslid ( cs, Václav II.; pl, Wacław II Czeski; 27 SeptemberK. Charvátová, ''Václav II. Král český a polský'', Prague 2007, p. 18. 1271 – 21 June 1305) was King of Bohemia (1278–1305), Duke of Cracow (1291–1 ...
, King of Bohemia and Poland (d. 1305)
*
1275
Year 1275 ( MCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Battle of Neopatras: Emperor Michael VIII (Palaiologos) assembles a Byzantin ...
–
John II, Duke of Brabant (d. 1312)
*
1300
Year 1300 ( MCCC) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1300th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 300th year of the 2nd millennium, the 100t ...
–
Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine
Adolf of the Rhine (german: Adolf der Redliche von der Pfalz) (27 September 1300, Wolfratshausen – 29 January 1327, Neustadt) from the house of Wittelsbach was formally Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1319 to 1327.
He was the second son of ...
(d. 1327)
*
1389 –
Cosimo de' Medici
Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici (27 September 1389 – 1 August 1464) was an Italian banker and politician who established the Medici family as effective rulers of Florence during much of the Italian Renaissance. His power derived from his wealth ...
, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)
*
1433 –
Stanisław Kazimierczyk, Polish canon regular and saint (d. 1489)
*
1442
Year 1442 ( MCDXLII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* March 18– 25 – Battle of Hermannstadt: John Hunyadi defeats an army of t ...
–
John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk
John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk, KG (27 September 1442 – 14–21 May 1492), was a major magnate in 15th-century England. He was the son of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and Alice Chaucer, the daughter of Thomas Chauce ...
(d. 1491)
*
1496 –
Hieronymus Łaski, Polish diplomat (d. 1542)
*
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 ...
–
Guillaume Rondelet
Guillaume Rondelet (27 September 150730 July 1566), also known as Rondeletus/Rondeletius, was Regius professor of medicine at the University of Montpellier in southern France and Chancellor of the University between 1556 and his death in 1566. He ...
, French physician (d. 1566)
*
1533
__NOTOC__
Year 1533 ( MDXXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 25 – King Henry VIII of England formally but secretly marrie ...
–
Stefan Batory
Stefan may refer to:
* Stefan (given name)
* Stefan (surname)
* Ștefan, a Romanian given name and a surname
* Štefan, a Slavic given name and surname
* Stefan (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
* Stefan Heym, pseudonym of German writ ...
, King of Poland (d. 1586)
*
1544
__NOTOC__
Events
January–June
* January 13 – At Västerås, the estates of Sweden swear loyalty to King Gustav Vasa and to his heirs, ending the traditional electoral monarchy in Sweden. Gustav subsequently signs an allianc ...
–
Takenaka Shigeharu
, who was also known as Hanbei (半兵衛), was a Japanese samurai during the Sengoku period of the 16th century. Hanbei was the castle lord in command of Bodaiyama Castle. He was a chief strategist and adviser of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. His father ...
, Japanese samurai (d. 1579)
*
1552
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Year 1552 ( MDLII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 15 – Henry II of France and Maurice, Elector of Saxony, sign the Tr ...
–
Flaminio Scala
Flaminio Scala (27 September 1552 – 9 December 1624), commonly known by his stage name, Flavio,Landolfi 1993. was an Italian stage actor of Commedia dell'Arte, scenario writer, playwright, director, producer, manager, agent, and editor. Consid ...
, Italian playwright and stage actor (d. 1624)
*
1598
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Events
January–June
* February 21 – Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia, following the death of his brother-in-law, Tsar Feodor I; the ''Time of Troubles'' starts.
* April 13 – Edict of Nantes (promulgated April 30 ...
–
Robert Blake, English admiral (d. 1657)
1601–1900
*
1601
This epoch is the beginning of the 400-year Gregorian leap-year cycle within which digital files first existed; the last year of any such cycle is the only leap year whose year number is divisible by 100.
January 1 of this year (1601-01-01) ...
–
Louis XIII of France
Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crow ...
(d. 1643)
*
1627 –
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
Jacques-Bénigne Lignel Bossuet (; 27 September 1627 – 12 April 1704) was a French bishop and theologian, renowned for his sermons and other addresses. He has been considered by many to be one of the most brilliant orators of all time and a ...
, French bishop and theologian (d. 1704)
*
1643
Events
January–March
* January 21 – Abel Tasman sights the island of Tonga.
* February 6 – Abel Tasman sights the Fiji Islands.
* March 13 – First English Civil War: First Battle of Middlewich – Roundheads ...
–
Solomon Stoddard
Solomon Stoddard (September 27, 1643, baptized October 1, 1643 – February 11, 1729) was the pastor of the Congregationalist Church in Northampton, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He succeeded Rev. Eleazer Mather, and later married his widow aro ...
, American pastor and librarian (d. 1729)
*
1657
Events
January–March
* January 8 – Miles Sindercombe and his group of disaffected Levellers are betrayed, in their attempt to assassinate Oliver Cromwell, by blowing up the Palace of Whitehall in London, and arrested.
* Febru ...
–
Sofia Alekseyevna of Russia
Sophia Alekseyevna ( rus, Со́фья Алексе́евна, p=ˈsofʲjə ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvnə; ) was a Russian princess who ruled as regent of Russia from 1682 to 1689. She allied herself with a singularly capable courtier and politician, Pri ...
(d. 1704)
*
1677
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Jean Racine's tragedy ''Phèdre'' is first performed, in Paris.
* January 21 – The first medical publication in America (a pamphlet on smallpox) is produced in Boston.
* February ...
–
Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari
Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari (27 September 1677 – 16 May 1754) was an Italian musical composer and ''maestro di cappella'' (chapel-master) at Pistoia. He was born at Pisa. He gained his initial grounding in musical education from his father, a ...
, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1754)
*
1696
Events
January–March
* January 21 – The Recoinage Act, passed by the Parliament of England to pull counterfeit silver coins out of circulation, becomes law.James E. Thorold Rogers, ''The First Nine Years of the Bank of Engl ...
–
Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori
Alphonsus Liguori, CSsR (27 September 1696 – 1 August 1787), sometimes called Alphonsus Maria de Liguori or Saint Alphonsus Liguori, was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philoso ...
, Italian bishop and saint (d. 1787)
*
1719
Events
January–March
* January 8 – Carolean Death March begins: A catastrophic retreat by a largely-Finnish Swedish- Carolean army under the command of Carl Gustaf Armfeldt across the Tydal mountains in a blizzard kills around 3, ...
–
Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician and epigrammatist (d. 1800)
*
1722
Events
January–March
* January 27 – Daniel Defoe's novel ''Moll Flanders'' is published anonymously in London.
* February 10 – The Battle of Cape Lopez begins off of the coast of West Africa (and present-day Gabon), a ...
–
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams ( – October 2, 1803) was an American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was a politician in colonial Massachusetts, a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, an ...
, American philosopher and politician, fourth
Governor of Massachusetts
The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the chief executive officer of the government of Massachusetts. The governor is the head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonwealth's military forces.
Massachuset ...
(d. 1803)
*
1729
Events
January–March
* January 8 – Frederick, the eldest son of King George II of Great Britain is made Prince of Wales at the age of 21, a few months after he comes to Britain for the first time after growing up in Hano ...
–
Michael Denis
Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael Denis, also: ''Sined the Bard'', (27 September 1729 – 29 September 1800) was an Austrian Catholic priest and Jesuit, who is best known as a poet, bibliographer, and lepidopterist.
Life
Denis was born at Schärdi ...
, Austrian lepidopterist, author, and poet (d. 1800)
*
1739 –
Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock
Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock (27 September 1739 – 22 March 1767) was a British politician and the eldest son of the John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, 4th Duke of Bedford and his second wife Gertrude Russell, Duchess of Bedford, Lady G ...
, Irish politician (d. 1767)
*
1765
Events January–March
* January 23 – Prince Joseph of Austria marries Princess Maria Josepha of Bavaria in Vienna.
* January 29 – One week before his death, Mir Jafar, who had been enthroned as the Nawab of Bengal and ru ...
–
Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille, French general (d. 1794)
*
1772 –
Martha Jefferson Randolph
Martha "Patsy" Randolph ( ''née'' Jefferson; September 27, 1772 – October 10, 1836) was the eldest daughter of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, and his wife, Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson. She was born at Montice ...
, daughter of
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 18 ...
who had twelve children (d. 1836)
*
1783
Events
January–March
* January 20 – At Versailles, Great Britain signs preliminary peace treaties with the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of Spain.
* January 23 – The Confederation Congress ratifies two October 8, ...
–
Agustín de Iturbide
Agustín de Iturbide (; 27 September 178319 July 1824), full name Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Arámburu and also known as Agustín of Mexico, was a Mexican army general and politician. During the Mexican War of Independence, he built ...
, Mexican royalist turned insurgent; first emperor of Mexico (d. 1824)
*
1803
Events
* January 1 – The first edition of Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reynière's ''Almanach des gourmands'', the first guide to restaurant cooking, is published in Paris.
* January 5 – William Symington demonstrates his ...
–
Samuel Francis Du Pont, American admiral (d. 1865)
*
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 ...
–
George Müller
George Müller (born Johann Georg Ferdinand Müller, 27 September 1805 – 10 March 1898) was a Christian evangelist and the director of the Ashley Down orphanage in Bristol, England. He was one of the founders of the Plymouth Brethren m ...
, German-English evangelist and missionary, founded the
Ashley Down Orphanage (d. 1898)
*
1818
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Battle of Koregaon: Troops of the British East India Company score a decisive victory over the Maratha Empire.
** Mary Shelley's ''Frankenstein'' is published anonymously in London.
* January 2 – ...
–
Hermann Kolbe, German chemist and academic (d. 1884)
*
1821
Events
January–March
* January 21 – Peter I Island in the Antarctic is first sighted, by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.
* January 28 – Alexander Island, the largest in Antarctica, is first discovered by Fabian Gottlieb von B ...
–
Henri-Frédéric Amiel
Henri Frédéric Amiel (; 27 September 1821 – 11 May 1881) was a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic.
Biography
Born in Geneva in 1821, Amiel was descended from a Huguenot family that moved to Switzerland following the revocation of the E ...
, Swiss philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 1881)
*
1824
May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Ninth Symphony
Events
January–March
* January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, with only one vote against h ...
–
William "Bull" Nelson, American general (d. 1862)
*
1830
It is known in European history as a rather tumultuous year with the Revolutions of 1830 in France, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and Italy.
Events January–March
* January 11 – LaGrange College (later the University of North Alabama) b ...
–
William Babcock Hazen
William Babcock Hazen (September 27, 1830 – January 16, 1887) was a career United States Army officer who served in the Indian Wars, as a Union general in the American Civil War, and as Chief Signal Officer of the U.S. Army. His most famous ser ...
, American general (d. 1887)
*
1838
Events
January–March
* January 10 – A fire destroys Lloyd's Coffee House and the Royal Exchange in London.
* January 11 – At Morristown, New Jersey, Samuel Morse, Alfred Vail and Leonard Gale give the first public demonstration o ...
–
Lawrence Sullivan Ross
Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross (September 27, 1838January 3, 1898) was the 19th governor of Texas, a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War, and the seventh president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, now ...
, American general and politician, 19th
Governor of Texas
The governor of Texas heads the state government of Texas. The governor is the leader of the executive and legislative branch of the state government and is the commander in chief of the Texas Military. The current governor is Greg Abbott, w ...
(d. 1898)
*
1840
Events
January–March
* January 3 – One of the predecessor papers of the ''Herald Sun'' of Melbourne, Australia, ''The Port Phillip Herald'', is founded.
* January 10 – Uniform Penny Post is introduced in the United Kingdom.
* Janu ...
–
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Alfred Thayer Mahan (; September 27, 1840 – December 1, 1914) was a United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century." His book '' The Influence of Sea Powe ...
, American captain and historian (d. 1914)
* 1840 –
Thomas Nast
Thomas Nast (; ; September 26, 1840December 7, 1902) was a German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist often considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon".
He was a critic of Democratic Representative "Boss" Tweed and ...
, German-American cartoonist (d. 1902)
*
1842
Events
January–March
* January
** Michael Alexander takes office, as the first appointee to the Anglican-German Bishopric in Jerusalem.
** American medical student William E. Clarke of Berkshire Medical College becomes the first pe ...
–
Alphonse François Renard
Alphonse Francois Renard (27 September 18429 July 1903), Belgian geologist and petrographer, was born at Ronse, in East Flanders, on 27 September 1842. He was educated for the church of Rome, and from 1866 to 1869 he was superintendent at the ...
, Belgian geologist and petrographer (d. 1903)
*
1843
Events January–March
* January
** Serial publication of Charles Dickens's novel ''Martin Chuzzlewit'' begins in London; in the July chapters, he lands his hero in the United States.
** Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart ...
–
Gaston Tarry
Gaston Tarry (27 September 1843 – 21 June 1913) was a French people, French mathematician. Born in Villefranche de Rouergue, Aveyron, he studied mathematics at high school before joining the civil service in Algeria. He pursued mathematics as an ...
, French mathematician and academic (d. 1913)
*
1861
Statistically, this year is considered the end of the whale oil industry and (in replacement) the beginning of the petroleum oil industry.
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Benito Juárez captures Mexico City.
** The first stea ...
–
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson (September 27, 1861 – February 17, 1933) was an American poet, writer and lecturer. She was also the younger sister of former President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt and an aunt of future First Lady of t ...
, American poet and author (d. 1933)
*
1864
Events
January–March
* January 13 – American songwriter Stephen Foster (" Oh! Susanna", "Old Folks at Home") dies aged 37 in New York City, leaving a scrap of paper reading "Dear friends and gentle hearts". His parlor song ...
–
Andrej Hlinka
Andrej Hlinka (born András Hlinka; 27 September 1864 – 16 August 1938) was a Slovak Catholic priest, journalist, banker, politician, and one of the most important Slovakian public activists in Czechoslovakia before the Second World War. He ...
, Slovak priest and politician (d. 1938)
*
1866
Events January–March
* January 1
** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee.
** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine '' The Liberator'' is published.
* January 6 – Ottoman t ...
–
Eurosia Fabris
Eurosia Fabris (27 September 1866 – 8 January 1932), also known as "Mamma Rosa", was a Roman Catholic laywoman who has been beatfied in 2005. She is regarded as a model of holiness in the daily life of a Catholic family. Besides her nine own ...
, Italian saint (d. 1932)
*
1871
Events January–March
* January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory.
* January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
–
Grazia Deledda
Grazia Maria Cosima Damiana Deledda (; 27 September 1871 – 15 August 1936), also known in Sardinian language as Gràssia or Gràtzia Deledda (), was an Italian writer who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926 "for her idealistically ...
, Italian novelist 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. 1936)
*
1873 –
Vithalbhai Patel
Vithalbhai Patel (27 September 1873 – 22 October 1933) was an Indian legislator and political leader, co-founder of the Swaraj Party and elder brother of Sardar Patel.
Early life
Born in Nadiad, in the Indian state of Gujarat, Vithalbhai J ...
, Indian legislator and political leader (d. 1933)
*
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 ...
–
Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1934)
* 1879 –
Frederick Schule, American hurdler and coach (d. 1962)
* 1879 –
Cyril Scott
Cyril Meir Scott (27 September 1879 – 31 December 1970) was an English composer, writer, poet, and occultist. He created around four hundred musical compositions including piano, violin, cello concertos, symphonies, and operas. He also wrot ...
, English poet and composer (d. 1970)
*
1882
Events
January–March
* January 2
** The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates.
** Irish-born author Oscar Wilde arrives in t ...
–
Dorothy Greenhough-Smith
Dorothy Greenhough-Smith (27 September 1882 – 9 May 1965) was a British figure skater.
She was born Dorothy Vernon Muddock in Stokesley, North Riding of Yorkshire, the daughter of writer James Edward Preston Muddock, and married publi ...
, English figure skater and tennis player (d. 1965)
*
1885
Events
January–March
* January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam.
* January 4 &n ...
–
Harry Blackstone, Sr.
Harry Bouton Blackstone (born Henry Boughton; September 27, 1885 – November 16, 1965) was a famed stage magician and illusionist of the 20th century. Blackstone was born Harry Bouton in Chicago, Illinois. He began his career as a magician ...
, American magician (d. 1965)
* 1885 –
Charles Benjamin Howard
Charles Benjamin Howard (27 September 1885 – 25 March 1964) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Smith's Mills, Quebec in Stanstead County and became a businessman, industrialist and lumber mercha ...
, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1964)
*
1892
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States.
* February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado.
* February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies fo ...
–
George Bambridge
George Louis St Clair Bambridge (27 September 1892 – 16 December 1943) was a British diplomat. His wife, Elsie (née Kipling), was the daughter of the author Rudyard Kipling.
Life
Early life and education
George Louis St Clair Bambridge ...
, English diplomat (d. 1943)
*
1894
Events January–March
* January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire.
* January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United S ...
–
Lothar von Richthofen, German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1922)
*
1896 –
Gilbert Ashton
Gilbert Ashton MC (27 September 1896 – 6 February 1981) was an English cricketer who played 62 first-class matches between the wars, mostly for Cambridge University (whom he captained in 1921, and also captained at football) and Worcestersh ...
, English cricketer (d. 1981)
* 1896 –
Sam Ervin
Samuel James Ervin Jr. (September 27, 1896April 23, 1985) was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974. A native of Morganton, he liked to call himself a "country lawyer", and often ...
, American soldier and politician (d. 1985)
*
1898
Events
January–March
* January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, B ...
–
Vincent Youmans
Vincent Millie Youmans (September 27, 1898 – April 5, 1946) was an American Broadway composer and producer.
A leading Broadway composer of his day, Youmans collaborated with virtually all the greatest lyricists on Broadway: Ira Gershwin, ...
, American composer and producer (d. 1946)
1901–present
*
1904
Events
January
* January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''.
* January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library syst ...
–
Edvard Kocbek
Edvard Kocbek () (27 September 1904 – 3 November 1981) was a Slovenian poet, writer, essayist, translator, member of Christian Socialists in the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation and Slovene Partisans. He is considered one of the best au ...
, Slovenian poet and politician (d. 1981)
*1905 – Conrad Heidkamp, German footballer and manager (d. 1994)
*1906 – William Empson, English poet and critic (d. 1984)
* 1906 – Jim Thompson (writer), Jim Thompson, American author and screenwriter (d. 1977)
* 1906 – Sergei Varshavsky, Russian art collector and author (d. 1980)
*1907 – Bernard Miles, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
* 1907 – Bhagat Singh, Indian socialist revolutionary (disputed with 28 September) (d. 1931)
*1911 – Marcey Jacobson, American-Mexican photographer (d. 2009)
*1913 – Albert Ellis, American psychologist and author (d. 2007)
*
1916
Events
Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled.
* J ...
– S. Yizhar, Israeli academic and politician (d. 2006)
*1917 – Louis Auchincloss, American novelist and essayist (d. 2010)
* 1917 – Carl Ballantine, American magician and actor (d. 2009)
* 1917 – William T. Orr, American actor and producer (d. 2002)
* 1917 – Benjamin Rubin, American microbiologist (d. 2010)
*1918 – Martin Ryle, English astronomer and author, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
* 1918 – Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd, Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd (d. 2001)
* 1918 – Konstantin Gerchik, Soviet military leader (d. 2001)
*1919 – Jayne Meadows, American actress and author (d. 2015)
* 1919 – Charles H. Percy, American lieutenant and politician (d. 2011)
* 1919 – James H. Wilkinson, American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1986)
*1921 – Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian director and screenwriter (d. 2014)
* 1921 – Milton Subotsky, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded Amicus Productions (d. 1991)
* 1921 – Bernard Waber, American author and illustrator (d. 2013)
*
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 ...
– Sammy Benskin, American pianist and bandleader (d. 1992)
* 1922 – Arthur Penn, American director and producer (d. 2010)
*1924 – Ernest Becker, American-Canadian anthropologist, author, and academic (d. 1974)
* 1924 – Bud Powell, American pianist and composer (d. 1966)
* 1924 – Fred Singer, Austrian-American physicist and academic (d. 2020)
* 1924 – Josef Škvorecký, Czech-Canadian author and publisher (d. 2012)
*1925 – Robert Edwards (physiologist), Robert Edwards, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
* 1925 – George Gladir, American author (d. 2013)
*1926 – Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2006)
*1927 – Chrysostomos I of Cyprus (d. 2007)
* 1927 – Red Rodney, American trumpet player (d. 1994)
* 1927 – Romano Scarpa, Italian author and illustrator (d. 2005)
* 1927 – Sada Thompson, American actress (d. 2011)
*
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 ...
– Margaret Rule, English archaeologist and historian (d. 2015)
*1929 – Calvin Jones (musician), Calvin Jones, American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2004)
* 1929 – Bruno Junk, Estonian race walker (d. 1995)
* 1929 – Barbara Murray, English actress (d. 2014)
*
1930
Events
January
* January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will b ...
– Paul Reichmann, Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Olympia and York (d. 2013)
*1931 – Freddy Quinn, Austrian singer, guitarist, and actor
*1932 – Geoff Bent, English footballer (d. 1958)
* 1932 – Michael Colvin, English captain and politician (d. 2000)
* 1932 – Gabriel Loubier, Canadian politician
* 1932 – Oliver E. Williamson, American economist and academic, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2020)
* 1932 – Marcia Neugebauer, American geophysicist
*1933 – Rodney Cotterill, Danish-English physicist and neuroscientist (d. 2007)
* 1933 – Greg Morris, American actor (d. 1996)
*1934 – Wilford Brimley, American actor (d. 2020)
* 1934 – Claude Jarman, Jr., American actor and producer
* 1934 – Dick Schaap, American sportscaster and author (d. 2001)
*1935 – Al MacNeil, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*1936 – Don Cornelius, American television host and producer (d. 2012)
* 1936 – Gordon Honeycombe, English actor, playwright, and author (d. 2015)
*1937 – Vasyl Durdynets, Ukrainian politician and diplomat, eighth Prime Minister of Ukraine
*
1938
Events
January
* January 1
** The new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the authoritarian regime.
** State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France ...
– Jean-Loup Dabadie, French journalist, songwriter, and screenwriter (d. 2020)
*1939 – Nicholas Haslam, English interior designer and author
* 1939 – Carol Lynn Pearson, American author, poet, and playwright
* 1939 – Kathy Whitworth, American golfer
*
1940
A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* Januar ...
– Josephine Barstow, English soprano and actress
* 1940 – Benoni Beheyt, Belgian cyclist
*
1941
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar E ...
– Peter Bonetti, English footballer and coach (d. 2020)
* 1941 – Serge Ménard, Canadian lawyer and politician
* 1941 – Don Nix, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
*
1942
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in w ...
– Dith Pran, Cambodian photographer and journalist (d. 2008)
* 1942 – Alvin Stardust, English singer and actor (d. 2014)
*1943 – Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (b. 1943), Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (d. 2021)
* 1943 – Randy Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
*
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 ...
– Angélica María, American-born Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
* 1944 – Gary Sutherland, American baseball player and scout
*1945 – Jack Goldstein, Canadian-American painter (d. 2003)
*1946 – Nicos Anastasiades, Cypriot lawyer and politician, seventh President of Cyprus
* 1946 – T. C. Cannon, American painter and sculptor (d. 1978)
*1947 – Dick Advocaat, Dutch football manager and former player
* 1947 – Richard Court, Australian politician, 26th Premier of Western Australia
* 1947 – Barbara Dickson, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
* 1947 – Denis Lawson, Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter
* 1947 – Meat Loaf, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2022)
*1948 – Tom Braidwood, Canadian actor, director, and producer
* 1948 – Les Chapman, English footballer and manager
* 1948 – Duncan Fletcher, Rhodesian-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
*
1949
Events
January
* January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022.
* January 2 – Luis ...
– Graham Richardson, Australian journalist and politician, 39th Minister for Health (Australia), Australian Minister for Health
* 1949 – Mike Schmidt, American baseball player
* 1949 – Jahn Teigen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)
*1950 – Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese-American actor and martial artist
*1951 – Geoff Gallop, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Western Australia
* 1951 – Michel Rivard (musician), Michel Rivard, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1951 – Jim Shooter, American author and illustrator
*1952 – Katie Fforde, English author
* 1952 – Dumitru Prunariu, Romanian pilot, engineer, and astronaut
*1953 – Diane Abbott, English journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
* 1953 – Mata Amritanandamayi, Indian guru and saint
* 1953 – Claudio Gentile, Italian footballer and manager
* 1953 – Greg Ham, Australian keyboard player, saxophonist and songwriter (d. 2012)
*1954 – Ray Hadley, Australian radio host and sportscaster
* 1954 – Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Russian violinist and conductor
* 1954 – Larry Wall, American computer programmer and author
*
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 Archibald, Scottish footballer and manager
*1957 – Bill Athey, English cricketer, footballer, and coach
*1958 – Shaun Cassidy, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
* 1958 – Irvine Welsh, Scottish author and playwright
*
1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
– Beth Heiden, American speed skater and cyclist
*1960 – Jean-Marc Barr, German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...
– Gavin Larsen, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
*1963 – Marc Maron, American comedian, actor, and radio host
*
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...
– Predrag Brzaković, Serbian footballer (d. 2012)
* 1964 – Tracy Camp, American computer scientist and academic
* 1964 – Johnny du Plooy, South African boxer (d. 2013)
* 1964 – Stephan Jenkins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
*1965 – Steve Kerr, American basketball player, coach and sportscaster
* 1965 – Bernard Lord, Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Premier of New Brunswick
* 1965 – Peter MacKay, Canadian lawyer and politician, 50th Minister of Justice (Canada), Canadian Minister of Justice
* 1965 – Alexis Stewart, American radio and television host
*1966 – Debbie Wasserman Schultz, American politician
* 1966 – Stephanie Wilson, American engineer and astronaut
* 1966 – Jovanotti, Lorenzo Cherubini, Italian singer-songwriter and rapper
*1967 – Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian footballer
*1968 – Mari Kiviniemi, Finnish politician, 41st Prime Minister of Finland
*1970 – Yoshiharu Habu, Japanese chess player and author
* 1970 – Tamara Taylor, Canadian actress
*1971 – Horacio Sandoval, Mexican illustrator
*1972 – Sylvia Crawley, American basketball player and coach
* 1972 – Clara Hughes, Canadian cyclist and speed skater
* 1972 – Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress, blogger, and businesswoman
* 1972 – Craig L. Rice, American politician
*1973 – Vratislav Lokvenc, Czech footballer
* 1973 – Stanislav Pozdnyakov, Russian fencer
*1974 – Carrie Brownstein, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
*1976 – Matt Harding, American video game designer and dancer
* 1976 – Jason Phillips (catcher), Jason Phillips, American baseball player and coach
* 1976 – Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
*
1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...
– Andrus Värnik, Estonian javelin thrower
*1978 – Brad Arnold, American rock singer-songwriter
* 1978 – Jon Rauch, American baseball player
* 1978 – Mihaela Ursuleasa, Romanian pianist (d. 2012)
*1979 – Jon Garland, American baseball player
* 1979 – Zita Görög, Hungarian actress and model
* 1979 – Christian Jones (racing driver), Christian Jones, Australian race car driver
* 1979 – Steve Simpson (rugby league), Steve Simpson, Australian rugby league player
*1980 – Asashōryū Akinori, Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 68th Yokozuna
* 1980 – Ehron VonAllen, American singer-songwriter and producer
*1981 – Sophie Crumb, American author and illustrator
* 1981 – Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricketer
* 1981 – Lakshmipathy Balaji, Indian cricketer
*1982 – Jon McLaughlin (musician), Jon McLaughlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1982 – Markus Rosenberg, Swedish footballer
* 1982 – Lil Wayne, American rapper, producer, and actor
* 1982 – Darrent Williams, American football player (d. 2007)
*1983 – Jeon Hye-bin, South Korean actress and singer
*1984 – Paul Bevan, Australian footballer
* 1984 – Davide Capello, Italian footballer
* 1984 – John Lannan, American baseball player
* 1984 – Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
* 1984 – Wouter Weylandt, Belgian cyclist (d. 2011)
*1985 – Massimo Bertocchi, Canadian decathlete
* 1985 – Daniel Pudil, Czech footballer
* 1985 – Ibrahim Touré (footballer, born 1985), Ibrahim Touré, Ivorian footballer (d. 2014)
*1986 – Vin Mazzaro, American baseball player
* 1986 – Matt Shoemaker American baseball player
* 1986 – Ricardo Risatti, Argentinian race car driver
*1987 – Ádám Bogdán, Hungarian footballer
* 1987 – Austin Carlile, American singer-songwriter
* 1987 – Vanessa James, French figure skater
* 1987 – Olga Puchkova, Russian tennis player
*
1988
File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...
– Lisa Ryzih, German pole vaulter
*1989 – Park Tae-hwan, South Korean swimmer
*1991 – Ousmane Barry, Guinean footballer
* 1991 – Simona Halep, Romanian tennis player
* 1991 – Anete Paulus, Estonian footballer
* 1991 – Rio Uchida, Japanese model and actress
*1992 – Lachlan Burr, Australian rugby league player
* 1992 – Luc Castaignos, Dutch footballer
* 1992 – Pak Kwang-ryong, North Korean footballer
* 1992 – Ryan O'Shaughnessy, Irish singer-songwriter and actor
* 1992 – Gabriel (footballer, born September 1992), Gabriel Vasconcelos Ferreira, Brazilian footballer
* 1992 – Granit Xhaka, Swiss footballer
*
1993
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...
– Lisandro Magallán, Argentinian footballer
* 1993 – Monica Puig, Puerto Rican-American tennis player
* 1993 – Vinnie Sunseri, American football player
*1994 – Dylan Walker, Australian rugby league player
*1995 – Kwon Eun-bi, South Korean singer and musical actress
*
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
– Ioana Mincă, Romanian tennis player
*
2001
The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...
– David Malukas, American race car driver
*2002 – Jenna Ortega, American actress
Deaths
Pre-1600
* 765 – Pugu Huai'en, Chinese general during the Tang Dynasty
* 936 – Gyeon Hwon, king of Later Baekje, Hubaekje (b. 867)
*1111 – Vekenega, Croatian Benedictine abbess
*1125 – Richeza of Berg, Duchess of Bohemia (b.c. 1095)
*1194 – Renaud de Courtenay, Anglo-Norman nobleman (b. 1125)
*1249 – Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse (b. 1197)
*1404 – William of Wykeham, English bishop (b. 1320)
*1536 – Felice della Rovere, illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II (b. 1483)
*1612 – Piotr Skarga, Polish Jesuit and polemicist (b. 1536)
*1637 – Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino saint (b. c.1600)
*
1657
Events
January–March
* January 8 – Miles Sindercombe and his group of disaffected Levellers are betrayed, in their attempt to assassinate Oliver Cromwell, by blowing up the Palace of Whitehall in London, and arrested.
* Febru ...
– Olimpia Maidalchini, Roman noble (b. 1591)
*1557 – Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b. 1497)
*
1590
Events
January–June
* January 4 – The Cortes of Castile approves a new subsidy, the '' millones''.
* March 4 – Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, takes Breda, by concealing 68 of his best men in a peat-boat, to ...
–
Pope Urban VII
Pope Urban VII ( la, Urbanus VII; it, Urbano VII; 4 August 1521 – 27 September 1590), born Giovanni Battista Castagna, was head of the Catholic Church, and ruler of the Papal States from 15 to 27 September 1590. His thirteen-day papacy was th ...
(b. 1521)
1601–1900
*1623 – John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen (b. 1561)
*1651 – Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1573)
*1660 – Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint (b. 1581)
*1674 – Robert Arnauld d'Andilly, French writer (b. 1589)
*1700 – Pope Innocent XII (b. 1615)
*
1719
Events
January–March
* January 8 – Carolean Death March begins: A catastrophic retreat by a largely-Finnish Swedish- Carolean army under the command of Carl Gustaf Armfeldt across the Tydal mountains in a blizzard kills around 3, ...
– George Smalridge, English bishop (b. 1662)
*1730 – Laurence Eusden, English poet and author (b. 1688)
*1735 – Peter Artedi, Swedish ichthyologist and zoologist (b. 1705)
*1742 – Hugh Boulter, Irish archbishop (b. 1672)
*
1783
Events
January–March
* January 20 – At Versailles, Great Britain signs preliminary peace treaties with the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of Spain.
* January 23 – The Confederation Congress ratifies two October 8, ...
– Étienne Bézout, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1730)
*1832 – Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author (b. 1781)
*1833 – Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Indian humanitarian and reformer (b. 1772)
*
1838
Events
January–March
* January 10 – A fire destroys Lloyd's Coffee House and the Royal Exchange in London.
* January 11 – At Morristown, New Jersey, Samuel Morse, Alfred Vail and Leonard Gale give the first public demonstration o ...
– Bernard Courtois, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1777)
*1876 – Braxton Bragg, American general (b. 1817)
*1886 – Charles Gordon Greene, American journalist and politician (b. 1804)
*1891 – Ivan Goncharov, Russian author and critic (b. 1812)
*
1898
Events
January–March
* January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, B ...
– Thomas Joseph Byrnes, Australian politician, 12th Premier of Queensland (b. 1860)
1901–present
*1911 – Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and academic (b. 1844)
*1915 – Remy de Gourmont, French novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1858)
*1917 – Edgar Degas, French painter and sculptor (b. 1834)
*1919 – Adelina Patti, Italian-French opera singer (b. 1843)
*1921 – Engelbert Humperdinck (composer), Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer and educator (b. 1854)
*1934 – Ellen Willmott, English horticulturalist (b. 1858)
*1935 – Alan Gray, English composer and organist (b. 1855)
*
1940
A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* Januar ...
– Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and critic (b. 1892)
* 1940 – Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
*
1942
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in w ...
– Douglas Albert Munro, United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor, (b. 1919)
*
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 ...
– Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (b. 1890)
*
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 ...
– Gerald Finzi, English composer and educator (b. 1901)
* 1956 – Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American basketball player and golfer (b. 1911)
*1960 – Sylvia Pankhurst, English activist (b. 1882)
*1961 – Hilda Doolittle. American poet, novelist, and memoirist (b. 1886)
*1965 – Clara Bow, American actress (b. 1905)
* 1965 – William Stanier, English engineer, co-designed the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (b. 1876)
*1967 – Felix Yusupov, Russian husband of Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1887)
*1972 – S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician, librarian, and academic (b. 1892)
*1974 – Silvio Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and academic (b. 1907)
*
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. ...
– Jack Lang (Australian politician), Jack Lang, Australian lawyer and politician, 23rd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1876)
*1979 – Gracie Fields, English actress and singer (b. 1898)
* 1979 – Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
*1981 – Robert Montgomery (actor), Robert Montgomery, American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1904)
*1983 – Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author (b. 1911)
*1984 – Chronis Exarhakos, Greek actor (b. 1932)
*1985 – Lloyd Nolan, American actor (b. 1902)
*1986 – Cliff Burton, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1962)
*1991 – Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1904)
*1992 – Zhang Leping, Chinese comic artist (b. 1910)
*
1993
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...
– Jimmy Doolittle, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1896)
* 1993 – Fraser MacPherson, Canadian saxophonist and educator (b. 1928)
*
1996
File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone o ...
– Mohammad Najibullah, Afghan physician and politician, seventh President of Afghanistan (b. 1947)
*1997 – Walter Trampler, American viola player and educator (b. 1915)
*
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
– Doak Walker, American football player (b. 1927)
*
2003
File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A ...
– Jean Lucas (racing driver), Jean Lucas, French race car driver (b. 1927)
* 2003 – Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1925)
*2004 – John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1929)
*2005 – Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian and actor (b. 1929)
* 2005 – Mary Lee Settle, American novelist, essayist, and memoirist (b. 1918)
*2006 – Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier (b. 1910)
*
2007
File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple Inc., Apple's first iPhone (1st generation), iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakis ...
– Dale Houston, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
* 2007 – Kenji Nagai, Japanese photographer and journalist (b. 1957)
*
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; ...
– Henri Pachard, American director and producer (b. 1939)
*2009 – Ivan Dykhovichny, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1947)
* 2009 – Charles Snead Houston, Charles Houston, American physician and mountaineer (b. 1913)
* 2009 – William Safire, American author and journalist (b. 1929)
*2010 – George Blanda, American football player (b. 1927)
* 2010 – Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore), Minister of Foreign Affairs for Singapore (b. 1955)
* 2010 – Trevor Taylor (racing driver), Trevor Taylor, English race car driver (b. 1936)
*2011 – David Croft (TV producer), David Croft, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
* 2011 – Imre Makovecz, Hungarian architect (b. 1935)
* 2011 – Johnny "Country" Mathis, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
*
2012
File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...
– Eddie Bert, American trombonist (b. 1922)
* 2012 – Herbert Lom, Czech-English actor (b. 1917)
* 2012 – John Silber, American academic and politician (b. 1926)
* 2012 – Sanjay Surkar, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1959)
* 2012 – Frank Wilson (musician), Frank Wilson, American songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
*2013 – Oscar Castro-Neves, Brazilian-American guitarist, composer, and conductor (b. 1940)
* 2013 – Tuncel Kurtiz, Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
* 2013 – Albert Naughton, English rugby player (b. 1929)
*
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 ...
– Gaby Aghion, French fashion designer, founded Chloé (b. 1921)
* 2014 – Eugie Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1971)
* 2014 – Taylor Hardwick, American architect and educator, designed Haydon Burns Library and Friendship Fountain Park (b. 1925)
* 2014 – Wally Hergesheimer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)
* 2014 – Abdelmajid Lakhal, Tunisian actor and director (b. 1939)
* 2014 – James Traficant, American lawyer and politician (b. 1941)
*2015 – Syed Ahmed (politician), Syed Ahmed, Indian author and politician, 16th Governor of Manipur (b. 1945)
* 2015 – Pietro Ingrao, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1915)
* 2015 – Kallen Pokkudan, Indian activist and author (b. 1937)
* 2015 – Frank Tyson, English-Australian cricketer, coach, and journalist (b. 1930)
*2016 – David Hahn, American Boy Scout famous for attempting to build a nuclear reactor in a shed in his backyard (b. 1976)
*2017 – Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founder of Playboy Enterprises (b. 1926)
*2018 – Kavita Mahajan, Indian author and translator (b.1967)
* 2018 – Michael Payton, American football quarterback (b.1970)
* 2018 – Manoharsinhji Pradyumansinhji, Indian nobleman and politician (b.1935)
* 2018 – Marty Balin, American singer, co-founder of the band Jefferson Airplane (b. 1942)
Holidays and observances
* Christian calendar of saints, feast days:
** Adheritus
** Caius (bishop of Milan), Caius of Milan
** Vincent de Paul
** Cosmas and Damian
** September 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
* Consumación de la Independencia (Mexico)
* French Community Holiday (French community of Belgium)
* Independence Day (Turkmenistan), celebrates the independence of Turkmenistan from USSR in 1991.
* Meskel (Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Church, following Julian calendar, September 28 on leap years)
* AIDS.gov#External links, National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
* Polish Underground State's Day (Poland)
* World Tourism Day (International observance, International)
References
External links
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Days of the year
September