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Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...
, this was the only leap year spanned to 367 days as July 4 repeated. This means that the
International Date Line The International Date Line (IDL) is the line extending between the South and North Poles that is the boundary between one calendar day and the next. It passes through the Pacific Ocean, roughly following the 180.0° line of longitude and de ...
was drawn from the east of the country to go west.


Events


January

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January 1 January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the year. __TOC__ Events ...
Ellis Island Ellis Island is an island in New York Harbor, within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York (state), New York. Owned by the U.S. government, Ellis Island was once the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United State ...
begins processing
immigrants to the United States Immigration to the United States has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of its history. As of January 2025, the United States has the largest immigrant population in the world in absolute terms, ...
.


February

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February 27 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantin ...
Rudolf Diesel Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (, ; 18 March 1858 – 29 September 1913) was a German inventor and mechanical engineer who invented the Diesel engine, which burns Diesel fuel; both are named after him. Early life and education Diesel was born on 1 ...
applies for a patent, on his compression ignition engine (the
Diesel engine The diesel engine, named after the German engineer Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which Combustion, ignition of diesel fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to Mechanics, mechanical Compr ...
). *
February 29 February 29 is a '' leap day'' (or "leap year day")—an intercalary date added periodically to create leap years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the 60th day of a leap year in both Julian and Gregorian calendars, and 306 day ...
St. Petersburg, Florida St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 258,308, making it the List of municipalities in Florida, fifth-most populous city in Florida and the most populous city in the sta ...
is incorporated as a town.


March

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March 1 Events Pre-1600 * 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor Diocleti ...
Theodoros Deligiannis Theodoros Diligiannis (also transliterated as Deligiannis;Konstantinos Apostolou Vakalopoulos, ''Modern History of Macedonia (1830-1912)'', Barbounakis, 1988, p. 95. ; 1826–1905) was a Greek politician, minister and member of the Greek Parlia ...
ends his term as
Prime Minister of Greece The prime minister of the Hellenic Republic (), usually referred to as the prime minister of Greece (), is the head of government of the Greece, Hellenic Republic and the leader of the Cabinet of Greece, Greek Cabinet. The officeholder's of ...
and
Konstantinos Konstantopoulos Konstantinos Konstantopoulos (; 1832, Tripoli, Greece – 11 November 1910,Scrip, "Death of K. Konstantopoulos", 12 November 1910, accessed 27 July 2013 (Greek). Athens) was a conservative Greek politician and briefly Prime Minister of Greece. Ea ...
takes office. *
March 6 Events Pre-1600 * 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor. * 845 – The 42 Martyrs of Amorium are killed after refusing to convert to Islam. * 1204 &ndas ...
8 – "Exclusive Agreement": Rulers of the
Trucial States The Trucial States, also known as the Trucial Coast, the Trucial Sheikhdoms, or Trucial Oman, was a group of tribal confederations to the south of the Persian Gulf (southeastern Arabia) whose leaders had signed protective treaties, or truce ...
(
Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. The city is the seat of the Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, the capital city of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the UAE's List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, second-most popu ...
,
Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...
,
Sharjah Sharjah (; ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi. It is the capital of the Emirate of Sharjah and forms part of the D ...
,
Ajman Ajman ( '; Gulf Arabic: عيمان ''ʿYmān'') is the capital of the emirate of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates. It is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, fifth-largest city in UAE after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Al Ain. Loca ...
,
Ras al-Khaimah Ras Al Khaimah (; ), often referred to its initials RAK, is the largest city and capital of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah in the U.A.E. The city had a population of 191,753 in 2025, and is the sixth-most populous city in UAE after Dubai, Abu ...
and
Umm al-Quwain Umm Al Quwain (UAQ; Arabic: أم القيوين, pronounced: Arabic phonology, /ʔumː alqejˈwejn/, Gulf Arabic: Gulf Arabic, �ʊm͜ː 'æl ge̞ˈwe̞n) is the capital and largest city of the Emirate of Umm Al Quwain in the United Arab Emir ...
) sign an agreement, by which they become ''de facto''
British protectorate British protectorates were protectorates under the jurisdiction of the British government. Many territories which became British protectorates already had local rulers with whom the Crown negotiated through treaty, acknowledging their status wh ...
s. *
March 11 Events Pre-1600 * 843 – Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the veneration of icons in the Orthodox churches in the Byzantine Empire. * 1343 – Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the last Bishop of Prague (3 March 13 ...
– The first
basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...
game is played in public, between students and faculty at the Springfield YMCA before 200 spectators. The final score is 5–1 in favor of the students, with the only goal for the faculty being scored by
Amos Alonzo Stagg Amos Alonzo Stagg (August 16, 1862 – March 17, 1965) was an American athlete and college coach in multiple sports, primarily American football. He served as the head football coach at the International YMCA Training School (now called Springfie ...
. *
March 13 Events Pre-1600 * 222 – Roman emperor Elagabalus is murdered alongside his mother, Julia Soaemias. He is replaced by his 14-year old cousin, Severus Alexander. * 624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Mu ...
Ernest Louis, a grandson of
Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in January 1901. Her reign of 63 year ...
, becomes Grand Duke of Hesse and the Rhine on the death of his father, Grand Duke Louis IV. *
March 15 Events Pre-1600 * 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years truce. * 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar, the dictator of the Roman R ...
** The
Liverpool Football Club Liverpool Football Club is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Founded in ...
is founded in England by John Houlding, the owner of
Anfield Anfield is a Association football, football stadium in the area of Anfield (suburb), Anfield, Liverpool, England, which has been the home of Liverpool F.C. since its formation in 1892. The stadium has a seating capacity of 61,276, making it the ...
; Houlding decides to form his own team after Everton leaves Anfield, in an argument over rent. ** Jesse W. Reno patents the first
escalator An escalator is a moving staircase which carries people between floors of a building or structure. It consists of a Electric motor, motor-driven chain of individually linked steps on a track which cycle on a pair of tracks which keep the st ...
, installed at
Coney Island Coney Island is a neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Brighton Beach to its east, Lower New York Bay to the south and west, and Gravesend to ...
. *
March 17 Events Pre-1600 * 45 BC – In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda. * 180 – Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of ...
– The St. Patrick's Day Snowstorm besieges
Tennessee Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...
with upwards of 26 inches of snow, establishing accumulation records that still stand. *
March 18 Events Pre-1600 * 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10. * 1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Ar ...
– Sir Frederick Stanley, Governor General of Canada, announces his intention to donate the
Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup () is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, and the International Ic ...
for ice hockey. *
March 20 Events Pre-1600 *1206 – Michael IV of Constantinople, Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. *1600 – The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish n ...
– The first ever French rugby championship final takes place in Paris.
Pierre de Coubertin Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (; born Pierre de Frédy; 1 January 1863 – 2 September 1937), also known as Pierre de Coubertin and Baron de Coubertin, was a French educator and historian, co-founder of the International Olympic ...
referees the match, which Racing Club de France wins 4–3 over
Stade Français Stade Français Paris (known commonly as Stade Français, ) is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French ...
. *
March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. * 1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging ...
– The world's first
fingerprinting A fingerprint is an impression left by the friction ridges of a human finger. The recovery of partial fingerprints from a crime scene is an important method of forensic science. Moisture and grease on a finger result in fingerprints on surfa ...
bureau is formally opened by the
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...
Chief of Police; it has been operating unofficially since the previous year.


April

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April 15 Events Pre-1600 * 769 – The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings. * 1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guisca ...
– The
General Electric General Electric Company (GE) was an American Multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in 1892, incorporated in the New York (state), state of New York and headquartered in Boston. Over the year ...
Company is established through the merger of the
Thomson-Houston Electric Company The Thomson-Houston Electric Company was a manufacturing company that was one of the precursors of General Electric. History The company began as the American Electric Company, founded by Elihu Thomson and Edwin Houston. In 1882, Charles Al ...
and the Edison General Electric Company. *
April April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. Its length is 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the ...
– The
Johnson County War The Johnson County War, also known as the War on Powder River and the Wyoming Range War, was a range war in Johnson County, Wyoming from 1889 to 1893. The conflict began when cattle companies started ruthlessly persecuting alleged Cattle raiding ...
breaks out between small farmers and large ranchers in
Wyoming Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t ...
.


May

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May 19 Events Pre-1600 * 639 – Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace. * 715 – Pope Gregory II is elected. * 934 – The Byzantine Empire reconquers Melitene under ...
– Battle of Yemoja River: British troops defeat Ijebu infantry in modern-day
Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...
, using a
maxim gun The Maxim gun is a Recoil operation, recoil-operated machine gun invented in 1884 by Hiram Maxim, Hiram Stevens Maxim. It was the first automatic firearm, fully automatic machine gun in the world. The Maxim gun has been called "the weapon most ...
. *
May 20 Events Pre-1600 * 325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church. * 491 – Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed '' Augusta'' is able to choose h ...
– The last
broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , more known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union countries ...
train runs from
Paddington Paddington is an area in the City of Westminster, in central London, England. A medieval parish then a metropolitan borough of the County of London, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965. Paddington station, designed b ...
on the
Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a History of rail transport in Great Britain, British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, ...
of England. *
May 22 Events Pre-1600 * 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu. * 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt. ...
– The British conquest of Ijebu Ode marks a major extension of colonial power into the
Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...
n interior. *
May 24 Events Pre-1600 * 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom. * 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. * 1276 – Magnus ...
– Prince George (later
George V of the United Kingdom George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. George was born during the reign of his pa ...
) becomes
Duke of York Duke of York is a title of nobility in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Since the 15th century, it has, when granted, usually been given to the second son of List of English monarchs, English (later List of British monarchs, British) monarchs ...
.


June

* June 5 – An oil fire in
Oil City, Pennsylvania Oil City is the largest city in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States. Known for its prominence in the initial exploration and development of the petroleum industry, it is located at a bend in the Allegheny River at the mouth of Oil Cre ...
, United States, kills 130 people. *
June 6 Events Pre-1600 * 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointe ...
– The
Chicago "L" The Chicago "L" (short for "elevated railway, elevated") is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of Illinois. Operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), it is the four ...
begins operation for the first time with the opening of the
Chicago and South Side Rapid Transit Railroad The South Side Elevated Railroad (originally Chicago and South Side Rapid Transit Railroad) was the first elevated rapid transit line in Chicago, Illinois. The line ran from downtown Chicago to East 63rd branch (CTA), Jackson Park, with branches ...
. *
June 7 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia at Constantinople (Byzantine Empire). * 879 – Pope John VIII recognises the Duchy of Croatia under Duke Branimir as an independent state. * 1002 – He ...
Homer Plessy, a mixed-race man, is arrested for deliberately sitting in a whites-only railroad car in Louisiana, leading to the landmark United States Supreme Court decision '' Plessy v. Ferguson'', which legitimized "
separate but equal Separate but equal was a legal doctrine in United States constitutional law, according to which racial segregation did not necessarily violate the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which nominally guaranteed "equal protectio ...
"
racial segregation in the United States Facilities and services such as housing, healthcare, education, employment, and transportation have been systematically separated in the United States based on racial categorizations. Notably, racial segregation in the United States was the leg ...
. *
June 11 Events Pre-1600 * 173 – Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty ( 171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle ...
– The Limelight Department, later one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in
Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...
, Australia. *
June 30 Events Pre-1600 * 296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy. * 763 – The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus. * 1422 – Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Mil ...
– The Homestead Strike begins in
Homestead, Pennsylvania Homestead is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Monongahela River southeast of downtown Pittsburgh. The borough is known for the Homestead strike of 1892, an important event in the history of labor relation ...
, culminating in a battle between striking workers and private security agents on
July 6 Events Pre-1600 * 371 BC – The Battle of Leuctra shatters Sparta's reputation of military invincibility. * 640 – Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egy ...
.


July

* July 4
Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...
changes its time zone from 4 hours ahead of
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
to being 3 hours behind California, such that it crosses the International Date Line, and Monday, July 4 occurs twice. * July 418British general election: The
Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civiliza ...
and
Liberal Unionist The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party. Led by Lord Hartington (later the Duke of Devonshire) and Joseph Chamberlain, the party established a political ...
coalition government loses its majority in the
House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of ...
, eventually leading to
Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...
Lord Salisbury Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (; 3 February 183022 August 1903), known as Lord Salisbury, was a British statesman and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United ...
's resignation on August 12. *
July 6 Events Pre-1600 * 371 BC – The Battle of Leuctra shatters Sparta's reputation of military invincibility. * 640 – Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egy ...
** Dr.
José Rizal José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (, ; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is popularly considered a na ...
, Filipino writer, philosopher and political activist, is arrested by Spanish authorities in connection with
La Liga Filipina La Liga Filipina () was a secret society. It was founded by José Rizal in the house of Doroteo Ongjunco at Ilaya Street, Tondo, Manila on July 3, 1892.In 1892, prior to its birth, Rizal alighted at the Old Malolos station to campaign in the ...
. ** Homestead Strike: The arrival of a force of 300 Pinkerton detectives from New York and Chicago results in a fight in which about 10 men are killed. *
July 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch. * 1167 – The Byzantines defeat the Hungarian army ...
– The Great Fire of 1892 devastates the city of St. John's, Newfoundland. * July 12 – A hidden lake bursts out of a glacier on the side of
Mont Blanc Mont Blanc (, ) is a mountain in the Alps, rising above sea level, located right at the Franco-Italian border. It is the highest mountain in Europe outside the Caucasus Mountains, the second-most prominent mountain in Europe (after Mount E ...
, flooding the valley below and killing around 200 villagers and holidaymakers in
Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Saint-Gervais-les-Bains () is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region, southeastern France. The village is best known for tourism and has been a po ...
. *
July 13 Events Pre-1600 *1174 – William the Lion, William I of Scotland, a key Rebellion, rebel in the Revolt of 1173–74, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England. *1249 – Coronation of Alexander III of Scotland, Ale ...
– The United International Bureau for the Protection of Intellectual Property (UIBPIP or BIRPI) is established in Bern, Switzerland. *
July 16 Events Pre-1600 * 622 – The Hijrah of Muhammad begins, marking the beginning of the Islamic calendar. * 997 – Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouran ...
Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in January 1901. Her reign of 63 year ...
meets with Martha Ann Ricks. *
July 25 Events Pre-1600 * 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. * 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridg ...
– The Community of the Resurrection, an Anglican religious community for men, is founded by Charles Gore and Walter Frere, initially in Oxford.


August

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August 4 Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Goguryeo–Sui War#Course of the war, Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor Emperor Wen of Sui, Wéndi of Sui dynasty, Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assiste ...
** The father and stepmother of
Lizzie Borden Lizzie Andrew Borden (July 19, 1860 – June 1, 1927) was an American woman who was Trial, tried and Acquittal, acquitted of the August 4, 1892 axe murders of her Patricide, father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. No one else was c ...
are found murdered in their
Fall River, Massachusetts Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. Fall River's population was 94,000 at the 2020 United States census, making it the List of municipalities in Massachusetts, tenth-largest city in the state, and the second- ...
home; she will be acquitted of their murder. * August 9
Thomas Edison Thomas Alva Edison (February11, 1847October18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, ...
receives a
patent A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an sufficiency of disclosure, enabling discl ...
for a two-way
telegraph Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas ...
. * August 15
Valparaíso Valparaíso () is a major city, Communes of Chile, commune, Port, seaport, and naval base facility in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. Valparaíso was originally named after Valparaíso de Arriba, in Castilla–La Mancha, Castile-La Mancha, Spain ...
,
Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
founds its first football team, Santiago Wanderers. *
August 18 Events Pre-1600 * 684 – Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria. * 707 – Princess Abe accedes to the imperial Japanese throne as Empress Genmei. * 130 ...
William Ewart Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone ( ; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British politican, starting as Conservative MP for Newark and later becoming the leader of the Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party. In a career lasting over 60 years, he ...
assumes the U.K. premiership, as head of the Liberal government, with
Irish Nationalist Party The Nationalist Party was a term commonly used to describe a number of parliamentary political parties and constituency organisations supportive of Irish Home Rule Bill, Home Rule for Ireland from 1874 to 1922. It was also the name of the main I ...
support.


September

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September 8 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – After the capture of Herod's Palace the previous day, a Roman army under Titus secures and plunders the city of Jerusalem. * 617 – Battle of Huoyi: Li Yuan defeats a Sui dynasty army, opening the path ...
The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited in the United States. *
September 9 Events Pre-1600 *337 – Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti. * 1000 – Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. * 1141 &ndas ...
Amalthea, the fifth moon of
Jupiter Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the List of Solar System objects by size, largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a Jupiter mass, mass more than 2.5 times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined a ...
, is discovered by
Edward Emerson Barnard Edward Emerson Barnard (December 16, 1857 – February 6, 1923) was an American astronomer. He was commonly known as E. E. Barnard, and was recognized as a gifted observational astronomer. He is best known for his discovery of the high proper m ...
. *
September 15 Events Pre-1600 * 994 – Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes. * 1440 – Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against hi ...
Sergei Witte replaces Ivan Vyshnegradsky, as Russian finance minister. *
September September is the ninth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 30 days. September in the Northern Hemisphere and March in the Southern Hemisphere are seasonally equivalent. In the Northern hemisphere, the b ...
– Women are first admitted to Yale University's graduate school.


October

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October 1 Events Pre-1600 * 331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. * 366 – Pope Damasus I is consecrated. * 959 – Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England, in succession to E ...
– The
University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...
holds its first classes. *
October 5 Events Pre-1600 * 610 – Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor. * 816 – King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope. * 869 – The Fourth Co ...
** The
Dalton Gang The Dalton Gang was a group of outlaws in the American Old West during 1890–1892. It was also known as The Dalton Brothers because three of its members were brothers. The gang specialized in bank and train robberies. During an attempted doub ...
, attempting to rob two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, is shot by the townspeople; only
Emmett Dalton Emmett Dalton (May 3, 1871 – July 13, 1937) was an American outlaw, train robber and member of the Dalton Gang in the American Old West. Part of a gang that attempted to rob two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, on October 5, 1892, he was the ...
, with 23 wounds, survives, to spend 14 years in prison. ** Master criminal Adam Worth is captured in
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, Belgium, during an attempted robbery of a money delivery cart. *
October 12 Events Pre-1600 *539 BC – The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia Fall of Babylon, conquer Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire. (Julian calendar) * 633 – Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed b ...
– To mark the 400th anniversary
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holiday, the "
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" is first recited in unison by students in U.S. public schools. *
October 30 Events Pre-1600 * 637 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Antioch surrenders to the Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of the Iron Bridge. * 758 – Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates. * 1137 – Ranulf of Apulia defeats Ro ...
– The Historical American Exposition opens in Madrid. *
October 31 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor. * 683 – During the Siege of Mecca, the Kaaba catches fire and is burned down. * 802 – Empress Irene is deposed and banished to Lesbos. Consp ...
– The first collection of
Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Hol ...
's
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stories from ''
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'', '' The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'', is published in London.


November

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November 2 Events Pre-1600 * 619 – A qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate is assassinated in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals after the approval of Tang emperor Gaozu. * 1410 – The Peace of Bicêtre suspends hostilities in t ...
– The first football club in Bohemia, Slavia Praha is established, originally under name of Akademický cyklistický odbor Slavia (A.C.O.S.), focusing on cycling. *
November 8 Events Pre-1600 * 960 – Battle of Andrassos: Byzantines under Leo Phokas the Younger score a crushing victory over the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla. * 1278 – Trần Thánh Tông, the second emperor of the Trần dyn ...
**
1892 United States presidential election Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 1892. In the fourth rematch in American history, the Democratic nominee, former president Grover Cleveland, defeated the incumbent Republican President Benjamin Harrison. C ...
:
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is elected over
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and James B. Weaver, to win the second of his non-consecutive terms. ** An
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bomb kills six in a police station in
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, Paris. ** The four-day New Orleans General Strike begins. *
November 17 Events Pre-1600 * 887 – Emperor Charles the Fat is deposed by the Frankish magnates in an assembly at Frankfurt, leading his nephew, Arnulf of Carinthia, to declare himself king of the East Frankish Kingdom in late November. * 1183 &nd ...
– French troops occupy
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, capital of the kingdom of
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. *
November 24 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Theodosius I makes his '' adventus'', or formal entry, into Constantinople. * 1190 – Conrad of Montferrat becomes King of Jerusalem upon his marriage to Isabella I of Jerusalem. * 1221 – Genghis Khan ...
– The Hotel Zinzendorf catches fire in the city of
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; 45 people die.


December

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December 5 Events Pre-1600 *63 BC – Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations. * 633 – Fourth Council of Toledo opens, presided over by Isidore of Seville. *1033 – The 1033 Jordan Rift Valley earthquake, Jordan Rift Val ...
John Thompson becomes Canada's fourth
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. *
December 17 Events Pre-1600 * 497 BC – The first Saturnalia festival was celebrated in ancient Rome. * 546 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Eastern Roman garrison. * 920 – Romanos I ...
– First issue of '' Vogue'' is published in the United States. *
December 18 Events Pre-1600 * 1118 – The city of Zaragoza is conquered by king Alfonso I of Aragon from the Almoravid. * 1271 – Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia an ...
– ''
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''
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, with music by
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, is premiered at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in
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, Russia. * December 22 – The Newcastle East End F.C. is renamed
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secures a treaty by which
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outbreak occurs in
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in England, where she lives until her death in
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
. *
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es are first described by
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.


Births


January

*
January 1 January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the year. __TOC__ Events ...
**
Artur Rodziński Artur Rodziński (2 January 1892 – 27 November 1958) was a Polish and American conductor of orchestral music and opera. He began his career after World War I in Poland, where he was discovered by Leopold Stokowski, who invited him to be his ass ...
, Polish conductor (d.
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 thir ...
) **
Manuel Roxas Manuel Acuña Roxas (; January 1, 1892 – April 15, 1948) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the fifth president of the Philippines from 1946 until his death in 1948. He served briefly as the third and last President of the ...
, 5th
President of the Philippines The president of the Philippines (, sometimes referred to as ) is the head of state, head of government and chief executive of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-ch ...
(d.
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...
) *
January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
J. R. R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''. From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlinson ...
, English professor and writer (d.
1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
) *
January 12 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – List of Byzantine emperors, Byzantine Emperor Zeno (emperor), Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. *1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crow ...
Mikhail Kirponos Mikhail Petrovich Kirponos (, , ; 12 January 1892 – 20 September 1941) was a Soviet general of the Red Army during World War II. Being accorded the highest military decoration, the Hero of the Soviet Union title, for the skill and courage in ...
, Soviet general (d.
1941 The Correlates of War project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 3.49 million. However, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program estimates that the subsequent year, 1942, wa ...
) *
January 13 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years. * 532 – The Nika riots break out, during the ra ...
– Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, Iranian writer (d. 1997) * January 14 ** Martin Niemöller, German theologian and prisoner in the Nazi Holocaust (d. 1984) ** Hal Roach, American film, television producer (d. 1992) ** Franz Dahlem, German politician (d. 1981) * January 15 ** Rex Ingram (director), Rex Ingram, Irish film director (d. 1950) ** Hobey Baker, American athlete (d. 1918) ** William Beaudine, American film director (d. 1970) * January 18 – Oliver Hardy, American comedian, actor (d. 1957) * January 19 – Ólafur Thors, Icelandic politician, 5-times prime minister (d. 1964) * January 22 ** Marcel Dassault, French aircraft industrialist (d. 1986) ** Bahruz Kangarli, Azerbaijani artist (d. 1922) * January 25 – Takeo Takagi, Japanese admiral (d. 1944) * January 26 – Bessie Coleman, American aviator (d. 1926) * January 28 **Ernst Lubitsch, German-born film director (d. 1947) **Fyodor Raskolnikov, Soviet revolutionary, writer, journalist, naval commander and diplomat (d. 1939) * January 31 – Eddie Cantor, American actor, singer (d. 1964)


February

* February 3 – Juan Negrín, Spanish physician, politician and 67th Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1956) * February 5 – William Bostock, Australian senior army commander (d. 1968) * February 6 – William P. Murphy, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1987) * February 9 – Peggy Wood, American actress (d. 1978) * February 10 – Alan Hale Sr., American actor (d. 1950) * February 13 – Robert H. Jackson, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials (d. 1954) * February 14 – Radola Gajda, Czech commander and politician (d.
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...
) * February 15 – James Forrestal, first United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1949) * February 18 – Wendell Willkie, U.S. Republican presidential candidate (d. 1944) * February 21 – Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst (d. 1949) * February 22 ** Edna St. Vincent Millay, American writer (d. 1950) ** David Dubinsky, Belarusian-American labor leader and politician (d. 1982) * February 23 – Kathleen Harrison, English actress (d. 1995) *
February 27 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantin ...
– William Demarest, American actor (d. 1983) *
February 29 February 29 is a '' leap day'' (or "leap year day")—an intercalary date added periodically to create leap years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the 60th day of a leap year in both Julian and Gregorian calendars, and 306 day ...
** Augusta Savage, American sculptor (d. 1962) ** Dietrich von Jagow, German naval officer, politician, SA-''Obergruppenführer'' and diplomat (d. 1945)


March

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March 1 Events Pre-1600 * 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor Diocleti ...
** Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (d. 1927) ** Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite (d. 1968) * March 3 – R. V. C. Bodley, British army officer, author and journalist (d. 1970) * March 8 – Mississippi John Hurt (some sources give his year of birth as 1893), American country blues singer, guitarist (d. 1966) * March 9 ** David Garnett, English novelist and writer (d. 1981) ** Mátyás Rákosi, 43rd prime minister of Hungary (d. 1971) ** Vita Sackville-West, English writer and gardener (d. 1962) * March 10 ** Arthur Honegger, French-born Swiss composer (d. 1955) ** Gregory La Cava, American director, producer and writer (d. 1952) ** Eva Turner, English operatic soprano (d. 1990) * March 14 – John Fulton Folinsbee, American painter (d. 1972) *
March 15 Events Pre-1600 * 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years truce. * 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar, the dictator of the Roman R ...
– Charles Nungesser, French aviator, World War I fighter ace (d. 1927) * March 16 ** César Vallejo, Peruvian poet (d. 1938) ** Abdul Majid Daryabadi, Indian Islamic scholar and philosopher (d. 1977) ** Gregory Kelly (actor), Gregory Kelly, American actor (d. 1927) *
March 17 Events Pre-1600 * 45 BC – In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda. * 180 – Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of ...
** Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer and composer (d. 1923) ** LeRoy P. Hunt, United States Marine Corps general (d. 1968) * March 21 – Robert S. Beightler, American major general (d. 1978) * March 25 – Andy Clyde, Scottish-born screen actor (d. 1967) * March 27 – Ferde Grofé, American pianist, composer (d. 1972) * March 28 ** Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968) ** Tom Maguire, Irish republican (d. 1993) * March 30 ** Stefan Banach, Polish mathematician (d. 1945) ** Erhard Milch, German field marshal, ''Luftwaffe'' officer (d. 1972) ** Sanzō Nosaka, Japanese Communist Party chairman and leader of Japanese People's Emancipation League, JPEL (d. 1993) *
March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. * 1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging ...
– Stanisław Maczek, Polish general (d. 1994)


April

* April 6 ** Donald Wills Douglas Sr., American industrialist (d. 1981) ** Lowell Thomas, American journalist (d. 1981) * April 7 – Julius Hirsch, German footballer (d. 1945) * April 8 – Mary Pickford, Canadian actress, studio founder (d. 1979) * April 10 – Victor de Sabata, Italian conductor and composer (d. 1967) * April 11 – Marguerite Gautier-van Berchem, Swiss archaeologist and art historian (d. 1984) * April 12 ** Johnny Dodds, American jazz clarinettist (d. 1940) ** Henry Darger, American outsider artist and writer (d.
1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
) * April 13 ** Arthur Harris, Sir Arthur Harris, British World War II Royal Air Force commander (d. 1984) ** Sir Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish inventor of radar (d.
1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
) * April 14 – V. Gordon Childe, Australian archaeologist (d. 1957) * April 16 ** Dora Richter, German transgender woman and the first known person to undergo complete male-to-female gender-affirming surgery (d. 1966) ** George Chaney, American boxer (d.
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 thir ...
) * April 18 ** Bolesław Bierut, Polish activist and politician (d. 1956) ** Jack Critchley, Australian politician (d. 1964) * April 19 – Germaine Tailleferre, French composer (d. 1983) * April 20 – Caresse Crosby, American inventor of the modern bra and socialite (d. 1970) * April 24 – Louise Lincoln Kerr, American musician, composer, and philanthropist (d. 1977) * April 26 – Richard L. Conolly, American admiral (d. 1962) * April 27 – Raizō Tanaka, Japanese admiral (d. 1969) * April 28 – Joseph Dunninger, American mentalist (d. 1975)


May

* May 2 – Manfred von Richthofen (the "Red Baron"), German World War I fighter pilot (d. 1918) * May 3 ** George Paget Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975) ** Jacob Viner, Canadian economist (d. 1970) * May 5 – Dorothy Garrod, English archaeologist (d. 1968) * May 7 ** Archibald MacLeish, American poet (d. 1982) ** Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia (d. 1980) * May 8 – Andrés Córdova, List of heads of state of Ecuador, President of Ecuador (d. 1983) * May 9 ** Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Empress of Austria-Hungary (d. 1989) ** Ștefan Foriș, Hungarian-Romanian journalist and politician (d. 1946) * May 11 – Margaret Rutherford, English actress (d. 1972) * May 12 ** Fritz Kortner, Austrian-born director (d. 1970) ** Jimmy Wilde, Welsh professional boxer (d. 1969) * May 15 – Shigeyoshi Miwa, Japanese admiral (d. 1959) * May 16 – Manton S. Eddy, American general (d. 1962) * May 18 – Ezio Pinza, Italian bass (d. 1957) *
May 20 Events Pre-1600 * 325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church. * 491 – Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed '' Augusta'' is able to choose h ...
– Harry J. Anslinger, first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (d. 1975) * May 23 – Pichichi (footballer), Pichichi, Spanish footballer (d. 1922) * May 26 – Maxwell Bodenheim, American poet and novelist (k. 1954) * May 28 – Sepp Dietrich, German Nazi politician, general and war criminal (d. 1966) * May 29 – Leslie Cubitt Bevis, British sculptor and teacher (d. 1984) * May 30 – Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (d. 1972) * May 31 – Gregor Strasser, German Nazi politician (d. 1934)


June

* June 1 – Amānullāh Khān, ruler of Afghanistan (d. 1960) * June 8 – Nikolai Polikarpov, Soviet aeronautical engineer, aircraft designer (d. 1944) * June 12 – Djuna Barnes, American artist, illustrator, journalist, and writer (d. 1982) * June 13 ** Basil Rathbone, British actor (d. 1967) ** Manuel Nieto (born 1892), Manuel Nieto, Filipino footballer, businessman, politician, and military official (d. 1980) * June 16 – Daisy Burrell, British actress (d. 1982) * June 21 ** Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian (d. 1971) ** Hilding Rosenberg, Swedish composer (d. 1985) * June 22 – Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal (d. 1945) * June 23 – Mieczysław Horszowski, Polish pianist (d. 1993) * June 25 ** Katherine Kennicott Davis, American composer (d. 1980) ** Shirō Ishii, Japanese microbiologist, lieutenant general of Unit 731 (d. 1959) ** Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy, Tuvan people, Tuvan politician and statesman (d. 1932) * June 26 – Pearl S. Buck, American writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
) * June 28 ** Clifford Campbell, Jamaican educator, politician (d. 1991) ** E. H. Carr, English historian, diplomat, journalist and international relations theorist (d. 1982) *
June 30 Events Pre-1600 * 296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy. * 763 – The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus. * 1422 – Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Mil ...
– Oswald Pohl, German S.S. officer (d. 1951)


July

* July 1 – James M. Cain, American author and journalist (d. 1977) * July 2 ** Daniel Mercier, French footballer and soldier (d. 1914) ** Sweet Evening Breeze, African American drag queen (d. 1983) * July 4 – A. G. Gaston, American businessman (d. 1996) *
July 6 Events Pre-1600 * 371 BC – The Battle of Leuctra shatters Sparta's reputation of military invincibility. * 640 – Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egy ...
** Willy Coppens, Belgian World War I flying ace (d. 1986) ** John Simpson Kirkpatrick, Australian soldier (d. 1915) *
July 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch. * 1167 – The Byzantines defeat the Hungarian army ...
** Richard Aldington, English poet (d. 1962) ** Dean O'Banion, American gangster (d. 1924) ** Lester C. Hunt, American politician (d. 1954) * July 9 – Cromwell Dixon, American pioneer aviator (d. 1911) * July 11 **Trafford Leigh-Mallory, British aviator and Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (d. 1944) **Thomas Mitchell (actor), Thomas Mitchell, American actor (d. 1962) * July 12 – Bruno Schulz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1942) * July 15 ** Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and cultural critic (suicide 1940) ** Milena Rudnytska, Ukrainian educator, women's activist, politician and writer (d. 1979) ** Henry Johnson (World War I soldier), Henry Johnson, African-American Army soldier (d. 1929) *
July 16 Events Pre-1600 * 622 – The Hijrah of Muhammad begins, marking the beginning of the Islamic calendar. * 997 – Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouran ...
– Michel Coiffard, French World War I fighter ace (d. 1918) * July 21 – Lenore Ulric, American actress (d. 1970) * July 22 – Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian Nazi politician (d. 1946) * July 23 – Haile Selassie I, Ethiopian emperor (d. 1975) * July 24 – Alice Ball, African American chemist (d. 1916) * July 29 – William Powell, American actor (d. 1984) * July 31 – Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist and founder of the Worldwide Church of God (d. 1986)


August

* August 2 – Jack L. Warner, Canadian film producer (d. 1978) * August 6 – Hoot Gibson, American actor, film director (d. 1962) * August 11 **Władysław Anders, Polish general, politician (d. 1970) **Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet (d. 1978) * August 12 – Alfred Lunt, American actor, stage director (d. 1977) * August 14 – Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English composer and pianist (d. 1988) * August 15 ** Louis de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987) ** Walther Nehring, German general (d. 1983) * August 17 – Tamon Yamaguchi, Japanese admiral (d. 1942) * August 20 – George Aiken, American politician and horticulturist (d. 1984) * August 21 – Charles Vanel, French actor and director (d. 1989) * August 22 – Percy Fender, English cricketer (d. 1985) * August 25 – Gabriel Guérin, French World War I fighter ace (d. 1918) * August 26 – Elizebeth Smith Friedman, American cryptographer (d. 1980) * August 27 – Helen Gibson, American actress and performer (d. 1977) * August 29 – Kwan Sung-sing, Chinese construction engineer, architect, and entrepreneur (d. 1960)


September

* September 1 – Harold Lamb, American writer, novelist, and historian (d. 1962) * September 4 – Darius Milhaud, French composer (d. 1974) * September 5 – Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (d.
1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
) * September 6 – Edward Victor Appleton, English physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965) *
September 9 Events Pre-1600 *337 – Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti. * 1000 – Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. * 1141 &ndas ...
– Tsuru Aoki, Japanese American actress (d. 1961) * September 10 – Arthur Compton, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962) * September 11 – Pinto Colvig, American vaudeville actor, radio actor, newspaper cartoonist, prolific movie voice actor and circus performer (original voice of Goofy) (d. 1967) * September 12 – Alfred A. Knopf Sr., American publisher (d. 1984) * September 13 – Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, Duchess of Brunswick (d.1980) * September 20 – Patricia Collinge, Irish-American actress (d. 1974) * September 24 ** Julia Faye, American actress (d. 1966) ** Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician (d. 1956)


October

* October 2 – Ilie Crețulescu, Romanian general (d. 1971) * October 4 ** Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian statesman, chancellor (d. 1934) ** Luis Trenker, South Tyrolean film producer, director, writer, actor, architect and alpinist (d. 1990) * October 7 – Louis C. Fraina, founder of the Communist Party USA (d. 1953) * October 8 – Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet (d.
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) * October 9 – Ivo Andrić, Serbo-Croatian writer, Nobel Prize for Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975) * October 14 – Andrei Yeremenko, Soviet military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 1970) * October 17 ** R. K. Shanmukham Chetty, Indian jurist, economist (d. 1953) ** Theodor Eicke, German Nazi and Waffen-SS general (d. 1943) ** Herbert Howells, English composer, organist, and teacher (d. 1983) * October 20 – Oliver Goonetilleke, Sri Lankan statesman (d. 1978) * October 23 – Gummo Marx, American actor, comedian (d. 1977) * October 25 – Nell Shipman, Canadian actress, writer, and director (d. 1970) * October 27 ** Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian writer (d. 1953) ** Charles Ledoux, French wrestler (d. 1967) * October 29 – Stanisław Ostrowski, President of Poland (d. 1982) *
October 30 Events Pre-1600 * 637 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Antioch surrenders to the Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of the Iron Bridge. * 758 – Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates. * 1137 – Ranulf of Apulia defeats Ro ...
– Charles Atlas, Italian-American strongman (strength athlete), strongman, sideshow performer (d. 1972) *
October 31 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor. * 683 – During the Siege of Mecca, the Kaaba catches fire and is burned down. * 802 – Empress Irene is deposed and banished to Lesbos. Consp ...
– Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess champion (d. 1946)


November

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November 2 Events Pre-1600 * 619 – A qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate is assassinated in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals after the approval of Tang emperor Gaozu. * 1410 – The Peace of Bicêtre suspends hostilities in t ...
– Alice Brady, American actress (d. 1939) * November 3 – Maria Antonescu, Romanian socialite and philanthropist (d. 1964) * November 5 – J. B. S. Haldane, British geneticist (d. 1964) * November 9 – Erich Auerbach, German philologist (d. 1957) * November 12 – Guo Moruo, Chinese author, poet (d. 1978) * November 16 **Richard Hale, American singer, actor (d. 1981) **Tazio Nuvolari, Italian racing driver (d. 1953) *November 20 **James Collip, Canadian biochemist (d. 1965) * November 22 – Emma Tillman, American supercentenarian, briefly the world's oldest living person and last surviving person born in 1892 (d. 2007) * November 25 – Arthur Blackburn, Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 1960)


December

* December 4 ** Francisco Franco, Spanish dictator (d. 1975) ** Liu Bocheng, Chinese military officer and Marshal of the People's Republic of China, Marshal(d. 1986) *
December 5 Events Pre-1600 *63 BC – Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations. * 633 – Fourth Council of Toledo opens, presided over by Isidore of Seville. *1033 – The 1033 Jordan Rift Valley earthquake, Jordan Rift Val ...
– Cyril Ring, American film actor (d. 1967) * December 6 – Osbert Sitwell, English writer (d. 1969) * December 7 – Max Ehrlich, German actor, screenwriter and humor writer (d. 1944 in Auschwitz concentration camp) * December 8 – Bert Hinkler, Australian aviator (d. 1933) * December 11 – Arnold Majewski, Finnish military hero of Polish descent (d. 1942)Castrén, Klaus
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* December 12 **Edward Almond, American general (d. 1979) **Herman Potočnik, Slovenian rocket engineer (d. 1929) **Minnie Evans, African-American artist (d. 1987) * December 15 – J. Paul Getty, American industrialist (d. 1976) *
December 17 Events Pre-1600 * 497 BC – The first Saturnalia festival was celebrated in ancient Rome. * 546 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Eastern Roman garrison. * 920 – Romanos I ...
– Sam Barry, American collegiate coach (d. 1950) * December 21 ** Rebecca West, English author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer (d. 1983) ** Walter Hagen, American professional golfer (d. 1969) * December 24 ** Ruth Chatterton, American actress, novelist and aviator (d. 1961) ** Banarsidas Chaturvedi, Indian writer (d. 1985) * December 26 – Don Barclay (actor), Don Barclay, American actor (d. 1975) * December 29 – Emory Parnell, American actor (d. 1979) * December 31 – Stanley Price, American film, television actor (d. 1955)


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* Ahmad Daouk, two-time prime minister of Lebanon (d. 1979) * Abdallah Khalil, third Prime Minister of Sudan (d. 1970) * Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, Former Prime Minister of Iraq (d. 1965)


Deaths


January–June

* January 2 – George Biddell Airy, Sir George Biddell Airy, English astronomer royal (b. 1801) * January 7 – Tewfik Pasha, Khedive of Egypt and the Sudan (b. 1852) * January 7 – Maria Cederschiöld (deaconess), Maria Cederschiold, Swedish deaconess (b. 1815) * January 8 – Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers, American admiral (b. 1819) *
January 12 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – List of Byzantine emperors, Byzantine Emperor Zeno (emperor), Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. *1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crow ...
– William Reeves (bishop), William Reeves, Irish antiquarian (b. 1815) * January 14 – Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, second in line for the throne of the United Kingdom (b. 1864) * January 21 – John Couch Adams, English astronomer (b. 1819) * January 31 – Charles Spurgeon, English preacher (b. 1834) * February 2 – Darinka Petrovic, princess consort of Montenegro (b. 1838) * February 5 – Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish novelist (b. 1807) * February 7 – Andrew Bryson, American admiral (b. 1822) * February 25 – Charlotte Norberg, Swedish ballerina (b. 1824) *
February 27 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantin ...
– Louis Vuitton (designer), Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer (b. 1821) * March 5 – Edmond Jurien de La Gravière, French admiral, naval historian and biographer (b. 1812) *
March 13 Events Pre-1600 * 222 – Roman emperor Elagabalus is murdered alongside his mother, Julia Soaemias. He is replaced by his 14-year old cousin, Severus Alexander. * 624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Mu ...
– Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (b. 1837) * March 16 – Samuel F. Miller (U.S. politician), Samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827) * March 26 – Walt Whitman, American poet (b. 1819) * March 28 – Emily Lucas Blackall, American author and philanthropist (b. 1832) * April 4 – José María Castro Madriz, President of Costa Rica (b. 1818) * April 12 – Ogarita Booth Henderson, American stage actress, daughter of John Wilkes Booth (b. 1859) * April 17 – Alexander Mackenzie (politician), Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822) * April 19 – T. Pelham Dale, Fr. Thomas Pelham Dale Society of the Holy Cross, SSC, Anglo-Catholic clergyman prosecuted for Ritualism in the Church of England, Ritualist practices in the 1870s (b. 1821) * April 21 – Emelie Tracy Y. Swett, American author (b. 1863) * April 22 – Édouard Lalo, French composer (b. 1823) * April 25 – William Backhouse Astor Jr., American businessman (b. 1830) * April 26 – Sir Provo Wallis, Provo William Parry Wallis, British admiral, naval hero (b. 1791) * May 5 – August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist (b. 1818) * May 8 – Gábor Baross, Hungarian statesman (b. 1848) *
May 22 Events Pre-1600 * 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu. * 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt. ...
– Alexander Campbell (Canadian politician), Alexander Campbell, Canadian politician (b. 1822) * May 29 – Bahá'u'lláh, Persian founder of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817) * May 30 – Mary H. Gray Clarke, American correspondent (b. 1835) * June 8 ** Dimitrie Brătianu, 15th prime minister of Romania (b. 1818) ** Robert Ford (outlaw), Robert Ford, American assassin of Jesse James (b. 1862) * June 9 ** William Grant Stairs, Canadian explorer (b. 1863) ** Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Yoshitoshi, Japanese artist (b. 1839) * June 28 – Sir Harry Atkinson, 10th Premier of New Zealand (b. 1831)


July–December

* July 11 – Ravachol, French Illegalism, illegalist anarchist (b. 1959) * July 17 – Carlo Cafiero, Italian anarchist and leader of the Italian section of the International Workingmen's Association (b. 1846) * July 18 – Rose Terry Cooke, American author (b. 1827) * July 30 – Count Joseph Alexander Hübner, Austrian diplomat (b. 1811) *
August 4 Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Goguryeo–Sui War#Course of the war, Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor Emperor Wen of Sui, Wéndi of Sui dynasty, Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assiste ...
– Ernestine Rose, Polish-born feminist (b. 1810) * August 13 – Charles Lafontaine, Swiss mesmerist (b. 1803) * August 23 – Deodoro da Fonseca, 1st president of Brazil (b. 1827) * September 6 – Betty Bentley Beaumont, British merchant (b. 1828) * September 7 – John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet, abolitionist (b. 1807) *
September 8 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – After the capture of Herod's Palace the previous day, a Roman army under Titus secures and plunders the city of Jerusalem. * 617 – Battle of Huoyi: Li Yuan defeats a Sui dynasty army, opening the path ...
– Louisa Jane Hall, American literary critic (b. 1802) * September 11 – Clarissa Caldwell Lathrop, American social reformer (b. 1847) * September 12 – John Cummings Howell, United States Navy admiral (b. 1819) * October 2 – Ernest Renan, French philosopher, philologist, historian and writer (b. 1823) *
October 5 Events Pre-1600 * 610 – Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor. * 816 – King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope. * 869 – The Fourth Co ...
– Bob Dalton (outlaw), Bob Dalton, American Wild Western outlaw (b. 1869) * October 6 ** Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet laureate (b. 1809) ** Jean-Antoine Villemin, French physician (b. 1827) * October 23 ** Abdyl Frashëri, Albanian politician (b. 1839) ** Emin Pasha, Ottoman-German doctor, Governor of Equatoria (b. 1840) * October 24 – Mir-Fatah-Agha, Persian Shiite cleric * October 25 – Caroline Harrison, First Lady of the United States (b. 1832) * November 15 – Thomas Neill Cream, Scottish-Canadian serial killer (b. 1850) * December – Eudora Stone Bumstead, American poet (b. 1860) * December 1 – Mary Allen West, American superintendent of schools (b. 1837) * December 2 – Jay Gould, American financier (b. 1836) * December 6 – Werner von Siemens, German inventor, industrialist (b. 1816) * December 11 – Nancy Edberg, Swedish pioneer of women's swimming (b. 1832) * December 14 – Adams George Archibald, Sir Adams Archibald, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1814) *
December 18 Events Pre-1600 * 1118 – The city of Zaragoza is conquered by king Alfonso I of Aragon from the Almoravid. * 1271 – Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia an ...
** John M. Lloyd, American bricklayer and police officer (b. 1835) ** Richard Owen, Sir Richard Owen, English paleontologist (b. 1804)


References

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