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Pre-1600

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904 __NOTOC__ Year 904 ( CMIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * July 29 – Sack of Thessalonica: A Muslim fleet, led by the Greek r ...
– The warlord
Zhu Quanzhong Emperor Taizu of Later Liang (), personal name Zhu Quanzhong () (December 5, 852 – July 18, 912), né Zhu Wen (), name later changed to Zhu Huang (), nickname Zhu San (朱三, literally, "the third Zhu"), was a Chinese military general, mona ...
kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of the Tang dynasty, after seizing control of the imperial government. *
1236 Year 1236 ( MCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Spring – A fleet consisting of ships from the republics of Venice, Genoa ...
– The Samogitians defeat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in the
Battle of Saule The Battle of Saule ( lt, Saulės mūšis / Šiaulių mūšis; german: Schlacht von Schaulen; lv, Saules kauja) was fought on 22 September 1236, between the Livonian Brothers of the Sword and pagan troops of Samogitians and Semigallians. Betwe ...
. *
1499 Year 1499 ( MCDXCIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 8 – Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany, in accordance with a ...
– The Treaty of Basel concludes the
Swabian War The Swabian War of 1499 ( gsw, Schwoobechrieg (spelling depending on dialect), called or ("Swiss War") in Germany and ("War of the Engadin") in Austria) was the last major armed conflict between the Old Swiss Confederacy and the House of Hab ...
. *
1586 Events * January 18 – The 7.9 Tenshō earthquake strikes the Chubu region of Japan, triggering a tsunami and causing at least 8,000 deaths. * June 16 – The deposed and imprisoned Mary, Queen of Scots, recognizes Philip II of ...
– The
Battle of Zutphen The Battle of Zutphen was fought on 22 September 1586, near the village of Warnsveld and the town of Zutphen, the Netherlands, during the Eighty Years' War. It was fought between the forces of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, aided ...
is a Spanish victory over the English and Dutch.


1601–1900

* 1692 – The last hanging of those convicted of witchcraft in the
Salem witch trials The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Thirty people were found guilty, 19 of whom w ...
; others are all eventually released. *
1711 In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Tuesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January – Cary's Rebellion: The Lords Proprietor appoint Edward ...
– The
Tuscarora War The Tuscarora War was fought in North Carolina from September 10, 1711 until February 11, 1715 between the Tuscarora people and their allies on one side and European American settlers, the Yamassee, and other allies on the other. This was cons ...
begins in present-day North Carolina. *
1761 Events January–March * January 14 – Third Battle of Panipat: Ahmad Shah Durrani and his coalition decisively defeat the Maratha Confederacy, and restore the Mughal Empire to Shah Alam II. * January 16 – Siege of P ...
George III George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Br ...
and
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Sophia Charlotte; 19 May 1744 – 17 November 1818) was Queen of Great Britain and of Ireland as the wife of King George III from their marriage on 8 September 1761 until the union of the two kingdoms ...
are crowned King and Queen, respectively, of the Kingdom of Great Britain. * 1776
Nathan Hale Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was an American Patriot, soldier and spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission in New York City but was captured ...
is hanged for spying during the American Revolution. *
1789 Events January–March * January – Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès publishes the pamphlet '' What Is the Third Estate?'' ('), influential on the French Revolution. * January 7 – The 1788-89 United States presidential electio ...
– The office of
United States Postmaster General The United States Postmaster General (PMG) is the chief executive officer of the United States Postal Service (USPS). The PMG is responsible for managing and directing the day-to-day operations of the agency. The PMG is selected and appointed by ...
is established. * 1789 –
Battle of Rymnik The Battle of Rymnik ( tr, Boze Savaşı) on September 22, 1789 took place in Wallachia, near Râmnicu Sărat (now in Romania), during the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792. The Russian general Alexander Suvorov, acting together with the Habs ...
: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces. *
1792 Events January–March * January 9 – The Treaty of Jassy ends the Russian Empire's war with the Ottoman Empire over Crimea. * February 18 – Thomas Holcroft produces the comedy '' The Road to Ruin'' in London. * Februar ...
– ''Primidi
Vendémiaire Vendémiaire () was the first month in the French Republican calendar. The month was named after the Occitan word ''vendemiaire'' (grape harvester). Vendémiaire was the first month of the autumn quarter (''mois d'automne''). It started on the ...
'' of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being. *
1823 Events January–March * January 22 – By secret treaty signed at the Congress of Verona, the Quintuple Alliance gives France a mandate to invade Spain for the purpose of restoring Ferdinand VII (who has been captured by armed revolution ...
Joseph Smith Joseph Smith Jr. (December 23, 1805June 27, 1844) was an American religious leader and founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement. When he was 24, Smith published the Book of Mormon. By the time of his death, 14 years later, h ...
claims to have found the
golden plates According to Latter Day Saint movement, Latter Day Saint belief, the golden plates (also called the gold plates or in some 19th-century literature, the golden bible) are the source from which Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon, a sacred t ...
after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried. *
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. * J ...
– The Russian warship '' Lefort'' capsizes and sinks during a storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing all 826 aboard. *
1862 Events January–March * January 1 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos Island, in modern-day Nigeria. * January 6 – French intervention in Mexico: French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico. * January ...
– A preliminary version of the
Emancipation Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation, officially Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the Civil War. The Proclamation changed the legal sta ...
is released by Abraham Lincoln. *
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 troo ...
– The
Battle of Curupayty The Battle of Curupayty was a key battle in the Paraguayan War. On the morning on 22 September 1866, the joint force of Brazilian, Argentine, and Uruguayan armies attacked Paraguayan fortified trenches on Curupayty. The Paraguayans were led by ge ...
is Paraguay's only significant victory in the
Paraguayan War The Paraguayan War, also known as the War of the Triple Alliance, was a South American war that lasted from 1864 to 1870. It was fought between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, the Empire of Brazil, and Uruguay. It was the deadliest ...
. *
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 &ndash ...
Lord Randolph Churchill Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (13 February 1849 – 24 January 1895) was a British statesman. Churchill was a Tory radical and coined the term ' Tory democracy'. He inspired a generation of party managers, created the National Union o ...
makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the
Irish Home Rule movement The Irish Home Rule movement was a movement that campaigned for self-government (or "home rule") for Ireland within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It was the dominant political movement of Irish nationalism from 1870 to the ...
. *
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 ...
– The first
hydropower plant Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined an ...
of
Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bo ...
was commissioned along the
Tammerkoski Tammerkoski is a channel of rapids in Tampere, Finland. The city of Tampere is located between two lakes, Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi. The difference in altitude between these two is and the water flows from Näsijärvi to Pyhäjärvi through t ...
rapids in
Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclo ...
,
Pirkanmaa Pirkanmaa (; sv, Birkaland; la, Birkaria, link=no), also known as ''Tampere Region'' in government documents, is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, South Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Päijät-Häme, Kanta-Häme and ...
. *
1892 Events January–March * January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States. * February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado. * February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies f ...
Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial ''Lost''. *
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 ...
Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previ ...
surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.


1901–present

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1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas ''Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York Ci ...
– The
Duke of York's Picture House The Duke of York's Picture House is an art house cinema in Brighton, England, which lays claim to being the oldest cinema in continuous use in Britain. According to cinema historian Allen Eyles, the cinema "deserves to be named Britain's oldes ...
opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain. *
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 assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It also saw the first airline to provide schedule ...
– A German submarine
sinks A sink is a bowl-shaped plumbing fixture for washing hands, dishwashing, and other purposes. Sinks have a tap (faucet) that supply hot and cold water and may include a spray feature to be used for faster rinsing. They also include a drain to ...
three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors. *
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 ...
– The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States. *
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 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a max ...
– The
Gresford disaster The Gresford disaster occurred on 22 September 1934 at Gresford Colliery, near Wrexham, Denbighshire, when an explosion and underground fire killed 266 men. Gresford is one of Britain's worst coal mining disasters: a controversial inquiry int ...
in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers. *
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 forbidde ...
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
: A joint
German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk The German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk (german: Deutsch-sowjetische Siegesparade in Brest-Litowsk, russian: Парад вермахта перед частями РККА в Бресте) was an official ceremony held by the troops ...
is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland. *
1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January– August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar E ...
The Holocaust in Ukraine The Holocaust in Ukraine took place in the ''Reichskommissariat Ukraine'', the '' General Government'', the ''Crimean General Government'' and some areas which were located to the East of Reichskommissariat Ukraine (all of those areas were unde ...
: On the Jewish New Year Day, the German SS murders 6,000 Jews in
Vinnytsia Vinnytsia ( ; uk, Вінниця, ; yi, װיניצע) is a city in west-central Ukraine, located on the banks of the Southern Bug. It is the Capital city, administrative center of Vinnytsia Oblast and the largest city in the historic region o ...
, Ukraine. Those are the survivors of the previous killings that took place a few days earlier in which about 24,000 Jews were executed. *
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 ...
Gail Halvorsen Colonel Gail Seymour "The Candy Bomber" Halvorsen (October 10, 1920 – February 16, 2022) was a senior officer and command pilot in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber" or "Uncle Wiggly Wings" and gained ...
officially starts parachuting candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift. * 1948 – Israeli-Palestine conflict: The
All-Palestine Government , image = , caption = Flag of the All-Palestine Government , date = 22 September 1948 , state = All-Palestine Protectorate , address = Gaza City, All-Palestine Protectorate (Sep.–Dec. 1948 ...
is established by the Arab League. *
1957 1957 (Roman numerals, MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday, common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, t ...
– In Haiti,
François Duvalier François Duvalier (; 14 April 190721 April 1971), also known as Papa Doc, was a Haitian politician of French Martiniquan descent who served as the President of Haiti from 1957 to 1971. He was elected president in the 1957 general election on ...
is elected president. *
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 * J ...
– The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the
Mali Federation The Mali Federation ( ar, اتحاد مالي) was a federation in West Africa linking the French colonies of Senegal and the Sudanese Republic (or French Sudan) for two months in 1960. It was founded on 4 April 1959 as a territory with self-r ...
. *
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 ...
– The
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 or the Second Kashmir War was a culmination of skirmishes that took place between April 1965 and September 1965 between Pakistan and India. The conflict began following Pakistan's Operation Gibraltar, which was d ...
between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, ends after the United Nations calls for a ceasefire. *
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 is ...
– Twenty-four people are killed when Ansett-ANA Flight 149 crashes in
Winton, Queensland Winton is a town and locality in the Shire of Winton in Central West Queensland, Australia. It is northwest of Longreach. The main industries of the area are sheep and cattle raising. The town was named in 1876 by postmaster Robert Allen, aft ...
, Australia. *
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. ...
Sara Jane Moore Sara Jane Moore (née Kahn; born February 15, 1930) is an American criminal who attempted to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford in 1975. She was given a life sentence for the attempted assassination and was released from prison on December ...
tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by the Secret Service. *
1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
– A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the
Prince Edward Islands The Prince Edward Islands are two small uninhabited islands in the sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean that are part of South Africa. The islands are named Marion Island (named after Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, 1724–1772) and Prince Edward Isla ...
. Its cause is never determined. *
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Syst ...
– Iraq invades Iran, sparking the nearly eight year
Iran–Iraq War The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. It began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for almost eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations Security Counci ...
. *
1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the ...
– The
Dead Sea Scrolls The Dead Sea Scrolls (also the Qumran Caves Scrolls) are ancient Jewish and Hebrew religious manuscripts discovered between 1946 and 1956 at the Qumran Caves in what was then Mandatory Palestine, near Ein Feshkha in the West Bank, on the ...
are made available to the public for the first time. *
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 barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. Forty-seven passengers are killed. * 1993 – A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia. *
1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strike ...
– An E-3B AWACS crashes outside Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board are killed. * 1995 – The
Nagerkovil school bombing The Nager Kovil school bombing refers to an airstrike that took place on September 22, 1995, when the Sri Lankan Air Force bombed the Nagar Kovil Maha Vidyalayam school in Jaffna, resulting in the death of, by varying accounts, 34-71 Sri Lankan T ...
is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil schoolchildren. * 2006 – Twenty-three people were killed in a
maglev Maglev (derived from '' magnetic levitation''), is a system of train transportation that uses two sets of electromagnets: one set to repel and push the train up off the track, and another set to move the elevated train ahead, taking advantag ...
train collision A train wreck, train collision, train accident or train crash is a type of disaster involving one or more trains. Train wrecks often occur as a result of miscommunication, as when a moving train meets another train on the same track; or an acci ...
in
Lathen Lathen is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the location of the Emsland Transrapid Test facility, a testing site for Transrapid Transrapid is a German-developed high-speed monorail train using mag ...
,
Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
. *
2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment ...
– At least 75 people are killed in a
suicide bombing A suicide attack is any violent attack, usually entailing the attacker detonating an explosive, where the attacker has accepted their own death as a direct result of the attacking method used. Suicide attacks have occurred throughout history ...
at a Christian church in
Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...
, Pakistan.


Births


Pre-1600

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1013 Year in topic Year 1013 ( MXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * King Henry II of Germany signs a peace treaty at Merseburg with Duke Bole ...
Richeza of Poland, Queen of Hungary Richeza of Poland (22 September 1013 – 21 May 1075) was Queen Consort of Hungary by marriage to Béla I of Hungary. Life She was a daughter of King Mieszko II Lambert of Poland, and his wife, Richeza of Lotharingia, granddaughter of Empe ...
(d. 1075) *
1211 Year 1211 ( MCCXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * June 17 – Battle of Antioch on the Meander: Seljuk forces led by Sultan ...
Ibn Khallikan Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin Ibrāhīm bin Abū Bakr ibn Khallikān) ( ar, أحمد بن محمد بن إبراهيم بن أبي بكر ابن خلكان; 1211 – 1282), better known as Ibn Khallikān, was a 13th century Shafi'i Islamic scholar ...
, Iraqi scholar and judge (d. 1282) *
1373 Year 1373 ( MCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * March 24 – The Treaty of Santarém is signed between Ferdinand I of Portu ...
Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester Thomas le Despenser, 2nd Baron Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester KG (22 September 137313 January 1400) was the son of Edward le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despencer, whom he succeeded in 1375. Royal intrigues A supporter of Richard II against Th ...
(d. 1400) *
1515 __NOTOC__ Year 1515 ( MDXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 25 – Francis I of France is crowned (reigns until 1547). * May 13 & ...
Anne of Cleves Anne of Cleves (german: Anna von Kleve; 1515 – 16 July 1557) was Queen of England from 6 January to 12 July 1540 as the fourth wife of King Henry VIII. Not much is known about Anne before 1527, when she became betrothed to Francis, Duke of ...
, Queen consort of England (d. 1557) *
1547 Year 1547 ( MDXLVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 8 – The first Lithuanian-language book, a '' Catechism'' (, Simple Words ...
Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin (also spelled ''Nikodemus'') (22 September 1547 – 29 November 1590) was a German philologist, poet, playwright, mathematician, and astronomer, born at Erzingen, today part of Balingen in Württemberg, where his fathe ...
, German philologist, mathematician, astronomer, and poet (d. 1590) *
1593 Events January–December * January – Siege of Pyongyang (1593): A Japanese invasion is defeated in Pyongyang by a combined force of Korean and Ming troops. * January 18 – Siamese King Naresuan, in combat on elephant back, ...
Matthäus Merian Matthäus is a given name or surname. Notable people with the name include: ;Surname * Lothar Matthäus, (born 1961), German former football player and manager ;Given name * Matthäus Aurogallus, Professor of Hebrew at the University of Wittenbe ...
, Swiss-German engraver and cartographer (d. 1650)


1601–1900

* 1601
Anne of Austria Anne of Austria (french: Anne d'Autriche, italic=no, es, Ana María Mauricia, italic=no; 22 September 1601 – 20 January 1666) was an infanta of Spain who became Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XIII from their marriage in 1615 un ...
, Queen and regent of France (d. 1666) *
1606 Events January–June * January 24 – Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators, for plotting against Parliament and James I of England, begins. * January 29 – Pedro Fernandes de Queirós discovers the P ...
Li Zicheng Li Zicheng (22 September 1606 – 1645), born Li Hongji, also known by the nickname, Dashing King, was a Chinese peasant rebel leader who overthrew the Ming dynasty in 1644 and ruled over northern China briefly as the emperor of the short-liv ...
, Chinese emperor (d. 1645) *
1680 Events January–March * January 2 – King Amangkurat II of Mataram (located on the island of Java, part of modern-day Indonesia), invites Trunajaya, who had led a failed rebellion against him until his surrender on December ...
Barthold Heinrich Brockes Barthold Heinrich Brockes (September 22, 1680 – January 16, 1747) was a German poet. He was born in Hamburg and educated at the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums. He studied jurisprudence at Halle, and after extensive travels in Italy, France an ...
, German poet (d. 1747) *
1694 Events January–March * January 16 – Francesco Morosini, the Doge of Venice since 1688, dies after ruling the Republic for more than five years and a few months after an unsuccessful attempt to capture the island of Negropont from the ...
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, (22 September 169424 March 1773) was a British statesman, diplomat, and man of letters, and an acclaimed wit of his time. Early life He was born in London to Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Che ...
, English politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (), or more formally Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland, was the title of the chief governor of Ireland from the Williamite Wars of 1690 until the Partition of Ireland in 1922. This spanned the King ...
(d. 1773) *
1715 Events For dates within Great Britain and the British Empire, as well as in the Russian Empire, the "old style" Julian calendar was used in 1715, and can be converted to the "new style" Gregorian calendar (adopted in the British Empire i ...
Jean-Étienne Guettard Jean-Étienne Guettard (22 September 1715 – 7 January 1786), French naturalist and mineralogist, was born at Étampes, near Paris. In boyhood, he gained a knowledge of plants from his grandfather, who was an apothecary, and later he qualif ...
, French mineralogist and botanist (d. 1786) *
1741 Events January–March * January 13 – Lanesborough, Massachusetts is created as a township. *February 13 – Sir Robert Walpole, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, popularizes the term "the balance of power" in a speech ...
Peter Simon Pallas Peter Simon Pallas Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS FRSE (22 September 1741 – 8 September 1811) was a Prussian zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia between 1767 and 1810. Life and work Peter Simon Pallas was born in Berlin, the son ...
, German zoologist and botanist (d. 1811) *
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 ...
Quintin Craufurd Quintin Craufurd (22 September 1743 – 23 November 1819) was a British author born at Kilwinning, Scotland. Life In early life he went to India, where he entered the service of the British East India Company. Returning to Europe before the age ...
, Scottish author (d. 1819) *
1762 Events January–March * January 4 – Britain enters the Seven Years' War against Spain and Naples. * January 5 – Empress Elisabeth of Russia dies, and is succeeded by her nephew Peter III. Peter, an admirer of Frederick ...
Elizabeth Simcoe Dame Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe (22 September 1762 – 17 January 1850) was an English artist and diarist in colonial Canada. Her husband, John Graves Simcoe, was the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. Her diary gives an effective accoun ...
, English-Canadian painter and author (d. 1850) *
1765 Events January–March * January 23 – Prince Joseph of Austria marries Princess Maria Josepha of Bavaria in Vienna. * January 29 – One week before his death, Mir Jafar, who had been enthroned as the Nawab of Bengal and ru ...
Paolo Ruffini Paolo Ruffini ( Valentano, 22 September 1765 – Modena, 10 May 1822) was an Italian mathematician and philosopher. Education and Career By 1788 he had earned university degrees in philosophy, medicine/surgery and mathematics. His works incl ...
, Italian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1822) *
1788 Events January–March * January 1 – The first edition of ''The Times'', previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published in London. * January 2 – Georgia ratifies the United States Constitution, and becomes the fourth ...
Theodore Hook Theodore Edward Hook (22 September 1788 – 24 August 1841) was an English man of letters and composer and briefly a civil servant in Mauritius. He is best known for his practical jokes, particularly the Berners Street hoax in 1809. The w ...
, English composer and educator (d. 1841) *
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 Countr ...
Michael Faraday Michael Faraday (; 22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic inductio ...
, English physicist and chemist (d. 1867) *
1806 Events January–March * January 1 ** The French Republican Calendar is abolished. ** The Kingdom of Bavaria is established by Napoleon. * January 5 – The body of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, lies in state in the Painted Hal ...
Bernardino António Gomes Bernardino is a name of Italian, Hispanic, or Portuguese origin, which can refer to: Given name *Bernardino Baldi (1533–1617), Italian mathematician and writer *Bernardino Bertolotti (born 1547), Italian composer and instrumentalist * Bernard ...
, Portuguese physician and naturalist (d. 1877) *
1819 Events January–March * January 2 – The Panic of 1819, the first major peacetime financial crisis in the United States, begins. * January 25 – Thomas Jefferson founds the University of Virginia. * January 29 – ...
Wilhelm Wattenbach Wilhelm Wattenbach (22 September 181920 September 1897), was a German historian. He was born at Rantzau in Holstein. He studied philology at the universities of Bonn, Göttingen and Berlin, and in 1843 he began to work upon the ''Monumenta Ge ...
, German historian and academic (d. 1897) *
1829 Events January–March * January 19 – August Klingemann's adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's '' Faust'' premieres in Braunschweig. * February 27 – Battle of Tarqui: Troops of Gran Colombia and Peru battle to a draw. * ...
Tự Đức Tự Đức (, vi-hantu, 嗣 德, lit. "inheritance of virtues", 22 September 1829 – 19 July 1883) (personal name: Nguyễn Phúc Hồng Nhậm , also Nguyễn Phúc Thì) was the fourth emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam; he ruled f ...
, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1883) *
1833 Events January–March * January 3 – Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. * February 6 – His Royal Highness Prince Otto Friedrich Ludwig of Bavaria assumes the title His Majesty Othon t ...
Stephen D. Lee Stephen Dill Lee (September 22, 1833 – May 28, 1908) was an American officer in the Confederate Army, politician and first president of Mississippi State University from 1880 to 1899. He served as lieutenant general of the Confederate ...
, American general and academic (d. 1908) *
1835 Events January–March * January 7 – anchors off the Chonos Archipelago on her second voyage, with Charles Darwin on board as naturalist. * January 8 – The United States public debt contracts to zero, for the only time in history ...
Alexander Potebnja Alexander (Oleksandr) Potebnja (russian: Алекса́ндр Афана́сьевич Потебня́; uk, Олекса́ндр Опана́сович Потебня́) was a Ukrainian linguist, philosopher and Pan-Slavism, panslavist of Ukrai ...
, Ukrainian linguist and philosopher (d. 1891) *
1841 Events January–March * January 20 – Charles Elliot of the United Kingdom, and Qishan of the Qing dynasty, agree to the Convention of Chuenpi. * January 26 – Britain occupies Hong Kong. Later in the year, the first census of the i ...
Andrejs Pumpurs Andrejs Pumpurs ( on the left bank of the Daugava, in Lieljumprava civil parish, now Birzgale Parish – in Riga) was a poet who penned the Latvian epic Lāčplēsis (''The Bear Slayer'', first published in 1888) and a prominent figure in t ...
, Latvian soldier and poet (d. 1902) *
1862 Events January–March * January 1 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos Island, in modern-day Nigeria. * January 6 – French intervention in Mexico: French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico. * January ...
Anastasios Charalambis Anastasios Charalambis ( el, Αναστάσιος Χαραλάμπης, 22 September 1862 – 11 March 1949) was a Greek Lieutenant General and interim Prime Minister of Greece for one day in 1922. Life Anastasios Charalambis was born in Ka ...
, Greek lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1949) *
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 Ja ...
Louise McKinney Louise McKinney (; 22 September 186810 July 1931) was a Canadian politician, temperance advocate, and women's rights activist. She was the first woman elected into the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the first woman to serve in a legislatu ...
, Canadian educator and politician (d. 1931) *
1870 Events January–March * January 1 ** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England. ** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed. * January 3 – Construction of the B ...
Charlotte Cooper Charlotte Cooper may refer to: * Charlotte Cooper (author) (born 1968), British author and LGBT activist * Charlotte Cooper (tennis) (1870–1966), British tennis player * Charlotte Cooper-Andrade, wife of Vernon Andrade * Charlotte Cooper (born 198 ...
, English-Scottish tennis player (d. 1966) * 1870 –
Arthur Pryor Arthur Willard Pryor (September 22, 1869 – June 18, 1942) was a trombone virtuoso, bandleader, and soloist with the Sousa Band. He was a prolific composer of band music, his best-known composition being "The Whistler and His Dog". In late ...
, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1942) *
1875 Events January–March * January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of th ...
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis ( pl, Mikołaj Konstanty Czurlanis – ) was a Lithuanian painter, composer and writer. Čiurlionis contributed to symbolism and art nouveau, and was representative of the fin de siècle epoch. He has been ...
, Lithuanian painter and composer (d. 1911) *
1876 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin. ** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol. * February 2 – The National League, National League of Professional Ba ...
André Tardieu André Pierre Gabriel Amédée Tardieu (; 22 September 1876 – 15 September 1945) was three times Prime Minister of France (3 November 1929 – 17 February 1930; 2 March – 4 December 1930; 20 February – 10 May 1932) and a dominant figure of ...
, French journalist and politician, 67th Prime Minister of France (d. 1945) *
1878 Events January–March * January 5 – Russo-Turkish War – Battle of Shipka Pass IV: Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy. * January 17 – Battle ...
Shigeru Yoshida (22 September 1878 – 20 October 1967) was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1946 to 1947 and from 1948 to 1954. Yoshida was one of the longest-serving Japanese prime ministers, and is the third-long ...
, Japanese politician and diplomat, 51st
Prime Minister of Japan The prime minister of Japan ( Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: ''Naikaku Sōri-Daijin'') is the head of government of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its Ministers of Stat ...
(d. 1967) *
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 � ...
Christabel Pankhurst Dame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst, (; 22 September 1880 – 13 February 1958) was a British suffragette born in Manchester, England. A co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), she directed its militant actions from exil ...
, English activist, co-founded the
Women's Social and Political Union The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was a women-only political movement and leading militant organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom from 1903 to 1918. Known from 1906 as the suffragettes, its membership an ...
(d. 1958) * 1882
Wilhelm Keitel Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel (; 22 September 188216 October 1946) was a German field marshal and war criminal who held office as chief of the '' Oberkommando der Wehrmacht'' (OKW), the high command of Nazi Germany's Armed Forces, durin ...
, German field marshal (d. 1946) *
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. * Janua ...
Ferenc Oslay Ferenc Oslay ( sl, Franc Ošlaj, Prekmurje Slovene: ''Ferenc Ošlaj'' or ''Ošlay''; September 22, 1883 – April 22, 1932) was a Hungarian- Slovene historian, writer, Trianon irredentist, and propagandist. Born in Filovci to a minor nobl ...
, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author (d. 1932) * 1883 –
Frank George Woollard Frank George Woollard (22 September 1883 – 22 December 1957), was a British mechanical engineer who worked for nearly three decades in the British motor industry in various roles in design, production, and management. He was a pioneer in what ...
, English engineer (d. 1957) *
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 &ndash ...
Gunnar Asplund Erik Gunnar Asplund (22 September 1885 – 20 October 1940) was a Swedish architect, mostly known as a key representative of Nordic Classicism of the 1920s, and during the last decade of his life as a major proponent of the modernist style wh ...
, Swedish architect and academic, designed the
Stockholm Public Library Stockholm Public Library ( Swedish: ''Stockholms stadsbibliotek'' or ''Stadsbiblioteket'') is a library building in Stockholm, Sweden, designed by Swedish architect Gunnar Asplund, and one of the city's most notable structures. The name is toda ...
(d. 1940) * 1885 –
Ben Chifley Joseph Benedict Chifley (; 22 September 1885 – 13 June 1951) was an Australian politician who served as the 16th prime minister of Australia from 1945 to 1949. He held office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1945, follo ...
, Australian engineer and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1951) * 1885 – Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1957) *
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 ...
Bhaurao Patil Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil (22 September 1887 – 9 May 1959), born in Kumbhoj, Kolhapur, was a social activist and educator in Maharashtra, India. A strong advocate of mass education, he founded the Rayat Education Society. Bhaurao played an ...
, Indian educator and activist (d. 1959) *
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 th ...
Hooks Dauss George August "Hooks" Dauss (September 22, 1889 – July 27, 1963), born George August Daus, was an American professional baseball player from 1909 to 1926. He played 15 seasons of Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Detroit ...
, American baseball player (d. 1963) *
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 ...
Alma Thomas Alma Woodsey Thomas (September 22, 1891 – February 24, 1978) was an African-American artist and teacher who lived and worked in Washington, D.C., and is now recognized as a major American painter of the 20th century. Thomas is best known for ...
, American painter and educator (d. 1978) *
1892 Events January–March * January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States. * February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado. * February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies f ...
Billy West William Richard Werstine (born April 16, 1952), known professionally as Billy West, is an American voice actor. His voice roles include Bugs Bunny in the 1996 film ''Space Jam'' and several subsequent projects, the title characters of ''Doug'' ...
, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1975) *
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 ...
Elisabeth Rethberg Elisabeth Rethberg ( Lisbeth Sättler; 22 September 1894 – 6 June 1976) was a German operatic soprano singer who was active from the period of the First World War through the early 1940s. Early years Rethberg was born Lisbeth Sättler i ...
, German soprano (d. 1976) *
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 ...
Paul Muni, Ukrainian-born American actor (d. 1967) *
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 ...
Uri Zvi Greenberg Uri Zvi Greenberg ( he, אוּרִי צְבִי גְּרִינְבֵּרְג; September 22, 1896 – May 8, 1981; also spelled Uri Zvi Grinberg) was an acclaimed Israeli poet, journalist and politician who wrote in Yiddish and Hebrew. Widely re ...
, Ukrainian-Israeli poet and journalist (d. 1981) * 1896 –
Henry Segrave Sir Henry O'Neal de Hane Segrave (22 September 1896 – 13 June 1930) was an early British pioneer in land speed and water speed records. Segrave, who set three land and one water record, was the first person to hold both titles simultaneou ...
, American-English race car driver (d. 1930) *
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 ...
Elsie Allen Elsie Comanche Allen (September 22, 1899 – December 31, 1990) was a Native American Pomo basket weaver from the Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California in Northern California, significant as for historically categorizing and teach ...
, Native American Pomo basket weaver (d. 1990) *
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), ...
Paul Hugh Emmett Paul Hugh Emmett (September 22, 1900 – April 22, 1985) was an American chemist best known for his pioneering work in the field of catalysis and for his work on the Manhattan Project during World War II. He spearheaded the research to separat ...
, American chemist and engineer (d. 1985) * 1900 –
William Spratling William Spratling (September 22, 1900 – August 7, 1967) was an American-born silversmith, silver designer and artist, best known for his influence on 20th century Mexican silver design. Early life Spratling was born in 1900 in Sonyea, Livin ...
, American-Mexican silversmith and educator (d. 1967)


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1901 Events January * January 1 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton becomes the first Prime Min ...
Nadezhda Alliluyeva Nadezhda Sergeyevna Alliluyeva (russian: link=no, Надежда Сергеевна Аллилуева; – 9 November 1932) was the second wife of Joseph Stalin. She was born in Baku to a friend of Stalin, a fellow revolutionary, and was ra ...
, second wife of
Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secreta ...
(d. 1932) * 1901 –
Charles Brenton Huggins Charles Brenton Huggins (September 22, 1901 – January 12, 1997) was a Canadian-American physician, physiologist and cancer researcher at the University of Chicago specializing in prostate cancer. He was awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize for Physio ...
, Canadian-American physician and physiologist,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfre ...
laureate (d. 1997) *
1902 Events January * January 1 ** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's ...
John Houseman John Houseman (born Jacques Haussmann; September 22, 1902 – October 31, 1988) was a Romanian-born British-American actor and producer of theatre, film, and television. He became known for his highly publicized collaboration with directo ...
, Romanian-American actor and producer (d. 1988) *
1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony is ...
Haakon Lie Haakon Steen Lie (22 September 1905 – 25 May 2009) was a Norwegian politician who served as party secretary for the Norwegian Labour Party from 1945 to 1969. Coming from humble origins, he became involved in the labour movement at an early ag ...
, Norwegian lawyer and politician (d. 2009) * 1905 –
Eugen Sänger Eugen Sänger (22 September 1905 – 10 February 1964) was an Austrian aerospace engineer best known for his contributions to lifting body and ramjet technology. Early career Sänger was born in the former mining town of Preßnitz (Přísečni ...
, Czech-Austrian engineer (d. 1964) *
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, a ...
Ilse Koch Ilse Koch (22 September 1906 – 1 September 1967) was a German war criminal who was an overseer at Nazi concentration camps run by her husband, commandant Karl-Otto Koch. Working at Buchenwald (1937–1941) and Majdanek (1941–1943), Koch ...
, German war criminal (d. 1967) *
1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Moment magnitude scale, Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 11 – The French warship French cruiser Jean Bart ( ...
Maurice Blanchot Maurice Blanchot (; ; 22 September 1907 – 20 February 2003) was a French writer, philosopher and literary theorist. His work, exploring a philosophy of death alongside poetic theories of meaning and sense, bore significant influence on pos ...
, French philosopher and author (d. 2003) * 1907 –
Philip Fotheringham-Parker Philip Fotheringham-Parker (22 September 1907 – 15 October 1981) was a racing driver from England. He was born in Beckenham, Kent. Fotheringham-Parker participated in the 1951 British Grand Prix, driving a privately run Maserati 4CL, ...
, English race car driver (d. 1981) * 1907 –
Hermann Schlichting Hermann Schlichting (22 September 1907 – 15 June 1982) was a German fluid dynamics engineer. Life and work Hermann Schlichting studied from 1926 till 1930 mathematics, physics and applied mechanics at the University of Jena, Vienne and G ...
, German engineer and academic (d. 1982) *
1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 4 ...
Esphyr Slobodkina Esphyr Slobodkina (russian: Эсфирь Соломоновна Слободкина; September 22, 1908 – July 21, 2002) was a Russian Empire-born American artist, author, and illustrator, best known for her classic children's picture book ''Ca ...
, Russian-American author and illustrator (d. 2002) *
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. * J ...
John Engstead John Engstead (22 September 1909 - 15 April 1983) was an American photographer. Engstead was born in California, and began his career in 1926, when he was hired as an office boy by Paramount Pictures' head of studio publicity, Harold Harley. In 1 ...
, American photographer and journalist (d. 1983) *
1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas ''Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York Ci ...
György Faludy György Faludy (September 22, 1910 – September 1, 2006; ), sometimes anglicized as George Faludy, was a Hungarian poet, writer and translator. Life Travels, vicissitudes, and remembrance Faludy completed his schooling in the Fasori Ev ...
, Hungarian poet and author (d. 2006) *
1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ** German geophysicist Alfred ...
Herbert Mataré Herbert Franz Mataré (22 September 1912 – 2 September 2011) was a German physicist. The focus of his research was the field of semiconductor research. His best-known work is the first functional European transistor, which he developed and paten ...
, German physicist and academic (d. 2011) * 1912 –
Martha Scott Martha Ellen Scott (September 22, 1912 – May 28, 2003) was an American actress. She was featured in major films such as Cecil B. DeMille's ''The Ten Commandments'' (1956), and William Wyler's ''Ben-Hur'' (1959), playing the mother of Charlton ...
, American actress (d. 2003) *
1913 Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the ...
Lillian Chestney Lillian Chestney (September 22, 1913 – August 6, 2000) was an American illustrator and painter. She studied in New York City and illustrated children's books, comic books (during the Golden Age of Comic Books), and magazine and book covers ...
, American painter and illustrator (d. 2000) *
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 ...
Grigory Frid Grigory Samuilovich Frid also known as Grigori Fried (russian: Григо́рий Самуи́лович Фри́д, 22 September N.S. 1915 – 22 September 2012) was a Russian composer of music written in many different genres, including chambe ...
, Russian pianist and composer (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 ...
Hans Scholl Hans Fritz Scholl (; 22 September 1918 – 22 February 1943) was, along with Alexander Schmorell, one of the two founding members of the White Rose resistance movement in Nazi Germany. The principal author of the resistance movement's ...
, German activist (d. 1943) * 1918 –
Henryk Szeryng Henryk Szeryng (usually pronounced ''HEN-r-ik SHEH-r-in-g'') (22 September 19183 March 1988) was a Polish violinist. Early years He was born in Warsaw, Poland on 22 September 1918 into a wealthy Jewish family. The surname "Szeryng" is a Poli ...
, Mexican violinist and educator (d. 1988) *
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 m ...
Eric Baker, English activist, co-founded Amnesty International (d. 1976) * 1920 –
Anders Lassen Anders Frederik Emil Victor Schau Lassen, VC, MC & Two Bars (22 September 1920 – 9 April 1945) was a highly decorated Danish soldier, who was the only non-Commonwealth recipient of the British Victoria Cross in the Second World War. He was ...
, Danish-English soldier,
Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previously ...
recipient (d. 1945) * 1920 –
Bob Lemon Robert Granville Lemon (September 22, 1920 – January 11, 2000) was an American right-handed pitcher and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). Lemon was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976. Lemon was raised in California wh ...
, American baseball player and manager (d. 2000) * 1920 –
William H. Riker William Harrison Riker (September 22, 1920 – June 26, 1993) was an American political scientist who is prominent for applying game theory and mathematics to political science. He helped to establish University of Rochester as a center of beh ...
, American political scientist and academic (d. 1993) *
1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in Brazil. ** The Spanish liner ''Santa Isabel'' breaks ...
Will Elder William Elder (born Wolf William Eisenberg; September 22, 1921 – May 15, 2008) was an American illustrator and comic book artist who worked in numerous areas of commercial art but is best known for a frantically funny cartoon style that helped ...
, American illustrator (d. 2008) *
1922 Events January * January 7 – 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 Éireann, the day after Éamon de Valera ...
David Sive David Sive (September 22, 1922 – March 12, 2014) was an American attorney, environmentalist, and professor of environmental law, who has been recognized as a pioneer in the field of United States environmental law. Early life and education ...
, American environmentalist and lawyer (d. 2014) *
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, ...
Dannie Abse Daniel Abse CBE FRSL (22 September 1923 – 28 September 2014) was a Welsh poet and physician. His poetry won him many awards. As a medic, he worked in a chest clinic for over 30 years. Early years Abse was born in Cardiff, Wales, as the young ...
, Welsh physician, poet, and author (d. 2014) *
1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China h ...
Bernard Gauthier Bernard Gauthier (22 September 1924 – 23 November 2018) was a French road racing cyclist, who was professional from 1947 to 1961. He won the Bordeaux–Paris road race on four occasions. Major results ;1947 :Circuit Lyonnais :Tour de Franc ...
, French cyclist (d. 2018) * 1924 –
Charles Keeping Charles William James Keeping (22 September 1924 – 16 May 1988) was an English illustrator, children's book author and lithographer. He made the illustrations for Rosemary Sutcliff's historical novels for children, and he created more than twe ...
, English author and illustrator (d. 1988) * 1924 –
Rosamunde Pilcher Rosamunde Pilcher, OBE (''née'' Scott; 22 September 1924 – 6 February 2019) was a British writer of romance novels, mainstream fiction, and short stories, from 1949 until her retirement in 2000. Her novels sold over 60 million copies worldw ...
, English author (d. 2019) * 1924 – Charles Waterhouse, American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2013) * 1924 –
J. William Middendorf John William Middendorf II (born September 22, 1924) is a former Republican United States diplomat and Secretary of the Navy. Education and military service John William Middendorf II received a Bachelor of Naval Science (BNS) degree from Coll ...
, American soldier and politician, 14th
United States Secretary of the Navy The secretary of the Navy (or SECNAV) is a statutory officer () and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department (component organization) within the United States Department of Defense. By law, the se ...
* 1924 –
Ray Wetzel Ray Wetzel (September 22, 1924 – August 17, 1951) was an American jazz trumpeter. Critic Scott Yanow described him as "greatly admired by his fellow trumpeters". Career Wetzel played lead trumpet for Woody Herman from 1943 to 1945 and for Sta ...
, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1951) *
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 It ...
Virginia Capers Eliza "Virginia" Capers (September 22, 1925 – May 6, 2004) was an American actress. She won the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical in 1974 for her performance as Lena Younger in ''Raisin'', a musical version of Lorraine Hansberry's ...
, American actress and singer (d. 2004) * 1925 –
Leila Hadley Leila Hadley (22 September 1925 – 10 February 2009) was an American travel writer and socialite. Her books include ''Give Me the World'' (1958) and ''A Journey with Elsa Cloud'' (1997). Early life and education Beatrice Leila Eliott Burton w ...
, American author (d. 2009) *
1926 Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos (general), Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Kingdom of Hejaz, Hejaz. ** Bảo Đại, Crown Prince Nguyễn P ...
Bill Smith, American clarinet player and composer (d. 2020) *
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 * ...
Gordon Astall Gordon Astall (22 September 1927 – 21 October 2020) was an English professional footballer. He played as an outside right, and represented the Football League, the England B team and the full England side. At club level he made 456 appear ...
, English footballer and coach (d. 2020) * 1927 –
Tommy Lasorda Thomas Charles Lasorda (September 22, 1927 – January 7, 2021) was an American professional baseball pitcher and manager. He managed the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1976 through 1996. He was inducted into the Natio ...
, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2021) *
1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhano ...
Eric Broadley Eric Harrison Broadley MBE (22 September 1928 – 28 May 2017) was a British entrepreneur, engineer, and founder and chief designer of Lola Cars, the motor racing manufacturer and engineering company. He was arguably one of the most influential ...
, English engineer and businessman, founded
Lola Cars Lola Cars International Ltd. was a British race car engineering company in operation from 1958 to 2012. The company was founded by Eric Broadley in Bromley, England (then in Kent, now part of Greater London), before moving to new premises in Sl ...
(d. 2017) * 1928 – James Lawson, American activist, author, and academic * 1928 –
Eugene Roche Eugene Harrison Roche (September 22, 1928 – July 28, 2004) was an American actor and the original " Ajax Man" in 1970s television commercials. Personal life Roche was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Mary M. (née Finnegan ...
, American actor (d. 2004) * 1928 –
Johnny Valentine John Theodore Wisniski (September 22, 1928 – April 24, 2001), better known by his ring name Johnny Valentine, was an American professional wrestler with a career spanning almost three decades. He has been inducted into four halls of fame fo ...
, American wrestler (d. 2001) * 1928 –
Vitthalrao Gadgil Vitthalrao Gadgil (September 22, 1928–2001) was a leader of Indian National Congress. He served as union minister of information and broadcasting during Rajeev Gandhi era. Details He was a member of Lok Sabha elected from Pune. He was mem ...
, Indian politician (d. 2001) *
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 Catholi ...
Serge Garant Albert Antonio Serge Garant, (September 22, 1929 – November 1, 1986) was a Canadian composer, conductor, music critic, professor of music at the University of Montreal and radio host of ''Musique de notre siècle'' on Radio-Canada.
, Canadian composer and conductor (d. 1986) * 1929 –
Carlo Ubbiali Carlo Ubbiali (22 September 19292 June 2020) was an Italian nine-time World Champion motorcycle road racer. In the 1950s, he was a dominant force in the smaller classes of Grand Prix motorcycle racing, winning six 125cc and three 250cc world tit ...
, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2020) *
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 ...
Joni James Giovanna Carmella Babbo (September 22, 1930 – February 20, 2022), known professionally as Joni James, was an American singer of traditional pop music. Biography Giovanna Carmella Babbo was born to an Italian-American family in Chicago, Illin ...
, American singer (d. 2022) * 1930 –
T. S. Sinnathuray Thirugnana Sampanthar Sinnathuray (22 September 1930 – 18 January 2016),. known professionally as T. S. Sinnathuray and to his friends as Sam Sinnathuray,. was a judge of the High Court of Singapore. Educated at University College London an ...
, Judge of the
High Court of Singapore The High Court of Singapore is the lower division of the Supreme Court of Singapore, the upper division being the Court of Appeal. It consists of the chief justice and the judges of the High Court. Judicial Commissioners are often appointed ...
(d. 2016) *
1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...
Fay Weldon Fay Weldon CBE, FRSL (born Franklin Birkinshaw; 22 September 1931 – 4 January 2023) was an English author, essayist and playwright. Over the course of her 55-year writing career, she published 31 novels, including '' Puffball'' (1980), '' T ...
, English author and playwright * 1931 –
George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie George Kenneth Hotson Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Baron Younger of Prestwick, (22 September 1931 – 26 January 2003), was a British Conservative Party politician and banker. Early life and career Younger's forebear, George Younge ...
, Scottish banker and politician,
Secretary of State for Defence The secretary of state for defence, also referred to as the defence secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the business of the Ministry of Defence. The incumbent is a membe ...
(d. 2003) * 1932
Algirdas Brazauskas Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas (, 1932 – 2010) was the first President (fourth overall) of a newly re-independent post-Soviet Lithuania from 1993 to 1998 and Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006. He also served as head of the Communist Party o ...
, Lithuanian politician, 2nd
President of Lithuania The President of the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublikos Prezidentas) is the head of state of Lithuania. The officeholder has been Gitanas Nausėda since 12 July 2019. Powers The president has somewhat more executive authority t ...
(d. 2010) * 1932 –
Ingemar Johansson Jens Ingemar "Ingo" Johansson (; 22 September 1932 – 30 January 2009) was a Swedish professional boxer who competed from 1952 to 1963. He held the world heavyweight title from 1959 to 1960, and was the fifth heavyweight champion born outside ...
, Swedish boxer (d. 2009) *
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 ...
Leonardo Balada Leonardo Balada Ibáñez (born September 22, 1933) is a Catalan American classical composer, who is noted for his operas and orchestral works. Life Balada was born in Barcelona, Spain. After studying piano at the Conservatori Superior de Mús ...
, Spanish-American composer and educator * 1933 –
T. Cullen Davis Thomas Cullen Davis (born September 22, 1933) is an American former oil tycoon who is best known for being acquitted of murder and attempted murder in two high-profile trials during the 1970s. At the time of his first trial, Davis was believed to ...
, American businessman * 1933 – Carmelo Simeone, Italian-Argentinian footballer (d. 2014) * 1933 – Jesco von Puttkamer, German-American engineer (d. 2012) *
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 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a max ...
– Jack McGregor, American captain, lawyer, and politician * 1934 – Lute Olson, American basketball player and coach (d. 2020) * 1934 – T. Somasekaram, Sri Lankan geographer and politician, 37th Surveyor General of Sri Lanka (d. 2010) *1936 – Maurice Evans (footballer, born 1936), Maurice Evans, English footballer and manager (d. 2000) *1936 – Robin Gammell, Candian actor *1937 – Don Rutherford, English rugby player (d. 2016) *1938 – Gene Mingo, American football player *
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 forbidde ...
– Bogdan Baltazar, Romanian economist and engineer (d. 2012) * 1939 – Deborah Lavin, South African-English historian and academic * 1939 – Gilbert E. Patterson, American bishop (d. 2007) * 1939 – Junko Tabei, Japanese mountaineer (d. 2016) *1940 – Anna Karina, Danish-French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2019) *
1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January– August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar E ...
– Jeremiah Wright, American pastor and theologian *1942 – Ole Anderson, American wrestler * 1942 – Candida Lycett Green, Anglo-Irish journalist and author (d. 2014) * 1942 – Rubén Salazar Gómez, Colombian cardinal * 1942 – David Stern, American lawyer and businessman (d. 2020) *1943 – Toni Basil, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress * 1943 – Barry Cable, Australian footballer and coach * 1943 – Paul Hoffert, American keyboard player, composer, and academic *1944 – Brian Gibson (director), Brian Gibson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004) *1946 – King Sunny Adé, Nigerian singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1946 – Larry Dierker, American baseball player and manager *1947 – Jo Beverley, English-Canadian author (d. 2016) * 1947 – David Drewry, English glaciologist and geophysicist * 1947 – Norma McCorvey, American activist (d. 2017) * 1947 – Robert Morace, American author and academic *
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 ...
– Denis Burke (Australian politician), Denis Burke, Australian soldier and politician, 6th Chief Minister of the Northern Territory * 1948 – Mark Phillips, English equestrian, trainer, and journalist *1949 – James Cartwright, American general * 1949 – Jim McGinty, Australian lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of Western Australia *1951 – David Coverdale, English singer-songwriter * 1951 – Mike Graham (wrestler), Mike Graham, American wrestler and promoter (d. 2012) * 1951 – Doug Somers, American wrestler (d. 2017) *1952 – Bob Goodlatte, American lawyer and politician * 1952 – Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Thai political scientist and politician, 15th Governor of Bangkok * 1952 – Américo Rocca, Mexican wrestler *1953 – Richard Fairbrass, English singer-songwriter, musician and producer * 1953 – Ségolène Royal, French politician *1955 – Jeffrey Leonard, American baseball player and coach *1956 – Debby Boone, American singer, actress, and author * 1956 – Doug Wimbish, American singer-songwriter and bass player * 1956 – Ibrahim Shema, Nigerian lawyer, politician *
1957 1957 (Roman numerals, MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday, common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, t ...
– Steve Carney, English footballer (d. 2013) * 1957 – Nick Cave, Australian singer-songwriter, author, and actor * 1957 – Johnette Napolitano, American singer-songwriter and bass player * 1957 – Giuseppe Saronni, Italian cyclist and manager *1958 – Andrea Bocelli, Italian singer-songwriter and producer * 1958 – Beth Catlin, American autistic savant * 1958 – Neil Cavuto, American journalist and author * 1958 – Joan Jett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress *1959 – Tai Babilonia, American figure skater and talk show host * 1959 – Saul Perlmutter, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize Laureate *
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 * J ...
– Scott Baio, American actor *1961 – Vince Coleman (baseball), Vince Coleman, American baseball player * 1961 – Liam Fox, Scottish physician and politician,
Secretary of State for Defence The secretary of state for defence, also referred to as the defence secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the business of the Ministry of Defence. The incumbent is a membe ...
* 1961 – Bonnie Hunt, American actress, producer, and talk show host * 1961 – Diane Lemieux, Canadian lawyer and politician * 1961 – Catherine Oxenberg, American actress * 1961 – Michael Torke, American composer *1962 – Martin Crowe, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2016) *1964 – Juha Turunen, Finnish lawyer and politician * 1964 – Ken Vandermark, American saxophonist and composer *
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 ...
– Dan Bucatinsky, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1965 – Andrii Deshchytsia, Ukrainian politician and diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ukraine), Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs * 1965 – Mark Guthrie, American baseball player * 1965 – Robert Satcher, American physician, engineer, and astronaut *
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 is ...
– Ruth Jones (actress), Ruth Jones, Welsh actress, producer, and screenwriter * 1966 – Mike Richter, American ice hockey player * 1966 – Michael Shank, American racing team owner *1967 – Matt Besser, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1967 – Super Delfin, Japanese wrestler * 1967 – Brian Keene, American novelist * 1967 – Ian Mortimer (historian), Ian Mortimer, English historian and novelist * 1967 – Rickard Rydell, Swedish race car driver * 1967 – Félix Savón, Cuban boxer *1969 – Nicole Bradtke, Australian tennis player and sportscaster * 1969 – Tuomas Kantelinen, Finnish composer and conductor * 1969 – Sue Perkins, English comedian, actress, and radio host * 1969 – Matt Sharp, American singer-songwriter and bass player *1970 – Gladys Berejiklian, Australian politician, 45th Premier of New South Wales * 1970 – Mike Matheny, American baseball player and manager * 1970 – Mystikal, American rapper and actor * 1970 – Hitro Okesene, New Zealand rugby player and coach * 1970 – Rupert Penry-Jones, English actor * 1970 – Emmanuel Petit, French footballer *1971 – Elizabeth Bear, American author and poet * 1971 – Toomas Krõm, Estonian footballer * 1971 – Luther Reigns, American actor and wrestler *1973 – Yoo Chae-yeong, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2014) * 1973 – Stéfan Louw, South African tenor and producer * 1973 – Bob Sapp, American wrestler *1974 – Jenn Colella, American actress and singer * 1974 – Kostas Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer and manager *
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. ...
– Ethan Moreau, Canadian ice hockey player and scout *1976 – David Berkeley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1976 – Mo Collins (American football), Mo Collins, American football player and coach (d. 2014) *1978 – Harry Kewell, Australian footballer and coach *
1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
– Emilie Autumn, American singer-songwriter, violinist, and poet * 1979 – Phil Waugh, Australian rugby player *
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Syst ...
– Francesco D'Isa, Italian painter and journalist * 1980 – Svenja Weidemann, German tennis player *1981 – Alexei Ramírez, Cuban baseball player * 1981 – Subaru Shibutani, Japanese singer-songwriter * 1981 – Ingrid Vetlesen, Norwegian soprano *1982 – Domenic Cassisi, Australian footballer * 1982 – Billie Piper, English actress and singer * 1982 – Maarten Stekelenburg, Dutch footballer *1983 – Kyla (British singer), Kyla, British singer * 1983 – Glenn Loovens, Dutch professional footballer * 1983 – Petr Tatíček, Czech professional ice hockey * 1983 – Tommy Thelin, Swedish footballer *1984 – Ross Jarman, English drummer and songwriter * 1984 – Thiago Silva, Brazilian footballer *1985 – Matteo Cavagna (footballer born 1985), Matteo Cavagna, Italian footballer * 1985 – Faris Haroun, Belgian footballer * 1985 – Jamie Mackie, Scottish footballer * 1985 – Tatiana Maslany, Canadian actress * 1985 – Ibragim Todashev, Russian-American mixed martial artist (d. 2013) *1987 – Derick Brassard, Canadian ice hockey player * 1987 – Stefan Denifl, Austrian cyclist * 1987 – Tom Felton, English actor * 1987 – Zdravko Kuzmanović, Serbian footballer *1988 – Nikita Andreyev, Russian footballer *1988 – Sana Saeed, Indian actress and model *1989 – Jon Bass (actor), Jon Bass, American actor * 1989 – Kim Hyo-yeon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress * 1989 – Sabine Lisicki, German tennis player *1990 – Denard Robinson, American football player *
1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the ...
– Kenny Bromwich, New Zealand rugby league player *1992 – Philip Hindes, English track cyclist *1994 – Carlos Correa, Puerto Rican-American baseball player *1994 – Jinyoung (entertainer, born 1994), Park Jin-young, South Korean singer, actor, songwriter *
1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strike ...
– Nayeon, Im Nayeon, South Korean singer *1999 – Kim Yo-han (singer), Kim Yo-han, South Korean singer and actor *1999 – Kim Yoo-jung, South Korean actress *2000 – Louise Christie, British rhythm gymnast *2000 – Stephen Crichton, Samoan rugby league footballer


Deaths


Pre-1600

* 189 – He Jin, Chinese general and regent (b. 135) * 530 – Pope Felix IV *
904 __NOTOC__ Year 904 ( CMIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * July 29 – Sack of Thessalonica: A Muslim fleet, led by the Greek r ...
– Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, Zhao Zong, emperor of the Tang dynasty, Tang Dynasty (b. 867) * 967 – Wichmann the Younger, Wichmann II, Frankish nobleman *1072 – Ouyang Xiu, Chinese historian, poet, and politician (b. 1007) *1158 – Otto of Freising, German bishop and chronicler (b. c. 1114) *1174 – Uhtred of Galloway, Uchtred, Lord of Galloway (b. c. 1120) *1253 – Dōgen, Japanese monk and philosopher (b. 1200) *1345 – Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, English politician, Lord High Steward (b. 1281) *1399 – Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal, Earl Marshal of The United Kingdom (b. 1366) *1408 – John VII Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1370) *1457 – Peter II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1418) *1482 – Philibert I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1465) *1520 – Selim I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1465) *1531 – Louise of Savoy, French regent (b. 1476) *1539 – Guru Nanak, Sikh religious leader, founded Sikhism (b. 1469) *1554 – Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, Spanish explorer (b. 1510) *1566 – Johannes Agricola, German theologian and academic (b. 1494) *1576 – Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex (b. 1541) *1598 – Gabriel Spenser, English actor (b. c.1578)


1601–1900

*1607 – Alessandro Allori, Italian painter and educator (b. 1535) *1662 – John Biddle (Unitarian), John Biddle, English minister and theologian (b. 1615) * 1692 – Martha Corey (Salem witch trials), Martha Corey, American woman accused of witchcraft (b. 1620) *1703 – Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1622) *1756 – Abu l-Hasan Ali I, ruler of Tunisia (b. 1688) *1774 – Pope Clement XIV (b. 1705) * 1776
Nathan Hale Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was an American Patriot, soldier and spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission in New York City but was captured ...
, American soldier (b. 1755) *1777 – John Bartram, American botanist and explorer (b. 1699) *1828 – Shaka, Shaka Zulu, Zulu chieftain and monarch of the Zulu Kingdom (b. 1787) *1852 – William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed Hammersmith Bridge (b. 1783) *1872 – Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and linguist (b. 1801) *1873 – Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1801) *1881 – Solomon L. Spink, American lawyer and politician (b. 1831)


1901–present

*
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 assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It also saw the first airline to provide schedule ...
– Alain-Fournier, French soldier and author (b. 1886) *
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 ...
– Alajos Gáspár, Hungarian-Slovene author and poet (b. 1848) *
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 ...
– Sime Silverman, American journalist and newspaper publisher (b. 1873) *
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 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a max ...
– Cecil Chubb, English barrister and one time owner of Stonehenge (b. 1876) *1935 – Elliott Lewis (politician), Elliott Lewis, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1858) *1952 – Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (b. 1865) *1956 – Frederick Soddy, English chemist and economist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877) *
1957 1957 (Roman numerals, MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday, common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, t ...
– Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral (b. 1885) *1961 – Marion Davies, American actress and comedian (b. 1897) *1969 – Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (b. 1909) *1973 – Paul van Zeeland, Belgian lawyer, economist, and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1893) *
1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
– Abul A'la Maududi, Pakistani theologian, Islamic scholar and jurist (b. 1903) *1981 – Harry Warren, American composer and songwriter (b. 1893) *1987 – Hákun Djurhuus, Faroese educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1908) * 1987 – Dan Rowan, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1922) *1988 – Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani psychoanalyst, scholar, and poet (b. 1914) *1989 – Ambrose Folorunsho Alli, Nigerian academic and politician (b. 1929) * 1989 – Irving Berlin, Russian-born American composer and songwriter (b. 1888) *1992 – Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (b. 1948) *
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 ...
– Maurice Abravanel, Greek-American pianist and conductor (b. 1903) *1994 – Leonard Feather, English-American pianist, composer, producer, and journalist (b. 1914) *1996 – Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Latvian-Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (b. 1924) * 1996 – Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (b. 1914) *1999 – George C. Scott, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1927) *2000 – Saburō Sakai, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (b. 1916) *2001 – Isaac Stern, Polish-Ukrainian violinist and conductor (b. 1920) *2002 – Jan de Hartog, Dutch-American author and playwright (b. 1914) *2003 – Gordon Jump, American actor (b. 1932) * 2003 – Hugo Young, English journalist and author (b. 1938) *2004 – Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (b. 1927) * 2004 – Big Boss Man (wrestler), Ray Traylor Jr., American professional wrestler better-known as the Big Boss Man (b. 1963) * 2006 – Edward Albert, American actor (b. 1951) * 2006 – Carla Benschop, Dutch basketball player and educator (b. 1950) *2007 – ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá, last Hands of the Cause, Hand of the Cause of God in the Baháʼí Faith (b. 1911) * 2007 – Marcel Marceau, French mime and actor (b. 1923) *2008 – Thomas Dörflein, German zookeeper (b. 1963) * 2008 – Petrus Schaesberg, German painter, historian, and educator (b. 1967) *2009 – Edward Delaney, Irish sculptor (b. 1930) *2010 – Jackie Burroughs, British-born Canadian actress (b. 1939) *2010 – Eddie Fisher (singer), Eddie Fisher, American singer (b. 1928) * 2010 – Vyacheslav Tsaryov, Russian footballer (b. 1971) *2011 – Knut Steen, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1924) *2012 – Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan theorist and academic (b. 1919) * 2012 – Irving Adler, American mathematician, author, and academic (b. 1913) * 2012 – Juan H. Cintrón García, Puerto Rican businessman and politician, 126th List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico, Mayor of Ponce (b. 1919) * 2012 –
Grigory Frid Grigory Samuilovich Frid also known as Grigori Fried (russian: Григо́рий Самуи́лович Фри́д, 22 September N.S. 1915 – 22 September 2012) was a Russian composer of music written in many different genres, including chambe ...
, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1915) * 2012 – Jan Hendrik van den Berg, Dutch psychiatrist and academic (b. 1914) *
2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment ...
– Gary Brandner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1930) * 2013 – Jane Connell, American actress and singer (b. 1925) * 2013 – David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfre ...
laureate (b. 1926) * 2013 – Álvaro Mutis, Colombian-Mexican author and poet (b. 1923) * 2013 – Hans Erich Slany, German industrial designer, founded TEAMS Design (b. 1926) * 2013 – Luciano Vincenzoni, Italian screenwriter (b. 1926) *2014 – Fernando Cabrita, Portuguese footballer and manager (b. 1923) * 2014 – Sahana Pradhan, Nepalese politician, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Nepal), Nepalese Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1927) * 2014 – Erik van der Wurff, Dutch pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1945) * 2014 – Hans E. Wallman, Swedish director, producer, and composer (b. 1936) *2015 – Yogi Berra, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1925) * 2015 – James David Santini, American lawyer and politician (b. 1937) * 2015 – Richard G. Scott, American engineer and religious leader (b. 1928) * 2015 – Phyllis Tickle, American author and academic (b. 1934) *2018 – Chas Hodges, English musician and singer (b. 1943) * 2018 – Edna Molewa, South African politician (b. 1957) * 2018 – Mike Labinjo, Canadian football player (b. 1980) *2020 – Neil Brannon, American politician (b. 1940) *2022 – Hilary Mantel, British author (b. 1952)


Holidays and observances

*American Business Women's Day (United States) *Christian Calendar of saints, feast days: **Saint Candidus, Candidus **Digna and Emerita **Emmeram of Regensburg **Felix and Constantia **Ignatius of Santhià, Ignatius of Santhià (Lorenzo Maurizio Belvisotti) **Laud of Coutances **Saint Maurice, Maurice (Western Christianity) **Paul Chong Hasang (one of The Korean Martyrs) **Saint Phocas, Phocas (the Gardener, or of Sinope) **Phocas, Bishop of Sinope **Sadalberga **Saintin de Meaux, Saintin (Sanctinus) de Meaux **Septimius of Iesi (this date since 1623) **Theban Legion **Thomas of Villanova **Philander Chase (Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church), Episcopal Church) **September 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) *Earliest date for the Autumn equinox (Northern Hemisphere), autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the September equinox, vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere: **Autumnal Equinox Day (Japan) **Mabon (Wicca), Mabon in the Northern Hemisphere, Ostara in the Southern Hemisphere. (Neopagan Wheel of the Year) **The first day of Miķeļi (Latvia) *Independence Day (Bulgaria), Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire in 1908. *Independence Day (Mali), Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Mali from France in 1960. *Resistance Fighting Day (Estonia)


References


External links

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