Events
Pre-1600
*
308
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Year 308 ( CCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. It was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Diocletian and (Galerius) Maximianus (or, less ...
– At
Carnuntum, Emperor ''emeritus''
Diocletian
Diocletian (; la, Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, grc, Διοκλητιανός, Diokletianós; c. 242/245 – 311/312), nicknamed ''Iovius'', was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305. He was born Gaius Valerius Diocles ...
confers with
Galerius, ''
Augustus'' of the East, and
Maximian
Maximian ( la, Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus; c. 250 – c. July 310), nicknamed ''Herculius'', was Roman emperor from 286 to 305. He was ''Caesar'' from 285 to 286, then ''Augustus'' from 286 to 305. He shared the latter title with his ...
us, the recently returned former ''Augustus'' of the West, in an attempt to end the
civil wars of the Tetrarchy.
*
1028
Year 1028 ( MXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* November 11 – Emperor Constantine VIII dies at Constantinople after a 3-yea ...
–
Constantine VIII
Constantine VIII Porphyrogenitus ( el, Κωνσταντῖνος Πορφυρογέννητος, ''Kōnstantinos Porphyrogénnetos''; 960 – 11/12 November 1028) was ''de jure'' Byzantine emperor from 962 until his death. He was the young ...
dies, ending his uninterrupted reign as
emperor or co-emperor of the
Byzantine Empire of 66 years.
*
1100
Year 1100 ( MC) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1100th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 100th year of the 2nd millennium, the 100th and ...
–
Henry I of England
Henry I (c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts. On William's death in ...
marries
Matilda of Scotland, the daughter of
Malcolm III of Scotland and a direct descendant of the Saxon king
Edmund Ironside; Matilda is crowned on the same day.
*
1215
Year 1215 ( MCCXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
England
* March 4 – King John (Lackland), hoping to gain the support of Pope Innocent III ...
– The
Fourth Council of the Lateran
The Fourth Council of the Lateran or Lateran IV was convoked by Pope Innocent III in April 1213 and opened at the Lateran Palace in Rome on 11 November 1215. Due to the great length of time between the Council's convocation and meeting, many bi ...
meets, defining the doctrine of
transubstantiation, the process by which bread and wine are, by that doctrine, said to transform into the body and blood of
Christ.
*
1500
Year 1500 (Roman numerals, MD) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. The year 1500 was not a leap year in the Proleptic Gregorian calendar.
The year was seen as being especially important by many Christians in Europe, ...
–
Treaty of Granada:
Louis XII of France
Louis XII (27 June 14621 January 1515), was King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples from 1501 to 1504. The son of Charles, Duke of Orléans, and Maria of Cleves, he succeeded his 2nd cousin once removed and brother in law at the tim ...
and
Ferdinand II of Aragon
Ferdinand II ( an, Ferrando; ca, Ferran; eu, Errando; it, Ferdinando; la, Ferdinandus; es, Fernando; 10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516), also called Ferdinand the Catholic (Spanish: ''el Católico''), was King of Aragon and Sardinia from ...
agree to divide the
Kingdom of Naples
The Kingdom of Naples ( la, Regnum Neapolitanum; it, Regno di Napoli; nap, Regno 'e Napule), also known as the Kingdom of Sicily, was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816. It was ...
between them.
*
1572
Year 1572 ( MDLXXII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 16 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is tried for treason, for his part ...
–
Tycho Brahe observes the
supernova
A supernova is a powerful and luminous explosion of a star. It has the plural form supernovae or supernovas, and is abbreviated SN or SNe. This transient astronomical event occurs during the last evolutionary stages of a massive star or when ...
SN 1572.
1601–1900
*
1620
Events
January–June
* February 4 – Prince Bethlen Gabor signs a peace treaty with Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.
* May 17 – The first merry-go-round is seen at a fair (Philippapolis, Turkey).
* June 3 – The ...
– The
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact, originally titled Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth, was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the men aboard the ''Mayflower,'' consisting of separatist Puritans, adventurers, an ...
is signed in what is now
Provincetown Harbor near
Cape Cod.
*
1634
Events
January–March
* January 12– After suspecting that he will be dismissed, Albrecht von Wallenstein, supreme commander of the Holy Roman Empire's Army, demands that his colonels sign a declaration of personal loyalty.
...
– Following pressure from
Anglican
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...
bishop
John Atherton
John Atherton (1598 – 5 December 1640) was the Anglican Bishop of Waterford and Lismore in the Church of Ireland. He and John Childe (his steward and tithe proctor) were both tried and executed for buggery in 1640.
Life and death
Early l ...
, the
Irish House of Commons passes ''An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of
Buggery''.
*
1673
Events
January–March
* January 22 – Impostor Mary Carleton is hanged at Newgate Prison in London, for multiple thefts and returning from penal transportation.
* February 10 – Molière's ''comédie-ballet'' ''The Imagi ...
– Second
Battle of Khotyn in
Ukraine:
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of
Jan Sobieski
John III Sobieski ( pl, Jan III Sobieski; lt, Jonas III Sobieskis; la, Ioannes III Sobiscius; 17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696.
Born into Polish nobility, Sobie ...
defeat the
Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets made by
Kazimierz Siemienowicz are successfully used.
*
1675
Events
January–March
* January 5 – Franco-Dutch War – Battle of Turckheim: The French defeat Austria and Brandenburg.
* January 29 – John Sassamon, an English-educated Native Americans in the United States, Nati ...
–
Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates
integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of ''y'' = ''ƒ''(''x'').
*
1724
Events
January–March
* January 15 – King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne in favour of his 16-year-old son Louis I.
* January 18 – The Dutch East India Company cargo ship ''Fortuyn'', on its maiden voyage, dep ...
–
Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief)
Jonathan Wild
Jonathan Wild, also spelled Wilde (1682 or 1683 – 24 May 1725), was a London underworld figure notable for operating on both sides of the law, posing as a public-spirited vigilante entitled the "'' Thief-Taker General''". He simultaneously ran ...
at the
Old Bailey
The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, commonly referred to as the Old Bailey after the street on which it stands, is a criminal court building in central London, one of several that house the Crown Court of England and Wales. The s ...
, is hanged in London.
*
1750
Various sources, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, use the year 1750 as a baseline year for the end of the pre-industrial era.
Events
January–March
* January 13 – The Treaty of Madrid between Spain ...
–
Riots break out in
Lhasa after the murder of the
Tibetan regent.
* 1750 – The F.H.C. Society, also known as the
Flat Hat Club
The Flat Hat Club is the popular name of a collegiate secret society and honor fraternity founded in 1750 at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. The fraternity, formally named the "F.H.C. Society", was founded at the College ...
, is formed at Raleigh Tavern,
Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity.
*
1778
Events
January–March
* January 18 – Third voyage of James Cook: Captain James Cook, with ships HMS ''Resolution'' and HMS ''Discovery'', first views Oahu then Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands of the Pacific Ocean, which he na ...
–
Cherry Valley massacre:
Loyalists and
Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the
American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
*
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 ...
–
Napoleonic Wars:
Battle of Dürenstein: Eight thousand French troops attempt to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force.
*
1813
Events
January–March
* January 18–January 23 – War of 1812: The Battle of Frenchtown is fought in modern-day Monroe, Michigan between the United States and a British and Native American alliance.
* January 24 – T ...
–
War of 1812:
Battle of Crysler's Farm: British and Canadian forces defeat a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign.
*
1831
Events
January–March
* January 1 – William Lloyd Garrison begins publishing '' The Liberator'', an anti-slavery newspaper, in Boston, Massachusetts.
* January 10 – Japanese department store, Takashimaya in Kyoto establ ...
– In
Jerusalem, Virginia
Courtland is an incorporated town in Southampton County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,295 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Southampton County.
History
Originally named "Jerusalem" by the first colonists to settle in ...
,
Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent
slave uprising
A slave rebellion is an armed uprising by enslaved people, as a way of fighting for their freedom. Rebellions of enslaved people have occurred in nearly all societies that practice slavery or have practiced slavery in the past. A desire for freedo ...
.
*
1839
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The first photograph of the Moon is taken, by French photographer Louis Daguerre.
* January 6 – Night of the Big Wind: Ireland is struck by the most damaging cyclone in 300 years.
* January 9 – T ...
– The
Virginia Military Institute is founded in
Lexington, Virginia
Lexington is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 7,320. It is the county seat of Rockbridge County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines ...
.
*
1865
Events
January–March
* January 4 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at Broad Street (Manhattan), 10-12 Broad near Wall Street, in New York City.
* January 13 – American Civil War : Sec ...
–
Treaty of Sinchula
The Duar War (or Anglo-Bhutan War) was a war fought between British India and Bhutan in 1864–1865. It has been the only military conflict between the two states since 1774.
Background
Across the nineteenth century, British India commissioned ...
is signed whereby
Bhutan cedes the areas east of the
Teesta River to the
British East India Company.
*
1869
Events
January–March
* January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan.
* January 5 – Scotland's oldest professional football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded.
* January 20 – E ...
– The
Victorian
Victorian or Victorians may refer to:
19th century
* Victorian era, British history during Queen Victoria's 19th-century reign
** Victorian architecture
** Victorian house
** Victorian decorative arts
** Victorian fashion
** Victorian literature ...
Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the
Stolen Generations.
*
1880
Events
January–March
* January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia.
* January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy.
* February � ...
– Australian
bushranger
Bushrangers were originally escaped convicts in the early years of the British settlement of Australia who used the bush as a refuge to hide from the authorities. By the 1820s, the term had evolved to refer to those who took up "robbery under ...
Ned Kelly is hanged at
Melbourne Gaol.
*
1887
Events
January–March
* January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
* January 20
** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Har ...
–
August Spies
August Vincent Theodore Spies (, ; December 10, 1855November 11, 1887) was an American upholsterer, radical labor activist, and newspaper editor. Spies is remembered as one of the anarchists in Chicago who were found guilty of conspiracy to commi ...
,
Albert Parsons,
Adolph Fischer
Adolph Fischer (1858 – November 11, 1887) was an anarchist and labor union activist tried and executed after the Haymarket Riot.
Early life
Adolph Fischer immigrated to the United States in 1873 at the age of 15. He became an apprentic ...
and
George Engel are
executed as a result of the
Haymarket affair.
*
1889
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada.
** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the ...
– The State of
Washington is admitted as the 42nd
state of the United States.
1901–present
*
1911
A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole.
Events January
* January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...
– Many cities in the
Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
*
1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
–
World War I: Germany signs an
armistice agreement with
the Allies in a railroad car in the
forest of Compiègne.
* 1918 –
Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland – symbolic first day of
Polish independence.
* 1918 – Emperor
Charles I of Austria relinquishes power.
*
1919
Events
January
* January 1
** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia.
** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ...
– The
Industrial Workers of the World attack
Attack may refer to:
Warfare and combat
* Offensive (military)
* Charge (warfare)
* Attack (fencing)
* Strike (attack)
* Attack (computing)
* Attack aircraft
Books and publishing
* ''The Attack'' (novel), a book
* '' Attack No. 1'', comic an ...
an
Armistice Day parade in
Centralia, Washington, ultimately resulting in the deaths of five people.
* 1919 – Latvian forces defeat the
West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the
Latvian War of Independence.
*
1921
Events
January
* January 2
** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil.
** The Spanish lin ...
– The
Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President
Warren G. Harding at
Arlington National Cemetery.
*
1923
Events
January–February
* January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory).
* January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...
–
Adolf Hitler is arrested in
Munich for
high treason for his role in the
Beer Hall Putsch
The Beer Hall Putsch, also known as the Munich Putsch,Dan Moorhouse, ed schoolshistory.org.uk, accessed 2008-05-31.Known in German as the or was a failed coup d'état by Nazi Party ( or NSDAP) leader Adolf Hitler, Erich Ludendorff and othe ...
.
*
1926
Events January
* January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece.
* January 8
**Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of V ...
– The
United States Numbered Highway System is established.
*
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 be ...
–
Patent number US1781541 is awarded to
Albert Einstein and
Leó Szilárd for their invention, the
Einstein refrigerator.
*
1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
– The
Shrine of Remembrance is opened in
Melbourne, Australia.
*
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
*January ...
–
World War II: In the
Battle of Taranto, the
Royal Navy launches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history.
* 1940 – World War II: The German auxiliary cruiser ''
Atlantis'' captures
top secret British mail from the ''
Automedon'', and sends it to Japan.
*
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 wh ...
– World War II: France's ''
zone libre'' is occupied by German forces in
Case Anton
Case Anton (german: link=no, Fall Anton) was the military occupation of France carried out by Germany and Italy in November 1942. It marked the end of the Vichy regime as a nominally-independent state and the disbanding of its army (the severel ...
.
*
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
– A military coup against
President Ngô Đình Diệm
Ngô Đình Diệm ( or ; ; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician. He was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955), and then served as the first president of South Vietnam (Republic of ...
of
South Vietnam
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
is crushed.
*
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 ...
– Thirteen
Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to
the Congo as a part of the
UN peacekeeping force, are massacred by a mob in
Kindu.
*
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 wors ...
–
Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the
Constitution of Kuwait.
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...
–
Southern Rhodesia's Prime Minister
Ian Smith unilaterally declares the colony independent as the
unrecognised state of
Rhodesia
Rhodesia (, ), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the ''de facto'' successor state to the British colony of S ...
.
* 1965 –
United Airlines Flight 227
United Airlines Flight 227 (N7030U), a scheduled passenger flight from LaGuardia Airport New York City to San Francisco International Airport, California, crashed short of the runway while attempting a scheduled landing at Salt Lake City Interna ...
crashes at
Salt Lake City International Airport, killing 43.
*
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
–
NASA launches
Gemini 12.
*
1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
–
Vietnam War: In a propaganda ceremony in
Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh (; km, ភ្នំពេញ, ) is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since the French protectorate of Cambodia and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its economic, indus ...
,
Cambodia, three American prisoners of war are released by the
Viet Cong and turned over to "new left" antiwar activist
Tom Hayden
Thomas Emmet Hayden (December 11, 1939October 23, 2016) was an American social and political activist, author, and politician. Hayden was best known for his role as an anti-war, civil rights, and intellectual activist in the 1960s, authoring th ...
.
*
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
– Vietnam War:
Operation Commando Hunt initiated. The goal is to interdict men and supplies on the
Ho Chi Minh trail, through
Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
into
South Vietnam
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
.
*
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
– Vietnam War:
Vietnamization: The United States Army turns over the massive
Long Binh military base
Long Binh Post (''Tổng kho Long Bình'') is a former U.S. Army base located in Long Bình, Đồng Nai between Biên Hòa and Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, Vietnam. The base functioned as a U.S. Army base, logistics center, and major command head ...
to
South Vietnam
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
.
*
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. ...
–
Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian
Governor-General
Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy t ...
Sir
John Kerr dismisses the government of
Gough Whitlam, appoints
Malcolm Fraser as caretaker
Prime Minister and announces a
general election to be held in early December.
* 1975 – Independence of
Angola.
*
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 Democratic R ...
– A
munitions explosion at a train station in
Iri, South Korea kills at least 56 people.
*
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
–
Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda (, ) is a sovereign country in the West Indies. It lies at the juncture of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the Leeward Islands part of the Lesser Antilles, at 17°N latitude. The country consists of two maj ...
joins the
United Nations.
*
1992
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– The
General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.
*
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 peace ...
– A sculpture honoring women who served in the
Vietnam War is dedicated at the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
*
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...
– The
House of Lords Act is given
Royal Assent, restricting membership of the
British House of Lords
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by virtue of a hereditary peerage.
*
2000
File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...
–
Kaprun disaster
The Kaprun disaster was a fire that occurred in an ascending train in the tunnel of the Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 funicular in Kaprun, Austria, on 11 November 2000. The disaster killed 155 people (150 on the ascending train, two on the descending t ...
: One hundred fifty-five skiers and snowboarders die when a
cable car Cable car most commonly refers to the following cable transportation systems:
* Aerial lift, such as aerial tramways and gondola lifts, in which the vehicle is suspended in the air from a cable
** Aerial tramway
** Chairlift
** Gondola lift
*** Bi ...
catches fire in an alpine tunnel in
Kaprun, Austria.
*
2001
The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...
– Journalists
Pierre Billaud
Pierre Billaud (21 May 1970 – 11 November 2001) was a French radio reporter and journalist. He started his career on Radio France then joined Radio Tele Luxembourg as international reporter. He covered the conflicts of Algeria, Israel, Palesti ...
,
Johanne Sutton
Johanne Sutton (1 December 1966 – 11 November 2001) was a French radio reporter and journalist.
Early life and education
Born in Casablanca, Morocco, she graduated from the École supérieure de journalisme de Lille in 1990 and began working f ...
and
Volker Handloik are killed in
Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they are traveling in.
*
2002
File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...
– A
Fokker F27 Friendship operating as
Laoag International Airlines Flight 585
Laoag International Airlines Flight 585 was a scheduled flight operated by Laoag International Airlines from Manila to Basco, Philippines via Laoag. On November 11, 2002, the Fokker F-27 Friendship crashed into Manila Bay shortly after takeoff ...
crashes into
Manila Bay shortly after takeoff from
Ninoy Aquino International Airport, killing 19 people.
*
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 6 ...
–
New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the
National War Memorial,
Wellington.
* 2004 – The
Palestine Liberation Organization
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; ar, منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية, ') is a Palestinian nationalism, Palestinian nationalist political and militant organization founded in 1964 with the initial purpose of establ ...
confirms the death of
Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes.
Mahmoud Abbas
Mahmoud Abbas ( ar, مَحْمُود عَبَّاس, Maḥmūd ʿAbbās; born 15 November 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen ( ar, أَبُو مَازِن, links=no, ), is the president of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian Natio ...
is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.
*
2006
File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...
– Her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. She was queen ...
unveils the
New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the
New Zealand Army
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and the
British Army.
*
2011
File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...
– A helicopter crash just outside Mexico City kills seven, including
Francisco Blake Mora
José Francisco Blake Mora (; 22 May 1966 – 11 November 2011) was a Mexican lawyer and politician who served as the Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of Felipe Calderón from 2010 to 2011. He was Mexico's top cabinet secretary and key ...
the
Secretary of the Interior of Mexico.
*
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 gather ...
– A
strong earthquake with the
magnitude 6.8 hits northern
Burma, killing at least 26 people.
*
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 wat ...
– Fifty-eight people are killed in a
bus crash in the
Sukkur District in southern
Pakistan's
Sindh
Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...
province.
*
2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
–
Typhoon Vamco
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makes landfall in
Luzon and several offshore islands, killing 67 people. The storm causes the worst floods in the region since
Typhoon Ketsana in 2009.
Births
Pre-1600
*
1050
Year 1050 (Roman numerals, ML) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Hedeby is sacked by King Harald Hardrada, Harald III (Hardrada) of Kingdom of ...
–
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1106)
*
1154
Year 1154 ( MCLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Levant
* April 18 – Nur al-Din, Seljuk ruler (''atabeg'') of Aleppo, encamps before Damascus ...
–
Sancho I of Portugal (d. 1212)
*
1155
Year 1155 ( MCLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Siege of Tortona: German forces capture the citadel of Tortona (after a two-month siege). ...
–
Alfonso VIII of Castile
Alfonso VIII (11 November 11555 October 1214), called the Noble (''El Noble'') or the one of Las Navas (''el de las Navas''), was King of Castile from 1158 to his death and King of Toledo. After having suffered a great defeat with his own army at ...
(d. 1214)
*
1220
Year 1220 ( MCCXX) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Fifth Crusade
* July – The Crusaders, led by the Knights Hospitaller, raid Burlus, located i ...
–
Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (d. 1271)
*
1430
Year 1430 ( MCDXXX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 7 – Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, marries Isabella of Portugal.
* Ja ...
–
Jošt of Rožmberk
Jošt of Rožmberk ( pl, links=no, Jodok z Rożemberka, cz, links=no, Jošt II. z Rožmberka, german: links=no, Jost II. von Rosenberg; 11 November 1430 – 12 December 1467 in Nysa) was a Bohemian nobleman. He was Bishop of Wrocław and Grand ...
, Bishop of Breslau (d. 1467)
*
1441
Events
January–December
* February – The Republic of Venice annexes the seigniory of Ravenna, ending the da Polenta Dynasty.
* February 12 – King's College, Cambridge, is founded by King Henry VI of England.
* March 1 – Battle o ...
–
Charlotte of Savoy, French queen (d. 1483)
*
1449
Year 1449 (Roman numerals, MCDXLIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 6 – Constantine XI Palaiologos is crowned Byzantine Emp ...
–
Catherine of Poděbrady, Hungarian queen (d. 1464)
*
1491
Year 1491 (Roman numerals, MCDXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 2 – Alain I of Albret signs the Treaty of Moulins with C ...
–
Martin Bucer
Martin Bucer ( early German: ''Martin Butzer''; 11 November 1491 – 28 February 1551) was a German Protestant reformer based in Strasbourg who influenced Lutheran, Calvinist, and Anglican doctrines and practices. Bucer was originally a me ...
, German Protestant reformer (d. 1551)
*
1493
Year 1493 ( MCDXCIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 19 – Treaty of Barcelona: Charles VIII of France returns Cerdagne a ...
–
Paracelsus
Paracelsus (; ; 1493 – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance.
He w ...
, Swiss-German physician, botanist, astrologer, and occultist (d. 1541)
*
1512
Year 1512 ( MDXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* Mid-January – Following the death of Svante Nilsson, Eric Trolle is elected the new ...
–
Marcin Kromer, Prince-Bishop of Warmia (d. 1589)
*
1569
Year 1569 ( MDLXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 11–May 6 – The first recorded lottery in England is performed nonstop, at the we ...
–
Martin Ruland the Younger
Martin Ruland the Younger (11 November 1569 – 23 April 1611), also known as Martinus Rulandus or Martin Rulandt, was a German physician and alchemist.
He was born in the Bavarian town of Lauingen, the son of the physician and alchemist Martin R ...
, German physician and chemist (d. 1611)
*
1579
Year 1579 ( MDLXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, and a common year starting on Monday of the Proleptic Gregorian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 6 ...
–
Frans Snyders, Flemish painter (d. 1657)
*
1599
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Events
January–June
* January 8 – The Jesuit educational plan, known as the ''Ratio Studiorum'', is issued.
* March 12 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, by Queen Elizabeth I o ...
–
Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg
Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg (11 November 1599 – 28 March 1655) was a German princess and Queen of Sweden as the consort of King Gustav II Adolph (''Gustavus Adolphus'').
She was a daughter of John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, and Anna ...
(d. 1655)
* 1599 –
Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian field marshal (d. 1656)
1601–1900
*
1633
Events
January–March
* January 20 – Galileo Galilei, having been summoned to Rome on orders of Pope Urban VIII, leaves for Florence for his journey. His carriage is halted at Ponte a Centino at the border of Tuscany, where ...
–
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English politician,
Lord President of the Council
The lord president of the Council is the presiding officer of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom and the fourth of the Great Officers of State (United Kingdom), Great Officers of State, ranking below the Lord High Treasurer but above the ...
(d. 1695)
*
1668
Events
January–March
* January 23 – The Triple Alliance (1668), Triple Alliance of 1668 is formed between Kingdom of England, England, Sweden and the Dutch Republic, United Provinces of the Netherlands.
* February 13 &ndash ...
–
Johann Albert Fabricius, German author and scholar (d. 1736)
*
1696
Events
January–March
* January 21 – The Great Recoinage of 1696, 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 Y ...
–
Andrea Zani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1757)
*
1743
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Verendrye brothers, probably Louis-Joseph and François de La Vérendrye, become the first white people to see the Rocky Mountains from the eastern side (the Spanish conquistadors ...
–
Carl Peter Thunberg
Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as Karl Peter von Thunberg, Carl Pehr Thunberg, or Carl Per Thunberg (11 November 1743 – 8 August 1828), was a Swedish naturalist and an "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus. After studying under Linnaeus at Uppsala Un ...
, Swedish botanist, entomologist, and psychologist (d. 1828)
*
1748
Events
January–March
* January 12 – Ahmad Shah Durrani captures Lahore.
* January 27 – A fire at the prison and barracks at Kinsale, in Ireland, kills 54 of the prisoners of war housed there. An estimated 500 prison ...
–
Charles IV of Spain (d. 1819)
*
1768
Events
January–March
* January 9 – Philip Astley stages the first modern circus, with acrobats on galloping horses, in London.
* February 11 – Samuel Adams's circular letter is issued by the Massachusetts House of Rep ...
–
Sikandar Jah
Nawab Mir Akbar Ali Khan Siddiqi Bahadur, Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III (11 November 1768 – 21 May 1829), was the 3rd Nizam/Ruler of Hyderabad, India from 1803 to 1829. He was born in Chowmahalla Palace in the Khilwath, the second son of Asaf Jah ...
, (d. 1829) 3rd
Nizam of
Hyderabad State
Hyderabad State () was a princely state located in the south-central Deccan region of India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and t ...
*
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 ...
–
Josef Munzinger
Martin Josef Munzinger (11 November 1791 – 6 February 1855) was a Swiss politician.
He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 16 November 1848, as one of the first seven Councilors. While in office he held the following departments:
...
, Swiss lawyer and politician, 3rd
President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1855)
*
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 Be ...
–
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (, ; rus, Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, Fyódor Mikháylovich Dostoyévskiy, p=ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ dəstɐˈjefskʲɪj, a=ru-Dostoevsky.ogg, links=yes; 11 November 18219 ...
, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (d. 1881)
*
1836
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Queen Maria II of Portugal marries Prince Ferdinand Augustus Francis Anthony of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
* January 5 – Davy Crockett arrives in Texas.
* January 12
** , with Charles Darwin on board, r ...
–
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American poet and author (d. 1907)
*
1852
Events
January–March
* January 14 – President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte proclaims a new constitution for the French Second Republic.
* January 15 – Nine men representing various Jewish charitable organizations come tog ...
–
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austrian-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1925)
*
1855
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Ottawa, Ontario, is incorporated as a city.
* January 5 – Ramón Castilla begins his third term as President of Peru.
* January 23
** The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens ...
–
Stevan Sremac
Stevan Sremac ( sr-cyr, Стеван Сремац, ; 11 November 1855 – 13 August 1906) was a Serbian realist and comedy writer. He is considered one of the best truly humorous Serbian writers.
Biography
Stevan Sremac was born in Senta in B ...
, Serbian author and activist (d. 1906)
*
1857
Events January–March
* January 1 – The biggest Estonian newspaper, ''Postimees'', is established by Johann Voldemar Jannsen.
* January 7 – The partly French-owned London General Omnibus Company begins operating.
* Janua ...
–
Janet Erskine Stuart, English nun and educator (d. 1914)
*
1860
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France.
* January 10 – The Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachusett ...
–
Thomas Joseph Byrnes
Thomas Joseph Byrnes (11 November 1860 – 27 September 1898) was Premier of Queensland from April 1898 until his death in September of the same year, having previously served in several ministerial positions in his parliamentary career.Rosemar ...
, Australian politician, 12th
Premier of Queensland (d. 1898)
*
1863
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate states an official war goal. It proclaims t ...
–
Paul Signac, French painter and educator (d. 1935)
*
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 " ...
–
Alfred Hermann Fried
Alfred Hermann Fried (; 11 November 1864 – 4 May 1921) was an Austrian Jewish pacifist, publicist, journalist, co-founder of the German peace movement, and winner (with Tobias Asser) of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1911. Fried was also a supporter o ...
, Austrian journalist and activist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1921)
*
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 tr ...
–
Martha Annie Whiteley
Martha Annie Whiteley, (11 November 1866 – 24 May 1956) was an English chemist and mathematician. She was instrumental in advocating for women's entry into the Chemical Society, and was best known for her dedication to advancing women's ...
, English chemist and mathematician (d. 1956)
*
1867
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It was renamed a ...
–
Shrimad Rajchandra, a
Jain philosopher, spiritual mentor of
Mahatma Gandhi (d.
1901
Events
January
* January 1 – The Crown colony, British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and Western Australia Federation of Australia, federate as the Australia, ...
)
*
1868
Events
January–March
* January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries.
* January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Jap ...
–
Édouard Vuillard, French painter and academic (d. 1940)
*
1869
Events
January–March
* January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan.
* January 5 – Scotland's oldest professional football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded.
* January 20 – E ...
–
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (d. 1947)
*
1872
Events
January–March
* January 12 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first ruler crowned in that city in over 500 years.
* February 2 – The government of the United Kingdom buys a number of forts on ...
–
Maude Adams, American actress (d. 1953)
* 1872 –
David I. Walsh
David Ignatius Walsh (November 11, 1872June 11, 1947) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 46th Governor of Massachusetts before serving several terms in the Unite ...
, American lawyer and politician, 46th
Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1947)
*
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 ...
–
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Gustav, Gustaf or Gustave may refer to:
* Gustav (name), a male given name of Old Swedish origin
Art, entertainment, and media
* ''Primeval'' (film), a 2007 American horror film
* ''Gustav'' (film series), a Hungarian series of animated short car ...
(d. 1973)
*
1883
Events
January–March
* January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States.
* January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people.
* Ja ...
–
Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor and academic (d. 1969)
*
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 – ...
–
George S. Patton
George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third United States Army in France ...
, American general (d. 1945)
*
1887
Events
January–March
* January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
* January 20
** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Har ...
–
Roland Young, English-American actor (d. 1953)
*
1888
In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late ...
–
Abul Kalam Azad, Indian activist, scholar, and politician,
Indian Minister of Education (d. 1958)
* 1888 –
J. B. Kripalani
Jivatram Bhagwandas Kripalani (11 November 1888 – 19 March 1982), popularly known as Acharya Kripalani, was an Indian politician, noted particularly for holding the presidency of the Indian National Congress during the transfer of power in 1 ...
, Indian lawyer and politician (d.1982)
*
1891
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany.
** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence.
**Germany takes formal possession of its new Africa ...
–
Rabbit Maranville
Walter James Vincent "Rabbit" Maranville (November 11, 1891 – January 6, 1954) was an American professional baseball shortstop, second baseman and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Ch ...
, American baseball player and manager (d. 1954)
* 1891 –
Grunya Sukhareva, Ukrainian-Russian psychiatrist and university lecturer (d. 1981)
*
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 ...
–
Beverly Bayne
Beverly Bayne (born Pearl Beverly Van Name; November 11, 1894 – August 18, 1982) was an American actress who appeared in silent films beginning in 1910 in Chicago, Illinois, where she worked for Essanay Studios.
Early life
Born in Minneapoli ...
, American actress (d. 1982)
*
1895
Events
January–March
* January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
* January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ...
–
Wealthy Babcock
Wealthy Consuelo Babcock (November 11, 1895 – April 10, 1990) was an American mathematician. She was awarded a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas and had a long teaching career at that institution.
Early life and education
Wealthy Consuelo ...
, American mathematician and academic (d. 1990)
*
1896
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers.
* January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
* January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wil ...
–
Shirley Graham Du Bois
Shirley Graham Du Bois (born Lola Shirley Graham Jr.; November 11, 1896 – March 27, 1977) was an American writer, playwright, composer, and activist for African-American causes, among others. She won the Messner and the Anisfield-Wolf prizes f ...
, American author, playwright, composer, and activist (d. 1977)
* 1896 –
Carlos Eduardo Castañeda, Mexican-American historian (d. 1958)
*
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 ...
–
René Clair, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
*
1899
Events January 1899
* January 1
** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.
** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City.
* January 2 –
**Bolivia sets up a c ...
–
Pat O'Brien, American actor (d. 1983)
*
1900
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...
–
Maria Babanova
Maria Ivanovna Babanova (russian: Мария Ивановна Бабанова; 11 November 1900 – 20 March 1983) was a Soviet and Russian actress and pedagogue. She has been described as Vsevolod Meyerhold's greatest actress and was named a Pe ...
, Russian stage and film actress (d. 1983)
1901–present
*
1901
Events
January
* January 1 – The Crown colony, British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and Western Australia Federation of Australia, federate as the Australia, ...
–
Sam Spiegel, American film producer (d. 1985)
* 1901 –
F. Van Wyck Mason
Francis Van Wyck Mason (November 11, 1901 – August 28, 1978) was an American historian and novelist. He had a long and prolific career as a writer spanning 50 years and including 78 published novels, many of which were well-received best se ...
, American historian and author (d. 1978)
*
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 system.
* ...
–
Alger Hiss
Alger Hiss (November 11, 1904 – November 15, 1996) was an American government official accused in 1948 of having spied for the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Statutes of limitations had expired for espionage, but he was convicted of perjury in con ...
, American lawyer and convicted spy (d. 1996)
* 1904 –
J. H. C. Whitehead
John Henry Constantine Whitehead FRS (11 November 1904 – 8 May 1960), known as Henry, was a British mathematician and was one of the founders of homotopy theory. He was born in Chennai (then known as Madras), in India, and died in Princeton, ...
, British mathematician and academic (d. 1960)
*
1906
Events
January–February
* January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...
–
Brother Theodore
Theodore Isidore Gottlieb (November 11, 1906 – April 5, 2001), mostly known as Brother Theodore, was a German-born American actor and comedian known for rambling, stream-of-consciousness monologues which he called "stand-up tragedy". He wa ...
, German-American monologuist and comedian (d. 2001)
*
1907
Events
January
* January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000.
February
* February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco. ...
–
Orestis Laskos, Greek director, screenwriter, and poet (d. 1992)
*
1909
Events
January–February
* January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes.
* January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
* Januar ...
–
Robert Ryan, American actor (d. 1973)
* 1909 –
Piero Scotti
Piero Scotti (November 11, 1909 – February 14, 1976) was a racing driver from Italy. He participated in one Formula One
Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-sea ...
, Italian race car driver (d. 1976)
*
1911
A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole.
Events January
* January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...
–
Roberto Matta, Chilean-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 2002)
*
1912
Events January
* January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established.
* January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens.
* January 6 ...
–
Thomas C. Mann
Thomas Clifton Mann (November 11, 1912 – January 23, 1999) was an American diplomat who specialized in Latin American affairs. He entered the U.S. Department of State in 1942 and quickly rose through the ranks to become an influential es ...
, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat,
United States Ambassador to El Salvador (d. 1999)
*
1914
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...
–
James Gilbert Baker
James Gilbert Baker (November 11, 1914 – June 29, 2005) was an American astronomer and designer of optics systems.
Biography
He was born in Louisville, Kentucky to Jesse B. Baker and Hattie M. Stallard, the fourth child of that couple. He at ...
, American astronomer, optician, and academic (d. 2005)
* 1914 –
Taslim Olawale Elias, Nigerian academic and jurist, 2nd
Chief Justice of Nigeria (d. 1991)
* 1914 –
Howard Fast, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 2003)
* 1914 –
Henry Wade, American soldier and lawyer (d. 2001)
* 1914 –
Daisy Bates, American activist who played a leading role in the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957 (d. 1999)
*
1915
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction".
*January 1 ...
–
William Proxmire, American soldier, journalist, and politician (d. 2005)
* 1915 –
Anna Schwartz, American economist and author (d. 2012)
*
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.
* ...
–
Robert Carr, English engineer and politician,
Lord President of the Council
The lord president of the Council is the presiding officer of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom and the fourth of the Great Officers of State (United Kingdom), Great Officers of State, ranking below the Lord High Treasurer but above the ...
(d. 2012)
*
1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
–
Stubby Kaye, American entertainer (d. 1997)
*
1919
Events
January
* January 1
** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia.
** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ...
–
Kalle Päätalo
Kaarlo (Kalle) Alvar Päätalo (11 November 1919 – 20 November 2000) was a Finnish novelist, the most popular Finnish writer in the 20th century. His ''Iijoki'' series, comprising 26 novels, is one of the longest autobiographical works ever ...
, Finnish soldier and author (d. 2000)
*
1920
Events January
* January 1
** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20.
** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...
–
Roy Jenkins
Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead, (11 November 1920 – 5 January 2003) was a British politician who served as President of the European Commission from 1977 to 1981. At various times a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Lab ...
, British politician,
President of the European Commission
The president of the European Commission is the head of the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union (EU). The President of the Commission leads a Cabinet of Commissioners, referred to as the College, collectively account ...
(d. 2003)
* 1920 –
Walter Krupinski
Walter Krupinski (11 November 1920 – 7 October 2000) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace in World War II and a senior West German Air Force officer during the Cold War. He was one of the highest-scoring pilots in the war, credited with 197 ...
, German captain and pilot (d. 2000)
*
1921
Events
January
* January 2
** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil.
** The Spanish lin ...
–
Terrel Bell
Terrel Howard Bell (November 11, 1921June 22, 1996) was the Secretary of Education in the Cabinet of President Ronald Reagan. He was the second Secretary of Education, following Shirley Hufstedler.
Early life and career
Bell was born in Lava Hot ...
, American sergeant, academic, and politician, 2nd
United States Secretary of Education (d. 1996)
*
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 ...
–
Kurt Vonnegut, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2007)
*
1925
Events January
* January 1
** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria.
* January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Italia ...
–
John Guillermin, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
* 1925 –
June Whitfield, English actress (d. 2018)
* 1925 –
Jonathan Winters, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2013)
*
1926
Events January
* January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece.
* January 8
**Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of V ...
–
Harry Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)
* 1926 –
Maria Teresa de Filippis
Maria Teresa de Filippis (11 November 1926 – 8 January 2016) was an Italian racing driver, and the first woman to race in Formula One. She participated in five World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 18 May 1958, but scored no championship ...
, Italian race car driver (d. 2016)
*
1927
Events January
* January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General.
* January 7
* ...
–
Mose Allison, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2016)
* 1927 –
Martin Špegelj, Croatian general and politician, 2nd
Croatian Minister of Defence
The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Ministarstvo obrane Republike Hrvatske or MORH) is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is in charge of the nation's military. It is Croatia's ministry of defence. The ministry ...
(d. 2014)
*
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 Bazhanov, J ...
–
Ernestine Anderson, American singer (d. 2016)
* 1928 –
Carlos Fuentes, Mexican novelist and essayist (d. 2012)
*
1929
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...
–
LaVern Baker
Delores LaVern Baker (November 11, 1929 – March 10, 1997) was an American R&B singer who had several hit records on the pop chart in the 1950s and early 1960s. Her most successful records were "Tweedle Dee" (1955), " Jim Dandy" (1956), and "I ...
, American singer (d. 1997)
* 1929 –
Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German author and poet (d. 2022)
* 1929 –
Martin Jacomb
Sir Martin Wakefield Jacomb (born 11 November 1929) is a former Chancellor of the University of Buckingham and Chairman of Canary Wharf Group. He was a vice-chairman, Kleinwort Benson Ltd, from 1976 to 1985, and a deputy chairman of Barclays Bank b ...
, English lawyer, businessman, and academic
*
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 be ...
–
Hugh Everett III, American physicist and mathematician (d. 1982)
* 1930 –
Vernon Handley, English conductor (d. 2008)
* 1930 –
Mildred Dresselhaus, American physicist and academic (d. 2017)
*
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
–
Germano Mosconi
Germano Mosconi (11 November 1932 – 1 March 2012) was an Italian sportswriter, news presenter and a television personality.
Biography
Mosconi, who was born in San Bonifacio, was a well-known television personality in northern Italy due t ...
, Italian journalist (d. 2012)
*
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
–
Martino Finotto, Italian race car driver (d. 2014)
* 1933 –
Peter B. Lewis
Peter Benjamin Lewis (November 11, 1933 – November 23, 2013) was an Americans, American businessman who was the chairman of Progressive Corporation, Progressive Insurance Company.
Early life and education
Lewis was raised in a American Je ...
, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
*
1935
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* ...
–
Bibi Andersson
Berit Elisabet Andersson (11 November 1935 – 14 April 2019), known professionally as Bibi Andersson (), was a Swedish actress who was best known for her frequent collaborations with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman.
Early life and career
Anders ...
, Swedish actress (d. 2019)
*
1936
Events
January–February
* January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
–
Jack Keller, American songwriter and producer (d. 2005)
*
1937
Events
January
* January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua.
* January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ...
–
Vittorio Brambilla, Italian race car driver (d. 2001)
* 1937 –
Stephen Lewis
Stephen Henry Lewis (born November 11, 1937) is a Canadian politician, public speaker, broadcaster, and diplomat. He was the leader of the social democratic Ontario New Democratic Party for most of the 1970s.
During many of those years as leade ...
, Canadian politician and diplomat, 14th
Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations
* 1937 –
Alicia Ostriker, American poet and scholar
*
1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1
** Third Reich
*** Jews are forbidden to ...
–
Denise Alexander, American actress
*
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
*January ...
–
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Sue Boxer (née Levy; born November 11, 1940) is an American politician and lobbyist who served in the United States Senate, representing California from 1993 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the U.S. ...
, American journalist and politician
* 1940 –
Dennis Coffey
Dennis James Coffey (born November 11, 1940) is an American guitarist. He was a studio musician for many soul and R&B recordings, and is well known for his 1971 Top 10 hit single " Scorpio".
Biography
Coffey learned to play guitar at the ag ...
, American guitarist
*
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 wh ...
–
Jonathan Fenby, English journalist and businessman
* 1942 –
Roy Fredericks, Guyanese-American cricketer and politician (d. 2000)
* 1942 –
K. Connie Kang, Korean American journalist and author (d. 2019)
* 1942 –
Diane Wolkstein, American author and radio host (d. 2013)
*
1943
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured.
* January 4 – ...
–
Doug Frost, Australian swim coach
*
1945
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
Januar ...
–
Chris Dreja, English guitarist and songwriter
* 1945 –
Vince Martell, American singer and guitarist
* 1945 –
Daniel Ortega
José Daniel Ortega Saavedra (; born 11 November 1945) is a Nicaraguans, Nicaraguan revolutionary and politician serving as President of Nicaragua since 2007. Previously he was leader of Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990, first as coordinator of the ...
, Nicaraguan politician,
President of Nicaragua
The president of Nicaragua ( es, Presidente de Nicaragua), officially known as the president of the Republic of Nicaragua ( es, Presidente de la República de Nicaragua), is the head of state and head of government of Nicaragua. The office was ...
*
1946
Events January
* January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
* January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...
–
Al Holbert, American race car driver (d. 1988)
*
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
–
Andrzej Czok
Andrzej Czok (November 11, 1948 – January 11, 1986) was a Polish mountaineer best known for making the first winter ascent of Dhaulagiri on January 21, 1985 with Jerzy Kukuczka, and for the first ascent of the South Pillar route on Mount Evere ...
, Polish mountaineer (d. 1986)
* 1948 –
Vincent Schiavelli
Vincent Andrew Schiavelli (; November 11, 1948 – December 26, 2005) was an American character actor noted for his work on stage, screen, and television. Described as an "instantly recognizable sad-faced actor", he was diagnosed with Marfan s ...
, American actor (d. 2005)
* 1948 –
Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Robert John "Mutt" Lange (born 11 November 1948) is a South African record producer and songwriter, mainly known for his work in rock music as well as his previous marriage to Canadian singer Shania Twain, for whom he wrote and produced several ...
, British-South African record producer and songwriter
*
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 ...
–
Ismail Petra of Kelantan, former Sultan of Kelantan (d. 2019)
* 1949 –
Kathy Postlewait, American golfer
*
1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...
–
Mircea Dinescu, Romanian journalist and poet
* 1950 –
Jim Peterik
James Michael Peterik ( ; born November 11, 1950) is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the founder of the rock band Survivor, as vocalist and songwriter of "Vehicle" by the Ides of March, and as co-writer of the anthem " ...
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the United ...
–
Kim Peek
Laurence Kim Peek (November 11, 1951December 19, 2009) was an People of the United States, American savant syndrome, savant. Known as a "megasavant", he had an exceptional memory, but he also experienced social difficulties, possibly resulting fr ...
, American
megasavant (d. 2009)
* 1951 –
Marc Summers, American television host and producer
* 1951 –
Fuzzy Zoeller
Frank Urban "Fuzzy" Zoeller Jr. (; born November 11, 1951) is an American professional golfer who has won ten PGA Tour events including two major championships. He is one of three golfers to have won the Masters Tournament in his first appearan ...
, American golfer
*
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...
–
Marshall Crenshaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1953 –
Andy Partridge, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer
*
1954
Events
January
* January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany.
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
–
Steve Brain
Steve Brain (born ) is a retired rugby union player who played hooker for Coventry R.F.C. and represented England in over a dozen international matches, including three Five Nations, now the Six Nations Championship, between 1984 and 1986.
Inte ...
, English rugby player
* 1954 –
Mary Gaitskill, American novelist, essayist, and short story writer.
* 1954 –
Roger Slifer
Roger Allen Slifer (; November 11, 1954 – March 30, 2015) was an American comic book writer, screenwriter, and television producer who co-created the character Lobo (DC Comics), Lobo for DC Comics. Among the many comic-book series for which he wr ...
, American author, illustrator, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2015)
*
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...
–
Dave Alvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1955 –
Jigme Singye Wangchuk
Jigme Singye Wangchuck ( dz, འཇིགས་མེད་སེང་གེ་དབང་ཕྱུག་, ; born 11 November 1955) is a member of the House of Wangchuck who was the king of Bhutan (Druk Gyalpo) from 1972 until his abdicati ...
, King of Bhutan
* 1955 –
Teri York, Canadian diver
*
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
–
Ian Craig Marsh, English guitarist
* 1956 –
Talat Aziz
Talat Aziz ( ur, طلعت عزیز; born 11 November 1956) is a popular ghazal singer from Hyderabad, India.
Early life
Aziz was born in Hyderabad, India to Abdul Azeem Khan and Sajida Abid, a famous Urdu writer and poet. He attended Hydera ...
, Ghazal singer
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
–
Luz Casal, Spanish singer-songwriter and actress
* 1958 –
Kazimieras Černis
Kazimieras Černis (born November 11, 1958, Vilnius) is a Lithuanian astronomer and astrophysicist, active member of the IAU, and a prolific discoverer of minor planets and comets. In 2012, he discovered 420356 Praamzius, a trans-Neptunian obje ...
, Lithuanian astronomer and astrophysicist
* 1958 –
Carlos Lacámara
Carlos Lacámara (born November 11, 1958) is a Cuban-born American actor and playwright who has had a long career on American television, making his first appearance in 1983 on the sitcom ''Family Ties'' and mostly played in roles as Paco Ortíz ...
, Cuban-American actor and playwright
* 1958 –
Kathy Lette, Australian-English author
*
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 ...
–
Lee Haney, American bodybuilder
* 1959 –
Richard Rowe, English jockey and trainer
* 1959 –
Christian Schwarzenegger, Swiss criminologist and academic
* 1959 –
Carl Williams, American boxer (d. 2013)
*
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
–
Colin Harvey
James Colin Harvey (born 16 November 1944 in Liverpool, England) is an English former footballer who is best known for his time as a player, coach and manager with Everton.
Playing career
Harvey was born in Liverpool and joined Everton as ...
, English author and critic (d. 2011)
* 1960 –
Chuck Hernandez
Carlo Amado Hernandez (born November 11, 1960) is an American former professional baseball coach (baseball), coach. He has coached in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the California Angels, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, M ...
, American baseball player and coach
* 1960 –
Paquito Ochoa, Jr., Filipino lawyer and politician, 37th
Executive Secretary of the Philippines
* 1960 –
Cristina Odone
Cristina Patricia Odone (born 11 November 1960) is an Italian-British journalist, editor, and writer. She is the Founder and Chair of the Parenting Circle Charity. Odone is formerly the Editor of ''The Catholic Herald'', Deputy Editor of the ' ...
, Kenyan-Italian journalist and author
* 1960 –
Peter Parros
Peter Parros (born November 11, 1960) is an American actor and screenwriter. His acting credits include stage, screen and television. Parros portrays Judge David Harrington on Tyler Perry's '' The Haves and the Have Nots'' airing on the Oprah Wi ...
, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
* 1960 –
Stanley Tucci, American actor and director
*
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 ...
–
Yuri Milner, Russian-born entrepreneur, venture capitalist and physicist
*
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 wors ...
–
Mario Fenech
Mario Fenech (nicknamed "The Maltese Falcon", “Falcon”, or "Muzza"; born 11 November 1961) is a Maltese Australian rugby league personality. He is a former player of the game who had a lengthy career in the New South Wales/Australian Rugby ...
, Maltese-Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
* 1962 –
Georgios Mitsibonas
Georgios Mitsibonas (Greek: Γεώργιος Μητσιμπόνας; 11 November 1962 – 13 September 1997) was a Greek football player during the 1980s and 1990s.
Biography
Mitsibonas was born in 1962 in the village of Tsaritsani ( Larissa ...
, Greek footballer (d. 1997)
* 1962 –
Demi Moore, American actress, director, and producer
* 1962 –
James Morrison, Australian trumpet player and composer
*
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
–
Billy Gunn, American wrestler and actor
*
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 Patriarch ...
–
Margarete Bagshaw
Margarete Bagshaw (November 11, 1964 – March 19, 2015) was an American artist known for her paintings and pottery. She was descended from the Tewa people of K'apovi or the Kha'p'oo Owinge, Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico.
Early life
Margarete ...
, American painter and potter (d. 2015)
* 1964 –
Calista Flockhart
Calista Kay Flockhart (born November 11, 1964) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for portraying the title character on the Fox television series '' Ally McBeal'' (1997–2002), for which she received a Golden Globe Award in 1998 ...
, American actress
* 1964 –
Philip McKeon
Philip Anthony McKeon (November 11, 1964 – December 10, 2019) was an American child actor and radio personality, best known for his role as Tommy Hyatt, the son of the title character on the television sitcom ''Alice (American TV series), Ali ...
, American actor (d. 2019)
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...
–
Max Mutchnick
Jason Nidorf "Max" Mutchnick (born November 11, 1965) is an American television producer. He has received an Emmy Award, a People's Choice Award, and several Golden Globe Award nominations.
Early life and education
Mutchnick was born in Chicago ...
, American screenwriter and producer
* 1965 –
Kim Stockwood
Kim Stockwood (born 11 November 1965) is a Canadian pop musician, singer and composer originally from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. She has recorded as a solo artist and also as a member of Atlantic Canadian music group Shaye with Damh ...
, Canadian singer-songwriter
*
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
–
Benedicta Boccoli
Benedicta Boccoli (born 11 November 1966) is an Italian theater and movie actress.
Biography
Born in Milan on 11 November 1966 she moved to Rome with her family as a child. Her sister Brigitta is an actress, as well. She has also two brother ...
, Italian model and actress
* 1966 –
Vince Colosimo, Australian actor
* 1966 –
Alison Doody
Alison Doody (born March 9, 1966) is an Irish actress and model. After making her feature film debut as Bond girl Jenny Flex in ''A View to a Kill'' (1985), she went on to play Elsa Schneider in '' Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' (1989). O ...
, Irish model and actress
*
1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
–
Gil de Ferran, Brazilian race car driver
* 1967 –
David Doak
David Doak is a Northern Irish video game designer. Originally from Belfast, he later moved to England, where he studied at Oxford University on biochemistry specialty and worked as a research scientist.
Doak began his video game career working ...
, Northern Irish video game designer
* 1967 –
Frank John Hughes
Frank John Hughes (born November 11, 1967) is an American film and television actor, and screenwriter. Hughes is best known for his portrayals of "Wild Bill" Guarnere in the HBO miniseries '' Band of Brothers'', Tom Fox in ''Catch Me If You C ...
, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
*
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
–
David L. Cook
David L. Cook (born November 11, 1968) is an American Christian country music singer, songwriter and comedian.
Born to Donnell and June (née Mercer) Cook, David is the oldest of six children. He has written more than 2,500 songs and has won ...
, American singer-songwriter and comedian
* 1968 –
Diego Fuser, Italian footballer and manager
*
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
Ja ...
–
David DeLuise, American actor and director
* 1971 –
Tomas Pačėsas
Tomas Pačėsas (born November 11, 1971) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player, basketball coach, businessman, and politician.
Playing career Club career
Pačėsas was the Polish League MVP, in 2004.
Lithuanian senior national ...
, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
*
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
–
Adam Beach
Adam Beach (born November 11, 1972) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles as Victor Joseph in ''Smoke Signals'', Frank Fencepost in ''Dance Me Outside'', Tommy on ''Walker, Texas Ranger'', Kickin' Wing in ''Joe Dirt'', U.S. Marine C ...
, Canadian actor
*
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
–
Jason White, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
–
Jon B.
Jonathan David Buck (born November 11, 1974) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer. His debut album, '' Bonafide'' (1995), went platinum.
Early life
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, United States and raised in Altadena, ...
, American singer-songwriter and producer
* 1974 –
Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor and producer
* 1974 –
Static Major, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2008)
* 1974 –
Wajahatullah Wasti, Pakistani cricketer
*
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. ...
–
Daisuke Ohata, Japanese rugby player
*
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
–
Jason Grilli
Jason Michael Grilli (born November 11, 1976) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida Marlins, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Colorado Rockies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Ange ...
, American baseball player
* 1976 –
Jesse F. Keeler
Jesse Frederick Keeler (born 11 November 1976) is a Canadian musician. He is known as the bassist, backing vocalist, and synthesist of Canadian dance-punk duo Death from Above and one half of the electronic music duo MSTRKRFT. In addition t ...
, Canadian bass player
*
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 Democratic R ...
–
Ben Hollioake
Benjamin Caine Hollioake (11 November 1977 – 23 March 2002) was an English cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club and the England cricket team. Born in Australia, Hollioake moved to England where he made his first-class cricketin ...
, Australian-English cricketer (d. 2002)
* 1977 –
Jill Vedder, American philanthropist, activist and fashion model
* 1977 –
Maniche
Nuno Ricardo de Oliveira Ribeiro (born 11 November 1977), known as Maniche (), is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
He played top flight football in Portugal, Russia, England, Spain, Italy and Ge ...
, Portuguese footballer and manager
* 1977 –
Marsha Mehran
Marsha Mehran (; born Mahsa Mehran; 11 November 1977 – April 2014) was an Iranian novelist. Her works include the international bestsellers ''Pomegranate Soup'' (2005) and ''Rosewater and Soda Bread'' (2008).
Early life
Mehran was born in Tehra ...
, Iranian-American author (d. 2014)
*
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
– Lou Vincent, New Zealand cricketer
*1980 – Willie Parker, American football player and coach
* 1980 – Edmoore Takaendesa, Zimbabwean-German rugby player
*1982 – Gonzalo Canale, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
* 1982 – Jeremy Williams (actor), Jeremy Williams, English model, actor, and poet
*1983 – Arouna Koné, Ivorian footballer
* 1983 – Philipp Lahm, German footballer
* 1983 – Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Japanese voice actor and singer
*1984 – Stephen Hunt (footballer born 1984), Stephen Hunt, English footballer
* 1984 – Birkir Már Sævarsson, Icelandic footballer
*1985 – Osvaldo Alonso, Cuban footballer
* 1985 – Austin Collie, American football player
* 1985 – Tiidrek Nurme, Estonian runner
* 1985 – Jessica Sierra, American singer
* 1985 – Robin Uthappa, Indian cricketer
*1986 – François Trinh-Duc, French rugby player
* 1986 – Jon Batiste, American singer and pianist
* 1986 – Mark Sanchez, American football player
* 1986 – Victor Cruz (American football), Victor Cruz, American football player
*1987 – Vinny Guadagnino, American actor
* 1987 – Chanelle Hayes, English model and singer
*1988 – David Depetris, Argentinian-Slovak footballer
* 1988 – Mikako Komatsu, Japanese voice actress and singer
* 1988 – Kyle Naughton, English footballer
*1989 – Nick Blackman, English-Israeli footballer
* 1989 – Adam Rippon, American figure skater
* 1989 – Reina Tanaka, Japanese singer
* 1989 – Lewis Williamson, Scottish race car driver
*1990 – James Segeyaro, Papua New Guinean rugby league player
* 1990 – Tom Dumoulin, Dutch road bicycle racer
* 1990 – Georginio Wijnaldum, Dutch footballer
*
1992
File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...
– Sofía Luini, Argentine tennis player
*
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 peace ...
– Jamaal Lascelles, English footballer
*1994 – Ellie Simmonds, English swimmer
* 1994 – Sanju Samson, Indian cricketer
*1995 – Josh Aloiai, New Zealand rugby league player
* 1995 – Yuriko Miyazaki, British tennis player
*1998 – Liudmila Samsonova, Russian tennis player
Deaths
Pre-1600
* 405 – Arsacius of Tarsus, Tarsian archbishop (b. 324)
* 683 – Yazid I, Muslim caliph (b. 647)
* 865 – Petronas (general), Petronas, Byzantine general
* 865 – Antony the Younger, Byzantine monk and saint (b. 785)
* 875 – Teutberga, queen of Lotharingia
*
1028
Year 1028 ( MXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* November 11 – Emperor Constantine VIII dies at Constantinople after a 3-yea ...
–
Constantine VIII
Constantine VIII Porphyrogenitus ( el, Κωνσταντῖνος Πορφυρογέννητος, ''Kōnstantinos Porphyrogénnetos''; 960 – 11/12 November 1028) was ''de jure'' Byzantine emperor from 962 until his death. He was the young ...
, Byzantine emperor (b. 960)
*1078 – Udo (archbishop of Trier), Udo of Nellenburg, Archbishop of Trier (during the siege of Tübingen)
*1089 – Saint Peter Igneus, Italian Benedictine monk
*1130 – Teresa of León, Countess of Portugal, Portuguese regent (b. 1080)
*1189 – King William II of Sicily ("the Good") (b. 1153)
*1285 – King Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239)
*1331 – Stefan Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia (b. c. 1285)
*1561 – Hans Tausen, Danish reformer (b. 1494)
*1583 – Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond, Irish rebel
1601–1900
*1623 – Philippe de Mornay, French theorist and author (b. 1549)
*1638 – Cornelis van Haarlem, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1562)
*
1724
Events
January–March
* January 15 – King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne in favour of his 16-year-old son Louis I.
* January 18 – The Dutch East India Company cargo ship ''Fortuyn'', on its maiden voyage, dep ...
–
Joseph Blake, English criminal (b. 1700)
*1812 – Platon Levshin, Russian metropolitan (b. 1737)
*
1831
Events
January–March
* January 1 – William Lloyd Garrison begins publishing '' The Liberator'', an anti-slavery newspaper, in Boston, Massachusetts.
* January 10 – Japanese department store, Takashimaya in Kyoto establ ...
–
Nat Turner, American slave and rebel leader (b. 1800)
*
1855
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Ottawa, Ontario, is incorporated as a city.
* January 5 – Ramón Castilla begins his third term as President of Peru.
* January 23
** The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens ...
– Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1813)
*1861 – Pedro V of Portugal (b. 1837)
*1862 – James Madison Porter, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Secretary of War (b. 1793)
*
1880
Events
January–March
* January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia.
* January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy.
* February � ...
–
Ned Kelly, Australian criminal (b. 1855)
* 1880 – Lucretia Mott, American activist (b. 1793)
*1884 – Alfred Brehm, German zoologist, author, and illustrator (b. 1827)
*
1887
Events
January–March
* January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
* January 20
** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Har ...
–
Haymarket affair defendants:
* 1887 –
George Engel, German-American businessman and activist (b. 1836)
* 1887 –
Adolph Fischer
Adolph Fischer (1858 – November 11, 1887) was an anarchist and labor union activist tried and executed after the Haymarket Riot.
Early life
Adolph Fischer immigrated to the United States in 1873 at the age of 15. He became an apprentic ...
, German-American printer and activist (b. 1858)
* 1887 –
Albert Parsons, American journalist and activist (b. 1848)
* 1887 –
August Spies
August Vincent Theodore Spies (, ; December 10, 1855November 11, 1887) was an American upholsterer, radical labor activist, and newspaper editor. Spies is remembered as one of the anarchists in Chicago who were found guilty of conspiracy to commi ...
, American journalist and activist (b. 1855)
*
1888
In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late ...
– Pedro Ñancúpel, Chilean pirate active in the fjords and channels of Chile, fjords and channels of Patagonia. He was executed.
1901–present
*1917 – Liliuokalani of Hawaii (b. 1838)
*
1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
– George Lawrence Price, Canadian soldier (b. 1892)
*
1919
Events
January
* January 1
** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia.
** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ...
– Pavel Chistyakov, Russian painter and educator (b. 1832)
*
1921
Events
January
* January 2
** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil.
** The Spanish lin ...
– Léon Moreaux, French target shooter (b. 1852)
*1931 – Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese businessman (b. 1840)
*
1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1
** Third Reich
*** Jews are forbidden to ...
– Bob Marshall (wilderness activist), Bob Marshall, American author and activist (b. 1901)
*
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
*January ...
– Muhittin Akyüz, Turkish general and diplomat (b. 1870)
*1944 – Munir Ertegun, Turkish diplomat (b. 1883)
*
1945
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
Januar ...
– Jerome Kern, American composer (b. 1885)
*
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 ...
– Loukas Kanakaris-Roufos, Greek lawyer and politician, List of foreign ministers of Greece, Greek Minister of Foreign Minister (b. 1878)
*
1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...
– Alexandros Diomidis, Greek banker and politician, 145th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1875)
*
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...
– Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1866)
*
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 ...
– Behiç Erkin, Turkish colonel and politician, Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning (Turkey), Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1876)
*
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 wors ...
– Joseph Ruddy, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...
– Luis Arturo González López Guatemalan supreme court judge and briefly acting president (b. 1900)
*
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
– Jeanne Demessieux, French pianist and composer (b. 1921)
*
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
– Berry Oakley, American bass player (b. 1948)
*
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
– Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
* 1973 – Richard von Frankenberg, German race car driver and journalist (b. 1922)
*
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
– Alfonso Leng, Chilean dentist, composer, and academic (b. 1894)
*
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
– Alexander Calder, American sculptor (b. 1898)
*
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 Democratic R ...
– Abraham Sarmiento, Jr., Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1950)
*1979 – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-American composer and conductor (b. 1894)
*1980 – Vince Gair, Australian politician, 27th
Premier of Queensland (b. 1901)
*1984 – Martin Luther King, Sr., American pastor, missionary, and activist (b. 1899)
*1985 – Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1959)
* 1985 – Arthur Rothstein, American photographer and educator (b. 1915)
*1988 – Charles Groves Wright Anderson, South African-Australian colonel and politician (b. 1897)
* 1988 – William Ifor Jones, Welsh conductor and organist (b. 1900)
*1990 – Attilio Demaría, Argentinian footballer (b. 1909)
* 1990 – Sadi Irmak, Turkish physician and politician, 17th List of Prime Ministers of Turkey, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1904)
* 1990 – Alexis Minotis, Greek actor and director (b. 1898)
* 1990 – Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1909)
*
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 peace ...
– Erskine Hawkins, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1914)
* 1993 – John Stanley (cartoonist), John Stanley, American author and illustrator (b. 1914)
*1994 – John A. Volpe, American soldier and politician, 61st
Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1908)
* 1994 – Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist, historian, and publicist (b. 1922)
*1997 – Rod Milburn, American hurdler and coach (b. 1950)
* 1997 – William Alland, American film producer and writer (b. 1916)
*1998 – Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player and soldier (b. 1913)
* 1998 – Paddy Clancy, Irish singer and actor (b. 1922)
*
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...
– Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (b. 1961)
* 1999 – Jacobo Timerman, Argentinian journalist and author (b. 1923)
*
2000
File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...
– Sandra Schmitt, German skier (b. 1981)
*
2001
The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...
– Erna Viitol, Estonian sculptor (b. 1920)
* 2002 – Frances Ames, South African neurologist, psychiatrist, and human rights activist (b. 1920)
*2003 – Miquel Martí i Pol, Catalan poet (b. 1929)
*
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 6 ...
– Dayton Allen, American comedian and voice actor (b. 1919)
* 2004 –
Yasser Arafat, Palestinian engineer and politician, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929)
* 2004 – Richard Dembo, French director and screenwriter (b. 1948)
*2005 – Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American director and producer (b. 1930)
* 2005 – Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, English photographer (b. 1939)
* 2005 – Peter Drucker, Austrian-American author, theorist, and educator (b. 1909)
*
2006
File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...
– Belinda Emmett, Australian actress (b. 1974)
*2007 – Delbert Mann, American director and producer (b. 1920)
*2008 – Herb Score, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1933)
* 2008 – Mustafa Şekip Birgöl, Turkish colonel (b. 1903)
*2010 – Marie Osborne Yeats, American actress and costume designer (b. 1911)
*
2011
File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...
–
Francisco Blake Mora
José Francisco Blake Mora (; 22 May 1966 – 11 November 2011) was a Mexican lawyer and politician who served as the Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of Felipe Calderón from 2010 to 2011. He was Mexico's top cabinet secretary and key ...
, Mexican lawyer and politician, Secretariat of the Interior (Mexico), Mexican Secretary of the Interior (b. 1966)
*
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 gather ...
– Lam Adesina, Nigerian educator and politician, Governor of Oyo State (b. 1939)
* 2012 – Joe Egan (rugby league), Joe Egan, English rugby player and coach (b. 1919)
* 2012 – Rex Hunt (governor), Rex Hunt, English lieutenant, pilot, and diplomat, Governor of the Falkland Islands (b. 1926)
* 2012 – Victor Mees, Belgian footballer (b. 1927)
* 2012 – Harry Wayland Randall, American photographer (b. 1915)
*2013 – John Barnhill (basketball), John Barnhill, American basketball player and coach (b. 1938)
* 2013 – Domenico Bartolucci, Italian cardinal and composer (b. 1917)
* 2013 – Bob Beckham, American singer-songwriter (b. 1927)
* 2013 – John S. Dunne, American priest and theologian (b. 1929)
* 2013 – Atilla Karaosmanoğlu, Turkish economist and politician, 33rd Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1931)
*
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 wat ...
– John Doar, American lawyer and activist (b. 1921)
* 2014 – Big Bank Hank, American rapper (b. 1956)
* 2014 – Philip G. Hodge, American engineer and academic (b. 1920)
* 2014 – Harry Lonsdale, American chemist, businessman, and politician (b. 1932)
* 2014 – Carol Ann Susi, American actress (b. 1952)
*2015 – Rita Gross, American theologian and author (b. 1943)
* 2015 – Nathaniel Marston, American actor and producer (b. 1975)
*2016 – Victor Bailey (musician), Victor Bailey, American singer and bass player (b. 1960)
* 2016 – Robert Vaughn, American actor (b. 1932)
*2017 – Chiquito de la Calzada, Spanish singer, actor and comedian (b. 1932)
*2021 – F. W. de Klerk, South African lawyer and politician, former State President of South Africa,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1936)
Holidays and observances
*Public holidays in Bhutan, Birthday of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck (
Bhutan)
*Children's Day (Croatia)
*Christians, Christian feast day:
**Bartholomew of Grottaferrata
**Martin of Tours (Roman Catholic Church), and its St. Martin's Day, related observances.
**Saint Menas, Menas
**Saint Mercurius, Mercurius (Coptic Orthodox Church, Coptic)
**Søren Kierkegaard (Lutheran Church)
**Theodore the Studite
**November 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*End of World War I-related observances:
**
Armistice Day (New Zealand, France, Belgium and Serbia)
**National Independence Day (Poland), commemorates the anniversary of Poland's assumption of independent statehood in 1918
**Remembrance Day (United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, including Australia and Canada)
**Veterans Day, called Armistice Day until 1954, when it was rededicated to honor American military (Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force) veterans. (United States)
*Public holidays in Angola, Independence Day, celebrates the independence of
Angola from Portugal in 1975.
*Independence of Cartagena (Colombia)
*Lāčplēsis Day, celebrates the victory over the Bermontians at the Battle of Riga in 1919. (Latvia)
*Opening of carnival ("Karneval"/"Carnival#"Rhenish Carnival" (Rheinischer Karneval, Fasnacht, Fasnet, Fastabend, Fastelovend, Fasteleer, Fasching), Fasching"), on 11-11, at 11:11. (Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries)
*National Education Day (India)
*Republic Day (Maldives)
*Singles' Day (China)
*St. Martin's Day (Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands)
* Women's Day (Belgium)
*Pepero Day (South Korea)
References
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