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Pre-1600

* 240
Shapur I Shapur I (also spelled Shabuhr I; ) was the second Sasanian Empire, Sasanian King of Kings of Iran. The precise dating of his reign is disputed, but it is generally agreed that he ruled from 240 to 270, with his father Ardashir I as co-regent u ...
becomes co-emperor of the
Sasanian Empire The Sasanian Empire (), officially Eranshahr ( , "Empire of the Iranian peoples, Iranians"), was an List of monarchs of Iran, Iranian empire that was founded and ruled by the House of Sasan from 224 to 651. Enduring for over four centuries, th ...
with his father
Ardashir I Ardashir I (), also known as Ardashir the Unifier (180–242 AD), was the founder of the Sasanian Empire, the last empire of ancient Iran. He was also Ardashir V of the Kings of Persis, until he founded the new empire. After defeating the last Par ...
. *
467 __NOTOC__ Year 467 (Roman numerals, CDLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pusaeus and Iohannes (consul 467), Iohannes (or, less frequently, year 1220 '' ...
Anthemius Procopius Anthemius (; died 11 July 472) was the Western Roman Empire, Western Roman emperor from 467 to 472. Born in the Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman Empire, Anthemius quickly worked his way up the ranks. He married into the Theodosian dyna ...
is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to Christianity by Paulinus, Bishop of
York York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...
. * 1012 – Duke Oldřich of Bohemia deposes and blinds his brother Jaromír, who flees to
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
. * 1204 – The Crusaders of the
Fourth Crusade The Fourth Crusade (1202–1204) was a Latin Christian armed expedition called by Pope Innocent III. The stated intent of the expedition was to recapture the Muslim-controlled city of Jerusalem, by first defeating the powerful Egyptian Ayyubid S ...
breach the walls of
Constantinople Constantinople (#Names of Constantinople, see other names) was a historical city located on the Bosporus that served as the capital of the Roman Empire, Roman, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine, Latin Empire, Latin, and Ottoman Empire, Ottoman empire ...
and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day.


1601–1900

* 1606 – The
Union Flag The Union Jack or Union Flag is the ''de facto'' national flag of the United Kingdom. The Union Jack was also used as the official flag of several British colonies and dominions before they adopted their own national flags. It is sometimes a ...
is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships. * 1776
American Revolution The American Revolution (1765–1783) was a colonial rebellion and war of independence in which the Thirteen Colonies broke from British America, British rule to form the United States of America. The revolution culminated in the American ...
: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain. * 1782 – American Revolution: A
Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...
fleet led by Admiral George Rodney defeats a French fleet led by the Comte de Grasse at the Battle of the Saintes off
Dominica Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of t ...
in the
Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere, located south of the Gulf of Mexico and southwest of the Sargasso Sea. It is bounded by the Greater Antilles to the north from Cuba ...
. * 1796
War of the First Coalition The War of the First Coalition () was a set of wars that several European powers fought between 1792 and 1797, initially against the Constitutional Cabinet of Louis XVI, constitutional Kingdom of France and then the French First Republic, Frenc ...
:
Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...
wins his first victory as an army commander at the Battle of Montenotte, splitting the Austrian and Piedmontese armies away from each other, and marking the beginning of the Piedmontese surrender in the war. * 1807 – The Froberg mutiny on
Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...
ends when the remaining mutineers blow up the magazine of Fort Ricasoli. *
1820 Events January–March *January 1 – A constitutionalist military insurrection at Cádiz leads to the summoning of the Spanish Parliament to meet on March 7, becoming the nominal beginning of the "Trienio Liberal" in History of Spain (1 ...
Alexander Ypsilantis Alexandros Ypsilantis (12 December 1792 – 31 January 1828) was a Greek nationalist politician who was member of a prominent Phanariot Greeks, Phanariot Greek family, a prince of the Danubian Principalities, a senior officer of the Imperial R ...
is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece. * 1831 – Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in
Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...
, England, cause it to collapse. * 1861
American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...
: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on
Fort Sumter Fort Sumter is a historical Coastal defense and fortification#Sea forts, sea fort located near Charleston, South Carolina. Constructed on an artificial island at the entrance of Charleston Harbor in 1829, the fort was built in response to the W ...
, in the harbor of
Charleston, South Carolina Charleston is the List of municipalities in South Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atla ...
. * 1862 – American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw). * 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Fort Pillow: Confederate forces kill most of the
African American African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from an ...
soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee. * 1865 – American Civil War:
Mobile, Alabama Mobile ( , ) is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population was 187,041 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. After a successful vote to annex areas west of the city limits in July 2023, Mobil ...
, falls to the Union Army. *
1877 Events January * January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed Empress of India by the Royal Titles Act 1876, introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . * January 8 – Great Sioux War of 1876: Batt ...
– The
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
annexes the Transvaal. *
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 ...
– One day after its enactment by the
Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ...
, President
William McKinley William McKinley (January 29, 1843September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until Assassination of William McKinley, his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Repub ...
signs the Foraker Act into law, giving
Puerto Rico ; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...
limited self-rule.


1901–present

* 1910 – , one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched. *
1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...
World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
:
Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...
forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the
Germans Germans (, ) are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language. The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, constitution of Germany, imple ...
. *
1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the BBC, British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, John Reith becomes the first ...
Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the
Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...
members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front. * 1927 – Rocksprings, Texas is hit by an F5 tornado that destroys 235 of the 247 buildings in the town, kills 72 townspeople, and injures 205; third deadliest tornado in
Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
history. * 1928 – The ''
Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (, ), is the capital of the States of Germany, German state of the Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (), a two-city-state consisting of the c ...
'', a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west. *
1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
– The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington,
New Hampshire New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
. It has since been surpassed. * 1934 – The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers. * 1937 – Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first
jet engine A jet engine is a type of reaction engine, discharging a fast-moving jet (fluid), jet of heated gas (usually air) that generates thrust by jet propulsion. While this broad definition may include Rocket engine, rocket, Pump-jet, water jet, and ...
designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England. * 1945 – U.S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served ...
dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman becomes President upon Roosevelt's death. * 1945 –
World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride
Magdeburg Magdeburg (; ) is the Capital city, capital of the Germany, German States of Germany, state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is on the Elbe river. Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archbishopric of Mag ...
, and reaches
Tangermünde Tangermünde (; ) is a historic town on the Elbe River in the district of Stendal (district), Stendal, in the northeastern part of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The town has land area of around 89.87 sq.km (34.70 sq.mi) and a population of 10,283 people ...
—only from
Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...
. * 1955 – The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective. * 1961
Space Race The Space Race (, ) was a 20th-century competition between the Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the ballistic missile-based nuclear arms race between t ...
: The
Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
cosmonaut An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a List of human spaceflight programs, human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member of a spa ...
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first crewed
orbit In celestial mechanics, an orbit (also known as orbital revolution) is the curved trajectory of an object such as the trajectory of a planet around a star, or of a natural satellite around a planet, or of an artificial satellite around an ...
al flight, Vostok 1. *
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
– The
Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
nuclear-powered submarine '' K-33'' collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S ''Finnclipper'' in the Danish straits. *
1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...
Soviet submarine ''K-8'', carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the
Bay of Biscay The Bay of Biscay ( ) is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea. It lies along the western coast of France from Point Penmarc'h to the Spanish border, and along the northern coast of Spain, extending westward ...
four days after a fire on board. *
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 Sys ...
– The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is violently deposed. * 1980 – Transbrasil Flight 303, a
Boeing 727 The Boeing 727 is an American Narrow-body aircraft, narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. After the heavier Boeing 707, 707 quad-jet was introduced in 1958, Boeing addressed the demand for shorter ...
, crashes on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport in
Florianópolis Florianópolis () is the capital and second largest city of the state of Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina, in the South Region, Brazil, South region of Brazil. The city encompasses Santa Catarina Island and surrounding small islands, as we ...
, Brazil. Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed. * 1980 – Canadian runner and athlete,
Terry Fox Terrance Stanley Fox (July 28, 1958June 28, 1981) was a Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist. In 1980, having had one leg amputated due to cancer, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for can ...
begins his Marathon of Hope Run in St. John's, NF * 1981 – The first launch of a
Space Shuttle The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable launch system, reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. ...
('' Columbia'') takes place: The STS-1 mission. *
1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...
Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of
Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...
. *
1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...
Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' launches on STS-51D to deploy two
communications satellite A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a Transponder (satellite communications), transponder; it creates a communication channel between a source transmitter and a Rad ...
s. * 1990Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the
Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, Education center, education and Research institute, research centers, created by the Federal government of the United States, U.S. government "for the increase a ...
National Museum of Natural History The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. With 4.4 ...
in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a
solo exhibition A solo show or solo exhibition is an art exhibition, exhibition of the work of only one artist. Rather than a group of artists who collaborate to form an exhibition. The artwork may be paintings, drawings, etchings, collage, sculpture, or photogr ...
there. *1990 – Widerøe Flight 839 crashes after takeoff from Værøy Airport in
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
, killing five people. *
1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...
– The ''Euro Disney Resort'' officially opens with its theme park '' Euro Disneyland''; the resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Resort Paris. *
1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
– United States President
Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician and lawyer who was the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, ...
is cited for
contempt of court Contempt of court, often referred to simply as "contempt", is the crime of being disobedient to or disrespectful toward a court of law and its officers in the form of behavior that opposes or defies the authority, justice, and dignity of the co ...
for giving "intentionally false statements" in a civil lawsuit; he is later fined and disbarred. *1999 – During the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, an American
McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-15E Strike Eagle is an American all-weather Multirole combat aircraft, multirole strike fighter derived from the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. Intended for the Dual-Role Fighter (DRF) program (initially cal ...
shoots a passenger train, killing between 20 and 60 people. * 2002 – A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104. *
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
– A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people. *
2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
Zimbabwe file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots ...
officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency. *
2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
Merano derailment: A rail accident in
South Tyrol South Tyrol ( , ; ; ), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, is an autonomous administrative division, autonomous provinces of Italy, province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomo ...
kills nine people and injures a further 28. *
2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
Minsk Metro bombing kills 15 people and injuries 204 when a bomb is detonated within the Minsk Metro,
Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...
. *
2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
– Two suicide bombers kill three Chadian soldiers and injure dozens of civilians at a market in Kidal, Mali. *
2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
– The Great Fire of Valparaíso ravages the
Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
an city of Valparaíso, killing 16 people, displacing nearly 10,000, and destroying over 2,000 homes.


Births


Pre-1600

* 811Muhammad al-Jawad, the ninth Imam of Shia Islam (died 835) * 959En'yū, emperor of Japan (died 991) * 1116Richeza of Poland, queen of Sweden and Grand Princess of Minsk (died 1156) * 1432Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (died 1462) * 1484Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect, designed the
Apostolic Palace The Apostolic Palace is the official residence of the Pope, the head of the Catholic Church, located in Vatican City. It is also known as the Papal Palace, the Palace of the Vatican and the Vatican Palace. The Vatican itself refers to the build ...
and St. Peter's Basilica (died 1546) * 1484 – Maharana Sangram Singh, Rana of Mewar (died 1527) * 1500Joachim Camerarius, German scholar and translator (died 1574) *
1526 Year 1526 (Roman numerals, MDXXVI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 14 – Treaty of Madrid (1526), Treaty of Madrid: Peace is declared between Francis I of France and ...
Muretus, French philosopher and author (died 1585) * 1550Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English courtier and politician, Lord Great Chamberlain (died 1604) * 1577
Christian IV of Denmark Christian IV (12 April 1577 – 28 February 1648) was King of Denmark and King of Norway, Norway and List of rulers of Schleswig-Holstein, Duke of Holstein and Schleswig from 1588 until his death in 1648. His reign of 59 years and 330 days is th ...
(died 1648)


1601–1900

* 1612Simone Cantarini, Italian painter and engraver (died 1648) *
1639 Events January–March * January 19 – Hämeenlinna () is granted privileges, after it separates from the Vanaja parish, as its own city in Tavastia. *c. January – The first printing press in British North America is ...
Martin Lister, English naturalist and physician (died 1712) * 1656
Benoît de Maillet Benoît de Maillet ( Saint-Mihiel, 12 April 1656 – Marseille, 30 January 1738) was a well-travelled French diplomat and natural historian. He was French consul general at Cairo, and overseer in the Levant. He formulated an evolutionary hypoth ...
, French diplomat and natural historian (died 1738) * 1705William Cookworthy, English minister and pharmacist (died 1780) * 1710Caffarelli, Italian actor and singer (died 1783) * 1713Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French historian and author (died 1796) * 1716Felice Giardini, Italian violinist and composer (died 1796) * 1722Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer (died 1793) * 1724Lyman Hall, American physician, clergyman, and politician, 16th
Governor of Georgia The governor of Georgia is the head of government of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and the commander-in-chief of the state's Georgia National Guard, National Guard, when not in federal service, and Georgia State Defense Force, State Defense Fo ...
(died 1790) * 1748
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (; 12 April 1748 – 17 September 1836) was a French botanist, notable as the first to publish a natural classification of flowering plants; much of his system remains in use today. His classification was based on an e ...
, French botanist and author (died 1836) * 1777
Henry Clay Henry Clay (April 12, 1777June 29, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate, U.S. Senate and United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives. He was the seventh Spea ...
, American lawyer and politician, 9th
United States Secretary of State The United States secretary of state (SecState) is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The secretary of state serves as the principal advisor to the ...
(died 1852) *
1792 Events January–March * January 9 – The Treaty of Jassy ends the Russian Empire's war with the Ottoman Empire over Crimea. * January 25 – The London Corresponding Society is founded. * February 18 – Thomas Holcrof ...
John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, English soldier and politician, Lord Privy Seal (died 1840) * 1794Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer (died 1847) * 1796George N. Briggs, American lawyer and politician, 19th
Governor of Massachusetts The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the head of government of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The governor is the chief executive, head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonw ...
(died 1861) * 1799Henri Druey, Swiss lawyer and politician, 2nd
President of the Swiss Confederation The president of the Swiss Confederation, also known as the president of the confederation, federal president or colloquially as the president of Switzerland, is as ''primus inter pares'' among the other members of the Federal Council (Switze ...
(died 1855) * 1801Joseph Lanner, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1843) * 1816Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (died 1903) * 1823Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian playwright and translator (died 1886) * 1839Nikolay Przhevalsky, Russian geographer and explorer (died 1888) * 1845Gustaf Cederström, Swedish painter (died 1933) * 1851José Gautier Benítez, Puerto Rican soldier and poet (died 1880) * 1851 – Edward Walter Maunder, English astronomer and author (died 1928) * 1852Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician and academic (died 1939) * 1856Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington, English mountaineer, cartographer, and politician (died 1937) * 1863Raul Pompeia, Brazilian writer (died 1895) * 1868Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese admiral (died 1918) * 1869Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer (died 1922) * 1871
Ioannis Metaxas Ioannis Metaxas (; 12 April 187129 January 1941) was a Greek military officer and politician who was dictator of Greece from 1936 until his death in 1941. He governed constitutionally for the first four months of his tenure, and thereafter as th ...
, Greek general and politician, 130th
Prime Minister of Greece The prime minister of the Hellenic Republic (), usually referred to as the prime minister of Greece (), is the head of government of the Greece, Hellenic Republic and the leader of the Cabinet of Greece, Greek Cabinet. The officeholder's of ...
(died 1941) * 1874William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives The speaker of the United States House of Representatives, commonly known as the speaker of the House or House speaker, is the Speaker (politics), presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the United ...
(died 1940) *
1880 Events January *January 27 – Thomas Edison is granted a patent for the incandescent light bulb. Edison filed for a US patent for an electric lamp using "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected ... to platina contact wires." gr ...
Addie Joss, American baseball player and journalist (died 1911) * 1883
Imogen Cunningham Imogen Cunningham (; April 12, 1883 – June 23, 1976) was an American photographer known for her botanical photography, nude photography, nudes, and industrial landscapes. Cunningham was a member of the California-based Group f/64, known for its ...
, American photographer and educator (died 1976) * 1883 – Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor (died 1959) * 1884Tenby Davies, Welsh runner (died 1932) * 1884 – Otto Meyerhof, German physician and biochemist,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...
laureate (died 1951) * 1885
Robert Delaunay Robert Delaunay (; 12 April 1885 – 25 October 1941) was a French artist of the School of Paris movement; who, with his wife Sonia Delaunay and others, co-founded the Orphism (art), Orphism art movement, noted for its use of strong colours and g ...
, French painter (died 1941) * 1887Harold Lockwood, American actor and director (died 1918) * 1888Dan Ahearn, Irish-American long jumper and police officer (died 1942) * 1888 – Cecil Kimber, English automobile engineer (died 1945) * 1892
Henry Darger Henry Joseph Darger Jr. ( ; April 12, 1892 – April 13, 1973) was an American writer, novelist and artist who worked as a hospital janitor, custodian in Chicago, Illinois. He has become famous for his posthumously recovered 15,145-page manuscri ...
, American writer and artist (died 1973) * 1894Dorothy Cumming, Australian-American actress (died 1983) * 1894 – Francisco Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 13th
President of Portugal The president of Portugal, officially the president of the Portuguese Republic (, ), is the head of state and highest office of Portugal. The powers, functions and duties of prior presidential offices, and their relation with the prime minister ...
(died 1964) * 1898Lily Pons, French-American soprano and actress (died 1976)


1901–present

* 1901Lowell Stockman, American farmer and politician (died 1962) * 1902Louis Beel, Dutch academic and politician, 36th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 1977) * 1903
Jan Tinbergen Jan Tinbergen ( , ; 12 April 1903 – 9 June 1994) was a Dutch economist who was awarded the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969, which he shared with Ragnar Frisch for having developed and applied dynamic models for the ana ...
, Dutch economist and academic,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...
laureate (died 1994) *
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 9 – The "Mud March (suffragists), Mud March", the ...
Felix de Weldon Felix Weihs de Weldon (April 12, 1907 – June 3, 2003) was an Austrian sculptor. His most famous pieces include the United States Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial, 1954) in the Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, US, and the Natio ...
, Austrian-American sculptor, designed the Marine Corps War Memorial (died 2003) * 1907 – Zawgyi, Burmese poet, author, literary historian, critic, scholar and academic (died 1990) * 1908Ida Pollock, English author and painter (died 2013) * 1908 – Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American pilot and general (died 2006) * 1910Gillo Dorfles, Italian art critic, painter and philosopher (died 2018) * 1910 – Irma Rapuzzi, French politician (died 2018) *
1911 Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 m ...
Mahmoud Younis, Egyptian engineer (died 1976) *
1912 This year is notable for Sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15. In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skippin ...
Frank Dilio, Canadian businessman (died 1997) * 1912 – Hamengkubuwono IX, Indonesian politician, 2nd Vice President of Indonesia (died 1988) * 1912 –
Hound Dog Taylor Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor (April 12, 1915 – December 17, 1975) was an American Chicago blues guitarist and singer. Life and career Taylor was born in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1915, though some sources say 1917. He first played t ...
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1975) * 1913Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-American martial artist (died 2013) * 1914Armen Alchian, American economist and academic (died 2013) * 1916Beverly Cleary, American author (died 2021) * 1916 – Russell Garcia, American-New Zealand composer and conductor (died 2011) * 1916 – Benjamin Libet, American neuropsychologist and academic (died 2007) *
1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...
Helen Forrest, American singer and actress (died 1999) * 1917 – Vinoo Mankad, Indian cricketer (died 1978) * 1917 – Robert Manzon, French racing driver (died 2015) * 1919István Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer and educator (died 2012) * 1919 – Billy Vaughn, American musician and bandleader (died 1991) * 1921Robert Cliche, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (died 1978) * 1922Simon Kapwepwe, Zambian politician, 2nd Vice President of Zambia (died 1980) * 1923Ann Miller, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2004) * 1924Raymond Barre, French economist and politician,
Prime Minister of France The prime minister of France (), officially the prime minister of the French Republic (''Premier ministre de la République française''), is the head of government of the French Republic and the leader of its Council of Ministers. The prime ...
(died 2007) * 1924 – Peter Safar, Austrian physician and academic (died 2003) * 1924 – Curtis Turner, American race car driver (died 1970) * 1925Evelyn Berezin, American computer scientist and engineer (died 2018) * 1925 – Ned Miller, American country music singer and songwriter (died 2016) * 1925 – Oliver Postgate, English animator, puppeteer, and screenwriter (died 2008) * 1926Jane Withers, American actress (died 2021) *
1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the BBC, British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, John Reith becomes the first ...
Thomas Hemsley, English baritone (died 2013) * 1927 – Alvin Sargent, American screenwriter (died 2019) * 1928Hardy Krüger, German actor (died 2022) * 1928 – Jean-François Paillard, French conductor (died 2013) * 1929Elspet Gray, Scottish actress (died 2013) * 1929 – Mukhran Machavariani, Georgian poet and educator (died 2010) * 1930John Landy, Australian runner and politician, 26th Governor of Victoria (died 2022) * 1930 – Bryan Magee, English philosopher and politician (died 2019) * 1930 – Manuel Neri, American sculptor and painter (died 2021) * 1930 – Pythagoras Papastamatiou, Greek lyricist and playwright (died 1979) * 1930 – Michał Życzkowski, Polish technician and educator (died 2006) * 1931Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet and songwriter (died 1995) *
1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 5th Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2005) * 1932 – Herbert Butros Khaury, American singer and ukulele player (died 1996) * 1932 – Jean-Pierre Marielle, French actor (died 2019) *
1933 Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator 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 independen ...
Montserrat Caballé María de Montserrat Bibiana Concepción Caballé i Folch or Folc (12 April 1933 – 6 October 2018), also known as Montserrat Caballé (i Folch), was a Spanish operatic soprano from Catalonia. Widely considered to be one of the best sopranos ...
, Spanish soprano and actress (died 2018) *
1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
Heinz Schneiter, Swiss footballer and manager (died 2017) *
1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...
Jimmy Makulis, Greek singer (died 2007) *
1936 Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funer ...
Tony Earl, American politician, 40th
Governor of Wisconsin The governor of Wisconsin is the head of government of Wisconsin and the commander-in-chief of the state's Wisconsin Army National Guard, army and Wisconsin Air National Guard, air forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the ...
(died 2023) * 1936 – Charles Napier, American actor (died 2011) * 1936 – Kennedy Simmonds, Kittitian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis * 1937Dennis Banks, American author and activist (died 2017) * 1937 – Igor Volk, Ukrainian-Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 2017) * 1939Alan Ayckbourn, English director and playwright * 1939 – Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2022) * 1940Woodie Fryman, American baseball player (died 2011) * 1940 –
Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer. He started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. Hancock soon joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of ...
, American pianist, composer, and bandleader * 1941Bobby Moore, English footballer and manager (died 1993) *
1942 The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was th ...
Bill Bryden, Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2022) * 1942 – Carlos Reutemann, Argentinian race car driver and politician (died 2021) * 1942 –
Jacob Zuma Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (; born 12 April 1942) is a South African politician who served as the fourth president of South Africa from 2009 to 2018. He is also referred to by his initials JZ and clan names Nxamalala and Msholozi. Zuma was a for ...
, South African politician, 4th President of South Africa *
1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 ...
Sumitra Mahajan, Indian politician, 16th Speaker of the Lok Sabha *
1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixt ...
Lisa Jardine, English historian, author, and academic (died 2015) * 1944 – John Kay, German-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1945Lee Jong-wook, South Korean physician and diplomat (died 2006) *
1946 1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...
John Dunsworth, Canadian actor and comedian (died 2017) * 1946 – Ed O'Neill, American actor and comedian * 1946 – George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, Scottish politician and diplomat, 10th Secretary General of NATO *
1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...
Roy M. Anderson, English epidemiologist, zoologist, and academic * 1947 – Martin Brasier, English palaeontologist, biologist, and academic (died 2014) * 1947 –
Tom Clancy Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American novelist. He is best known for his technically detailed espionage and military science, military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of ...
, American historian and author (died 2013) * 1947 –
David Letterman David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host, comedian, writer, producer, and auto racing team owner. He hosted late-night television talk shows for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982, debut of ''Late N ...
, American comedian and talk show host * 1947 – Wayne Northrop, American actor (died 2024) *
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...
Jeremy Beadle, English television host and producer (died 2008) * 1948 – Joschka Fischer, German academic and politician * 1948 – Christos Iakovou, Greek weightlifter * 1948 – Marcello Lippi, Italian footballer, manager, and coach *
1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...
Scott Turow Scott Frederick Turow (born April 12, 1949) is an American author and lawyer. Turow worked as a lawyer for a decade before writing full-time, and has written 13 fiction and three nonfiction books, which have been translated into more than 40 la ...
, American lawyer and author * 1949 – Pravin Gordhan, South African politician (died 2024) *
1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...
Joyce Banda, Malawian politician, 4th president of Malawi * 1950 – Flavio Briatore, Italian businessman * 1950 – David Cassidy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017) * 1950 – Nicholas Sackman, English composer and educator *
1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...
Tom Noonan, American actor *
1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ...
Reuben Gant, American football player * 1952 – Leicester Rutledge, New Zealand rugby player * 1952 – Gary Soto, American poet, novelist, and memoirist * 1952 – Ralph Wiley, American journalist (died 2004) *
1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...
Tanino Liberatore, Italian author and illustrator *
1954 Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...
John Faulkner, Australian educator and politician, 52nd Australian Minister for Defence * 1954 – Steve Stevaert, Belgian businessman and politician (died 2015) * 1954 – Pat Travers, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1955Fabian Hamilton, English graphic designer, engineer, and politician *
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...
Andy Garcia, Cuban-American actor, director, and producer * 1956 – Herbert Grönemeyer, German singer-songwriter and actor *
1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...
Greg Child, Australian mountaineer and author * 1957 – Vince Gill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1957 – Tama Janowitz, American novelist and short story writer * 1958Will Sergeant, English guitarist * 1958 – Klaus Tafelmeier, German javelin thrower * 1958 – Ginka Zagorcheva, Bulgarian hurdler * 1960David Thirdkill, American basketball player * 1961Corrado Fabi, Italian racing driver * 1961 – Charles Mann, American football player and sportscaster * 1961 – Magda Szubanski, English-Australian actress, comedian and writer *
1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...
Art Alexakis, American singer-songwriter and musician * 1962 – Carlos Sainz, Spanish racing driver * 1962 – Nobuhiko Takada, Japanese mixed martial artist and wrestler, founded Hustle *
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
Lydia Cacho, Mexican journalist and author * 1964Chris Fairclough, English footballer and coach * 1964 –
Amy Ray Amy Elizabeth Ray (born April 12, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter and member of the contemporary folk duo Indigo Girls with Emily Saliers. She also pursues a solo career, releasing ten albums under her own name, and founded the independent ...
, American folk-rock singer-songwriter, musician, and music producer *
1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First 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 Lynd ...
Kim Bodnia, Danish actor and director * 1965 –
Chi Onwurah Dame Chinyelu Susan "Chi" Onwurah (; born 12 April 1965) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West (UK Parliament constituency), Newcastle ...
, English politician * 1965 – Gervais Rufyikiri, Burundian politician * 1965 – Mihai Stoica, Romanian footballer and manager *
1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
Nils-Olav Johansen, Norwegian guitarist and singer * 1966 – Lorenzo White, American football player *
1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...
Sarah Cracknell, English singer-songwriter * 1968
Alicia Coppola Alicia Coppola (born April 12, 1968) is an American actress. She became known for playing Lorna Devon in the soap opera '' Another World'' from 1991 to 1994. Afterwards, she made regular and guest star appearances in various television series, ...
, American actress * 1968 – Toby Gad, German songwriter and producer * 1968 – Adam Graves, Canadian ice hockey player * 1969
Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Michael Jackson, one of the most culturally significan ...
, American football player and politician (died 2017) * 1969 – Jörn Lenz, German footballer and manager * 1969 – Lucas Radebe, South African footballer and sportscaster *
1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...
Sylvain Bouchard, Canadian speed skater *
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
Nicholas Brendon, American actor * 1971 –
Shannen Doherty Shannen Maria Doherty (; April 12, 1971 – July 13, 2024) was an American actress. During her career Shannen Doherty filmography, in film and television, Doherty played a number of notable characters, including Jenny Wilder in ''Little House o ...
, American actress, director, and producer (died 2024) *
1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...
Paul Lo Duca Paul Anthony Lo Duca (born April 12, 1972) is an American former professional baseball player and television personality. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers (–), Florida Marlins (2004–, ), New York Met ...
, American baseball player and sportscaster *
1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
J. Scott Campbell, American author and illustrator * 1973 – Ryan Kisor, American trumpet player and composer * 1973 – Antonio Osuna, Mexican-American baseball player * 1973 – Christian Panucci, Italian footballer and manager * 1974
Belinda Emmett Belinda Jane Emmett (12 April 1974 – 11 November 2006) was an Australian actress and singer. She was best known for her roles in the TV drama series ''Home and Away'' and '' All Saints'' as well as the sitcom '' Hey Dad..!''. She was married ...
, Australian actress (died 2006) * 1974 – Bryan Fletcher, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster * 1974 – Roman Hamrlík, Czech ice hockey player * 1974 – Marley Shelton, American actress * 1974 – Sylvinho, Brazilian footballer and manager *
1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...
Olga Kotlyarova, Russian runner * 1976 – Brad Miller, American basketball player *
1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...
Giovanny Espinoza, Ecuadorian footballer * 1977 – Sarah Monahan, Australian actress * 1977 – Jason Price, Welsh footballer * 1977 – Glenn Rogers, Australian-Scottish cricketer *
1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
Guy Berryman, Scottish bassist (
Coldplay Coldplay are a British Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1997. They consist of vocalist and pianist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, drummer and percussionist Will Champion, and manager Phil Harvey (band m ...
) * 1978 – Scott Crary, American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1978 – Svetlana Lapina, Russian high jumper * 1978 – Robin Walker, English businessman and politician *
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 ...
Claire Danes Claire Catherine Danes (born April 12, 1979) is an American actress. Prolific in film and television since her teens, she is the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. In 2012, ''Time (magazine), Time'' named he ...
, American actress * 1979 – Elena Grosheva, Russian gymnast * 1979 – Mateja Kežman, Serbian footballer * 1979 – Jennifer Morrison, American actress * 1979 – Sergio Pellissier, Italian footballer * 1979 – Cristian Ranalli, Italian footballer * 1979 – Lee Soo-young, South Korean singer *
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 Sys ...
Sara Head, Welsh Paralympic table tennis champion * 1980 – Brian McFadden, Irish singer-songwriter * 1981Yuriy Borzakovskiy, Russian runner * 1981 – Nicolás Burdisso, Argentinian footballer * 1981 –
Tulsi Gabbard Tulsi Gabbard (; born April 12, 1981) is an American politician and military officer serving as the director of National Intelligence, director of national intelligence (DNI) since 2025. She has held the rank of Lieutenant colonel (United Stat ...
, American politician * 1981 – Grant Holt, English footballer and professional wrestler * 1981 – Hisashi Iwakuma, Japanese baseball pitcher *
1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...
Jelena Dokic, Serbian-Australian tennis player * 1983 – Luke Kibet, Kenyan runner * 1984Aleksey Dmitrik, Russian high jumper *
1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...
Brennan Boesch, American baseball player * 1985 – Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer * 1986Brad Brach, American baseball pitcher * 1986 – Blerim Džemaili, Swiss footballer * 1986 –
Marcel Granollers Marcel Granollers Pujol (; ; born 12 April 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 on 6 May 2024, becoming the second Spanish man to achieve the feat (after Emilio Sánchez Vicari ...
, Spanish tennis player * 1986 – Jonathan Pitroipa, Burkinabé footballer *
1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...
Luiz Adriano, Brazilian professional footballer * 1987 – Brooklyn Decker, American model and actress * 1987 – Shawn Gore, Canadian football player * 1987 – Josh McCrone, Australian rugby league player * 1987 – Brendon Urie, American singer, songwriter, musician and multi-instrumentalist * 1988Ricky Álvarez, Argentinian footballer * 1988 – Stephen Brogan, English footballer * 1988 – Amedeo Calliari, Italian footballer * 1988 – Jessie James Decker, American singer-songwriter * 1988 – Moamen Zakaria, Egyptian footballer *
1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...
Bethan Dainton, Welsh rugby union player * 1989 – Ádám Hanga, Hungarian basketball player * 1989 – Miguel Ángel Ponce, American-Mexican footballer * 1989 – Valentin Stocker, Swiss footballer * 1989 – Kaitlyn Weaver, Canadian-American ice dancer * 1990Francesca Halsall, English swimmer * 1990 – Hiroki Sakai, Japanese footballer * 1991Lionel Carole, French professional footballer * 1991 – Torey Krug, American ice hockey player * 1991 – Oliver Norwood, English born Northern Irish international footballer * 1991 – Magnus Pääjärvi, Swedish ice hockey player * 1991 – Jazz Richards, Welsh international footballer *
1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...
Chad le Clos, South African swimmer *
1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...
Robin Anderson, American tennis player * 1993 – Jordan Archer, English-Scottish footballer * 1993 – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Canadian ice hockey player *
1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
Eric Bailly, Ivorian professional footballer * 1994 – Isabelle Drummond, Brazilian actress and singer * 1994 – Guido Rodríguez, Argentine footballer * 1994 – Saoirse Ronan, American-born Irish actress * 1994 – Oh Sehun, South Korean musician * 1995Pedro Cachin, Argentine tennis player * 1996Jan Bednarek, Polish footballer * 1996 – Matteo Berrettini, Italian tennis player * 1996 – Elizaveta Kulichkova, Russian tennis player


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Pre-1600

* 45 BCGnaeus Pompeius, Roman general and politician (born 75 BC) * 352Julius I, pope of the Catholic Church * 434Maximianus, archbishop of Constantinople * 901Eudokia Baïana, Byzantine empress and wife of Leo VI * 1125Vladislaus I, Duke of Bohemia (born 1065) * 1167Charles VII, king of Sweden (born c. 1130) * 1256Margaret of Bourbon, Queen of Navarre, regent of Navarre (born c. 1217) * 1443Henry Chichele, English archbishop (born 1364) * 1500Leonhard of Gorizia, Count of Gorz (born 1440) * 1530Joanna La Beltraneja, Princess of Castile (born 1462) * 1550Claude, Duke of Guise (born 1496) * 1555
Joanna Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from from . Variants in English include Joan, Joann, Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in English are Jan, Jane, Janet, Janice, Jean, and Jeanne. The earliest recorded occurrence of th ...
, Queen of Castile and Aragon (born 1479)


1601–1900

* 1675Richard Bennett, English politician,
colonial Governor of Virginia Some of those who held the lead role as governor of Virginia never visited the New World and governed through deputies resident in the colony. Others, such as Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, held the lead role for many years but were in Virgini ...
(born 1609) * 1684Nicola Amati, Italian instrument maker (born 1596) * 1687Ambrose Dixon, English-American soldier (born 1619) * 1704Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian (born 1627) * 1748
William Kent William Kent (c. 1685 – 12 April 1748) was an English architect, landscape architect, painter and furniture designer of the early 18th century. He began his career as a painter, and became Principal Painter in Ordinary or court painter, b ...
, English architect, designed Holkham Hall and
Chiswick House Chiswick House is a Neo-Palladian style villa in the Chiswick district of London, England. A "glorious" example of Neo-Palladian architecture in west London, the house was designed and built by Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694–1753 ...
(born 1685) * 1782Metastasio, Italian-Austrian poet and composer (born 1698) * 1788Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-Italian composer (born 1719) *
1795 Events January–June * January – Central England records its coldest ever month, in the CET records dating back to 1659. * January 14 – The University of North Carolina opens to students at Chapel Hill, becoming the ...
Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (born 1710) *
1814 Events January * January 1 – War of the Sixth Coalition – The Royal Prussian Army led by Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher crosses the Rhine. * January 3 ** War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Cattaro: French gar ...
Charles Burney, English composer and historian (born 1726) * 1817Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic (born 1730) * 1850Adoniram Judson, American lexicographer and missionary (born 1788) * 1866Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded
Fleetwood Fleetwood is a coastal town in the Borough of Wyre in Lancashire, England, at the northwest corner of the Fylde. It had a population of 25,939 at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census. Fleetwood acquired its modern character in the 1830 ...
(born 1801) *
1872 Events January * January 12 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first ruler crowned in that city in over 500 years. *January 20 – The Cavite mutiny was an uprising of Filipino military personnel of Fort S ...
Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist (born 1795) * 1878William M. Tweed, American lawyer and politician (born 1823) * 1879Richard Taylor, Confederate general (born 1826) * 1885William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (born 1817) * 1898Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (born 1820)


1901–present

* 1902
Marie Alfred Cornu Marie Alfred Cornu (; 6 March 1841 – 12 April 1902) was a French physicist and professor of École polytechnique. The French generally refer to him as Alfred Cornu. The Cornu spiral, a graphical device for the computation of light intensities ...
, French physicist and academic (born 1842) * 1906Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (born 1836) *
1912 This year is notable for Sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15. In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skippin ...
Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the
American Red Cross The American National Red Cross is a Nonprofit organization, nonprofit Humanitarianism, humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in the United States. Clara Barton founded ...
(born 1821) * 1920Vlasis Gavriilidis, Greek jourtnalist (born 1848) *
1933 Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator 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 independen ...
Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (born 1835) * 1937Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (born 1852) *
1938 Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...
Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (born 1873) *
1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 ...
Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (born 1889) * 1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served ...
, American lawyer and politician, 32nd
President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal government of t ...
(born 1882) *
1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...
Lionel Logue Lionel George Logue (26 February 1880 – 12 April 1953) was an Australian speech and language therapist and amateur stage actor who helped George VI, King George VI manage his Stuttering, stammer. Early life and family Logue was born on 26 F ...
, Australian actor and therapist (born 1880) *
1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...
Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (born 1923) *
1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
Sydney Allard, English racing driver and founder of the Allard car company (born 1910) * 1968Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (born 1899) *
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and dentist (born 1886) *
1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
Arthur Freed, American songwriter and producer (born 1894) *
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. ...
Josephine Baker Freda Josephine Baker (; June 3, 1906 – April 12, 1975), naturalized as Joséphine Baker, was an American and French dancer, singer, and actress. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in France. She was the first Black woman to s ...
, French actress, activist, and humanitarian (born 1906) *
1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...
– Christos Kakkalos, Greek mountain guide (born 1882) *
1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...
– Philip K. Wrigley, American businessman, co-founded Lincoln Park Gun Club (born 1894) *
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 Sys ...
– William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian politician, 20th President of Liberia (born 1913) * 1981 – Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan (born 1887) * 1981 – Joe Louis, American boxer and wrestler (born 1914) *
1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...
– Jørgen Juve, Norwegian football player and journalist (born 1906) * 1983 – Carl Morton, American baseball player (born 1944) * 1984 – Edwin T. Layton, American admiral and cryptanalysis, cryptanalyst (born 1903) * 1986 – Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright (born 1897) * 1988 – Colette Deréal, French singer and actress (born 1927) * 1988 – Alan Paton, South African historian and author (born 1903) *
1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...
– Abbie Hoffman, American activist, co-founded Youth International Party (born 1936) * 1989 – Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (born 1921) *
1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...
– Ilario Bandini, Italian racing driver and businessman (born 1911) *1997 – George Wald, American neurologist and academic,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...
laureate (born 1906) *1998 – Robert Ford (poet), Robert Ford, Canadian poet and diplomat (born 1915) *
1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
– Boxcar Willie, American singer-songwriter (born 1931) *2001 – Harvey Ball, American illustrator, created the smiley (born 1921) * 2002 – George Shevelov, Ukrainian-American linguist and philologist (born 1908) *2004 – Moran Campbell, Canadian physician and academic, invented the venturi mask (born 1925) *2006 – William Sloane Coffin, American minister and activist (born 1924) *
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
– Kevin Crease, Australian journalist (born 1936) *2008 – Cecilia Colledge, English-American figure skater and coach (born 1920) * 2008 – Patrick Hillery, Irish physician and politician, 6th President of Ireland (born 1923) * 2008 – Jerry Zucker (businessman), Jerry Zucker, Israeli-American businessman and philanthropist (born 1949) *
2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
– Marilyn Chambers, American actress *
2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
– Michel Chartrand, Canadian trade union leader (born 1916) * 2010 – Werner Schroeter, German director and screenwriter (born 1945) *
2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
– Karim Fakhrawi, Bahraini journalist, co-founded ''Al-Wasat (Bahraini newspaper), Al-Wasat'' (born 1962) *2012 – Mohit Chattopadhyay, Indian poet and playwright (born 1934) * 2012 – Rodgers Grant, American pianist and composer (born 1935) *
2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
– Robert Byrne (chess player), Robert Byrne, American chess player and author (born 1928) * 2013 – Johnny du Plooy, South African boxer (born 1964) * 2013 – Michael France, American screenwriter (born 1962) * 2013 – Brennan Manning, American priest and author (born 1934) * 2013 – Annamária Szalai, Hungarian journalist and politician (born 1961) * 2013 – Ya'akov Yosef, Israeli rabbi and politician (born 1946) *
2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
– Pierre Autin-Grenier, French author and poet (born 1947) * 2014 – Pierre-Henri Menthéour, French cyclist (born 1960) * 2014 – Maurício Alves Peruchi, Brazilian footballer (born 1990) * 2014 – Hal Smith (catcher), Hal Smith, American baseball player and coach (born 1931) * 2014 – Billy Standridge, American race car driver (born 1953) *2015 – Paulo Brossard, Brazilian jurist and politician (born 1924) * 2015 – Patrice Dominguez, Algerian-French tennis player and trainer (born 1950) * 2015 – Alfred Eick, German commander (born 1916) * 2015 – André Mba Obame, Gabonese politician (born 1957) *2016 – Mohammad Al Gaz, Emirati politician & diplomat (born 1930) * 2016 – Anne Jackson, American actress (born 1925) *2017 – Charlie Murphy (actor), Charlie Murphy, American actor and comedian (born 1959) *2020 – Tarvaris Jackson, American football player (born 1983) *2021 – Joseph Siravo, American actor and producer (born 1955) *2022 – Gilbert Gottfried, American comedian, actor, and singer (born 1955) *2024 – Roberto Cavalli, Italian fashion designer and inventor (born 1940) * 2024 – Eleanor Coppola, American filmmaker (born 1936) * 2024 – Robert MacNeil, Canadian-American journalist and author (born 1931) * 2025 –Pilita Corrales, Filipino singer-songwriter and actress (born 1939)


Holidays and observances

* Children's Day (Bolivia) * Christian calendar of saints, feast day: ** Adoniram Judson (Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church), Episcopal Church) ** Alferius ** Angelo Carletti di Chivasso, Blessed Angelo Carletti di Chivasso ** Erkembode ** Pope Julius I ** Teresa of the Andes ** Zeno of Verona ** April 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) * Commemoration of first human in space by Yuri Gagarin: ** Cosmonautics Day (Russia) ** International Day of Human Space Flight ** Yuri's Night (International observance) * Halifax Day (North Carolina) * National Redemption Day (Liberia)


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