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Pre-1600

* 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to '' Augustus'', and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the
Roman Empire The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Roman people, Romans conquered most of this during the Roman Republic, Republic, and it was ruled by emperors following Octavian's assumption of ...
. * 649Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender after a forty-day siege led by
Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, c=唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an Wu Zhou, interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed ...
general Ashina She'er, establishing Tang control over the northern Tarim Basin in Xinjiang. * 1419Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of
Normandy Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...
. * 1511 – The Italian Duchy of Mirandola surrenders to the Pope. * 1520Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund and dies on February 3.


1601–1900

* 1607San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the
Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
. * 1639Hämeenlinna () is granted privileges after it separated from the Vanaja parish as its own city in Tavastia. * 1764John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel. * 1764Bolle Willum Luxdorph records in his diary that a mail bomb, possibly the world's first, has severely injured the Danish Colonel Poulsen, residing at Børglum Abbey. * 1788 – The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay. * 1795 – The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands, replacing the Dutch Republic. * 1817 – An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crosses the Andes from
Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
to liberate Chile and then
Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
. * 1829Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's '' Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy'' receives its premiere performance. * 1839 – The British East India Company captures Aden. * 1853Giuseppe Verdi's opera '' Il trovatore'' receives its premiere performance in Rome. * 1861American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States. * 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict. * 1871Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day. * 1883 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey. * 1899
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ( ') was a condominium (international law), condominium of the United Kingdom and Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt between 1899 and 1956, corresponding mostly to the territory of present-day South Sudan and Sudan. Legally, sovereig ...
is formed.


1901–present

* 1901Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom, stricken with paralysis. She dies three days later at the age of 81. * 1915Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising. * 1915 – German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target. * 1917Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage. * 1920 – The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations. * 1920 – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded. * 1937Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in seven hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds. * 1941
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 ...
: and other escorts of convoy AS-12 sink Italian submarine with all hands northeast of Falkonera. * 1942 – World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins. * 1945 – World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Łódź Ghetto. Of more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, fewer than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation. *
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 ...
– General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals. * 1953 – Almost 72 percent of all television sets in the United States are tuned into '' I Love Lucy'' to watch Lucy give birth. * 1960 – Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty * 1960 – Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871 crashes near Ankara Esenboğa Airport in Turkey, killing all 42 aboard. * 1969 – Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire three days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest about the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the
Soviet Union 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 ...
in 1968. His funeral turns into another major protest. * 1977 – President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. " Tokyo Rose"). * 1978 – The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003. * 1981Iran hostage crisis: United States and
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
ian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity. * 1988Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286 crashes in Bayfield, Colorado, killing nine.
Copy at
Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University.
* 1990Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir valley in Indian-administered Kashmir due to an insurgency. * 1991Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries. * 1993Czech Republic and Slovakia join the
United Nations The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...
. * 1995 – After being struck by lightning the crew of Bristow Helicopters Flight 56C are forced to ditch. All 18 aboard are later rescued. * 1996 – The barge '' North Cape'' oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat ''Scandia'' ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. * 1997Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city. * 1999British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company, forming BAE Systems in November 1999. * 2006 – A Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crashes near Hejce, Hungary, killing 42. * 2007 – Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper's Istanbul office by 17-year-old Turkish ultra-nationalist Ogün Samast. * 2007 – Four-man Team N2i, using only skis and kites, completes a trek to reach the Antarctic pole of inaccessibility for the first time since 1965 and for the first time ever without mechanical assistance. * 2012 – The Hong Kong-based file-sharing website Megaupload is shut down by the FBI. * 2014 – A bomb attack on an army convoy in the city of Bannu kills at least 26 Pakistani soldiers and injures 38 others. * 2024 – The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's probe landed on the moon, making Japan the 5th country to land a spacecraft on the moon. * 2025Bytedance and sister companies were banned from the United States for "security concerns".


Births


Pre-1600

* 399Pulcheria, Byzantine empress and saint (died 453) * 1200Dōgen Zenji, founder of Sōtō Zen (died 1253) * 1544Francis II of France (died 1560)


1601–1900

* 1617Lucas Faydherbe, Flemish sculptor and architect (died 1697) * 1628Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, English noble (died 1672) * 1676John Weldon, English organist and composer (died 1736) * 1721Jean-Philippe Baratier, German scholar and author (died 1740) * 1736James Watt, Scottish chemist and engineer (died 1819) * 1737Giuseppe Millico, Italian soprano, composer, and educator (died 1802) * 1739Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect, designed Longford Hall and Barrells Hall (died 1808) * 1752James Morris III, American captain (died 1820) * 1757Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf (died 1831) * 1788Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (died 1874) * 1790Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet and academic (died 1855) * 1798Auguste Comte, French economist, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1857) * 1803Sarah Helen Whitman, American poet, essayist, and romantic interest of Edgar Allan Poe (died 1878) * 1807Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (died 1870) * 1808Lysander Spooner, American philosopher and author (died 1887) * 1809Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic (died 1849) * 1810Talhaiarn, Welsh poet and architect (died 1869) * 1813Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (died 1898) * 1832Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (died 1875) * 1833Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician and academic (died 1872) * 1839Paul Cézanne, French painter (died 1906) * 1840Dethloff Willrodt, American Civil War veteran and politician (died 1932) * 1848Arturo Graf, Italian poet, of German ancestry (died 1913) * 1848 – John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (died 1904) * 1848 – Matthew Webb, English swimmer and diver (died 1883) * 1851Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer and academic (died 1922) * 1852Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (died 1909) * 1863Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (died 1941) * 1866Harry Davenport, American stage and film actor (died 1949) * 1871Dame Gruev, Bulgarian educator and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (died 1906) * 1874Hitachiyama Taniemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna (died 1922) * 1876Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (died 1943) * 1876 – Dragotin Kette, Slovenian poet and author (died 1899) * 1878Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager (died 1934) * 1879Boris Savinkov, Russian soldier and author (died 1925) * 1882John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (died 1957) * 1883Hermann Abendroth, German conductor (died 1956) * 1887Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic (died 1943) * 1889Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor (died 1943) * 1892Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Iceland (died 1964) * 1893Magda Tagliaferro, Brazilian pianist and educator (died 1986)


1901–present

* 1901Dunc Munro, Scottish-Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1958) * 1903Boris Blacher, German composer and playwright (died 1975) * 1903 – Dyre Vaa, Norwegian sculptor and painter (died 1980) * 1905Stanley Hawes, English-Australian director and producer (died 1991) * 1908Ish Kabibble, American comedian and cornet player (died 1994) * 1908 – Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1971) * 1911Choor Singh, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge (died 2009) * 1912Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986) * 1913Rex Ingamells, Australian author and poet (died 1955) * 1913 – Rudolf Wanderone, American professional pocket billiards player (died 1996) * 1918John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (died 2005) * 1920Bernard Dunstan, English painter and educator (died 2017) * 1920 – Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian politician and diplomat, 135th Prime Minister of Peru (died 2020) * 1921Patricia Highsmith, American novelist and short story writer (died 1995) * 1922Guy Madison, American actor (died 1996) * 1922 – Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer and journalist (died 2015) * 1922 – Miguel Muñoz, Spanish footballer and manager (died 1990) * 1923Dagmar Loe, Norwegian journalist (died 2024) * 1923 – Bob McFadden, American singer, impressionist, and voice-over actor (died 2000) * 1923 – Jean Stapleton, American actress and singer (died 2013) * 1924Nicholas Colasanto, American actor and director (died 1985) * 1924 – Jean-François Revel, French philosopher (died 2006) * 1925Nina Bawden, English author (died 2012) * 1926Hans Massaquoi, German-American journalist and author (died 2013) * 1926 – Fritz Weaver, American actor (died 2016) * 1930Tippi Hedren, American model, actress, and animal rights-welfare activist * 1930 – John Waite, South African cricketer (died 2011) * 1931Robert MacNeil, Canadian-American journalist and author (died 2024) * 1932Russ Hamilton, English singer-songwriter (died 2008) * 1932 – Richard Lester, American-English director, producer, and screenwriter * 1932 – Harry Lonsdale, American chemist, businessman, and politician (died 2014) * 1933George Coyne, American priest, astronomer, and theologian (died 2020) * 1934John Richardson, English actor (died 2021) * 1935Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer-songwriter (died 1978) * 1936Fred J. Lincoln, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013) * 1936 – Ziaur Rahman, Bangladeshi general and politician, seventh President of Bangladesh (died 1981) * 1936 – Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, American singer, harmonica player, and drummer (died 2011) * 1937Princess Birgitta of Sweden (died 2024) * 1937 – John Lions, Australian computer scientist and academic (died 1998) * 1939Phil Everly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014) * 1940Paolo Borsellino, Italian lawyer and judge (died 1992) * 1941Tony Anholt, British actor (died 2002) * 1941 – Colin Gunton, English theologian and academic (died 2003) * 1941 – Pat Patterson, Canadian wrestler, trainer, and referee (died 2020) * 1942Michael Crawford, English actor and singer * 1943Larry Clark, American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1943 – Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (died 1970) * 1943 – Princess Margriet of the Netherlands * 1944Shelley Fabares, American actress and singer * 1944 – Thom Mayne, American architect and academic, designed the San Francisco Federal Building and Phare Tower * 1944 – Dan Reeves, American football player and coach (died 2022) * 1945Trevor Williams, English singer-songwriter and bass player *
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 ...
Julian Barnes, English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and critic * 1946 – Dolly Parton, American singer-songwriter and actress * 1947Frank Aarebrot, Norwegian political scientist and academic (died 2017) * 1947 – Paula Deen, American chef and author * 1947 – Rod Evans, English singer-songwriter * 1948Nancy Lynch, American computer scientist and academic * 1948 – Frank McKenna, Canadian politician and diplomat, 27th Premier of New Brunswick * 1948 – Mal Reilly, English rugby league player and coach * 1949Arend Langenberg, Dutch voice actor and radio host (died 2012) * 1949 – Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003) * 1950Sébastien Dhavernas, Canadian actor * 1951Martha Davis, American singer * 1952Dewey Bunnell, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1952 – Nadiuska, German television actress * 1952 – Bruce Jay Nelson, American computer scientist (died 1999) * 1953Desi Arnaz Jr., American actor and singer * 1953 – Richard Legendre, Canadian tennis player and politician * 1953 – Wayne Schimmelbusch, Australian footballer and coach * 1954Katey Sagal, American actress and singer * 1954 – Cindy Sherman, American photographer and director * 1954 – Esther Shkalim, Israeli poet and Mizrahi feminist * 1955Simon Rattle, English-German orchestral conductor * 1956Carman, American singer-songwriter, actor, and television host (died 2021) * 1956 – Susan Solomon, American atmospheric chemist * 1957Ottis Anderson, American football player and sportscaster * 1957 – Roger Ashton-Griffiths, English actor, screenwriter and film director * 1957 – Kenneth McClintock, Puerto Rican public servant and politician, 22nd Secretary of State of Puerto Rico * 1958Thomas Kinkade, American painter (died 2012) * 1958 – Altemio Sanchez, Puerto Rican serial killer and rapist (died 2023) * 1959Danese Cooper, American computer scientist and programmer * 1959 – Jeff Pilson, American bass player, songwriter, and actor * 1961Paul McCrane, American actor, director, and singer * 1961 – Wayne Hemingway, English fashion designer, co-founded Red or Dead * 1961 – William Ragsdale, American actor * 1962Hans Daams, Dutch cyclist * 1962 – Chris Sabo, American baseball player and coach * 1962 – Jeff Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach * 1963Michael Adams, American basketball player and coach * 1963 – Martin Bashir, English journalist * 1963 – John Bercow, English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons * 1964Janine Antoni, Bahamian sculptor and photographer * 1964 – Ricardo Arjona, Guatemalan singer-songwriter and basketball player * 1966Sylvain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player * 1966 – Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player and coach * 1966 – Lena Philipsson, Swedish singer-songwriter * 1968David Bartlett, Australian politician, 43rd Premier of Tasmania * 1968 – Whitfield Crane, American singer-songwriter * 1969Edwidge Danticat, Haitian-American novelist and short story writer * 1969 – Luc Longley, Australian basketball player and coach * 1969 – Trey Lorenz, American singer-songwriter and producer * 1969 – Predrag Mijatović, Montenegrin footballer and manager * 1969 – Junior Seau, American football player (died 2012) * 1969 – Steve Staunton, Irish footballer and manager * 1970Steffen Freund, German footballer and manager * 1970 – Kathleen Smet, Belgian triathlete * 1970 – Udo Suzuki, Japanese comedian and singer * 1971Shawn Wayans, American actor, producer, and screenwriter * 1971 – John Wozniak, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1972Drea de Matteo, American actress * 1972 – Yoon Hae-young, South Korean actress * 1972 – Sergei Zjukin, Estonian chess player and coach * 1973Antero Manninen, Finnish cellist * 1973 – Yevgeny Sadovyi, Russian swimmer and coach * 1974Dainius Adomaitis, Lithuanian basketball player and coach * 1974 – Frank Caliendo, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter * 1974 – Walter Jones, American football player * 1974 – Ian Laperrière, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach * 1974 – Jaime Moreno, Bolivian footballer and manager * 1975Natalie Cook, Australian volleyball player * 1975 – Zdeňka Málková, Czech tennis player *
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 ...
Natale Gonnella, Italian footballer * 1976 – Tarso Marques, Brazilian racing driver * 1976 – Drew Powell, American actor * 1976 – Marsha Thomason, English actress * 1977Benjamin Ayres, Canadian actor, director, and photographer * 1979Svetlana Khorkina, Russian gymnast and sportscaster * 1979 – Byung-hyun Kim, South Korean baseball player * 1979 – Josu Sarriegi, Spanish footballer * 1979 – Wiley, English rapper and producer * 1980Jenson Button, English racing driver * 1980 – Pasha Kovalev, Russian-American dancer and choreographer * 1980 – Luke Macfarlane, Canadian-American actor and singer * 1980 – Arvydas Macijauskas, Lithuanian basketball player * 1980 – Michael Vandort, Sri Lankan cricketer * 1981Paolo Bugia, Filipino basketball player * 1981 – Asier del Horno, Spanish footballer * 1981 – Lucho González, Argentinian footballer * 1981 – Maxime Laisney, French politician * 1981 – Elizabeth Tulloch, American actress * 1982Pete Buttigieg, American politician * 1982 – Mike Komisarek, American ice hockey player * 1982 – Jodie Sweetin, American actress and singer * 1982 – Robin tom Rink, German singer-songwriter * 1982 – Shane Tronc, Australian rugby league player * 1982 – Kim Yoo-suk, South Korean pole vaulter * 1983Hikaru Utada, American-Japanese singer-songwriter and producer * 1984Johnny Boychuk, Canadian ice hockey player * 1984 – Fabio Catacchini, Italian footballer * 1984 – Karun Chandhok, Indian racing driver * 1984 – Elvis Dumervil, American football player * 1984 – Jimmy Kébé, Malian footballer * 1984 – Thomas Vanek, Austrian ice hockey player * 1985Pascal Behrenbruch, German decathlete * 1985 – Damien Chazelle, American film director, screenwriter, and producer * 1985 – Benny Feilhaber, American soccer player * 1985 – Esteban Guerrieri, Argentinian racing driver * 1985 – Rika Ishikawa, Japanese singer and actress * 1985 – Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Nikulin, Russian footballer * 1985 – Elliott Ward, English footballer * 1986Claudio Marchisio, Italian footballer * 1986 – Oleksandr Miroshnychenko, Ukrainian footballer * 1986 – Moussa Sow, Senegalese footballer * 1987Edgar Manucharyan, Armenian footballer * 1988Tyler Breeze, Canadian wrestler * 1988 – JaVale McGee, American basketball player * 1990Tatiana Búa, Argentine tennis player * 1990 – Shaunette Renée Wilson, Guyanese-American actress * 1991Petra Martić, Croatian tennis player * 1991 – Erin Sanders, American actress * 1992Shawn Johnson East, American gymnast * 1992 – Logan Lerman, American actor * 1992 – Mac Miller, American rapper (died 2018) * 1993Erick Torres Padilla, Mexican footballer * 1993 – João Mário, Portuguese footballer * 1993 – Ricardo Centurión, Argentine footballer * 1993 – Walter Benítez, Argentine footballer * 1994Matthias Ginter, German footballer * 1994 – Alfie Mawson, English footballer * 1994 – Marvelous Nakamba, Zimbabwean footballer * 1996Jakub Jankto, Czech footballer * 1998Emre Guler, Australian rugby league player * 1999Jonathan Taylor, American football player * 1999 – Donyell Malen, Dutch footballer * 2000Juan Miranda, Spanish footballer * 2001Kai Jones, Bahamian basketball player * 2002Reiner, Brazilian footballer * 2003Felix Afena-Gyan, Ghanaian footballer * 2003 – Ilaix Moriba, Guinean footballer


Deaths


Pre-1600

* 520John of Cappadocia, patriarch of Constantinople * 639Dagobert I, Frankish king (born 603) * 914García I, king of León * 1003Kilian of Cologne, Irish abbot * 1302Al-Hakim I, caliph of Cairo * 1401Robert Bealknap, British justice * 1526Isabella of Austria, Danish queen (born 1501) * 1547Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet (born 1516) * 1565
Diego Laynez Diego Laynez, S.J. (1512 – 19 January 1565; first name sometimes translated James, Jacob; surname also spelled Laines, Lainez, Laínez) was a Spanish Jesuit priest and theologian, a New Christian (of converted Jewish descent), and the second ...
, Spanish Jesuit theologian (born 1512) * 1571Paris Bordone, Venetian painter (born 1495) * 1576Hans Sachs, German poet and playwright (born 1494) * 1597Maharana Pratap, Hindu Rajput king of Mewar (born1540)


1601–1900

* 1636Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, Flemish painter (born1561) * 1661Thomas Venner, English rebel leader * 1729William Congreve, English playwright and poet (born 1670) * 1755Jean-Pierre Christin, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (born 1683) * 1757Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish scholar and academic (born 1674) * 1766Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French architect and painter (born 1695) * 1785Jonathan Toup, English scholar and critic (born 1713) * 1833Ferdinand Hérold, French pianist and composer (born 1791) * 1847Charles Bent, American soldier and politician, first Governor of New Mexico (born 1799) * 1847 – Athanasios Christopoulos, Greek poet (born 1772) * 1851Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian poet and author (born 1805) * 1853Karl Faber, German historian and academic (born 1773) * 1862Felix Zollicoffer, American newspaperman, politician, and Confederate general (born 1812) * 1865Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and politician (born 1809) * 1869Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (born 1788) * 1874August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and scholar (born 1798) * 1878Henri Victor Regnault, French physicist and chemist (born 1810) * 1895António Luís de Seabra, 1st Viscount of Seabra, Portuguese magistrate and politician (born 1798)


1901–present

* 1906Bartolomé Mitre, Argentinian historian and politician, sixth President of Argentina (born 1821) * 1915Ernest de Munck, Belgian cellist and composer (born 1840) * 1929Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (born 1873) * 1930Frank P. Ramsey, British mathematician, philosopher and economist (born 1903) * 1938Branislav Nušić, Serbian author, playwright, and journalist (born 1864) * 1945Gustave Mesny, French general (born 1886) * 1948Tony Garnier, French architect and urban planner, designed the Stade de Gerland (born 1869) * 1954Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (born 1885) * 1957József Dudás, Romanian-Hungarian activist and politician (born 1912) * 1963Clement Smoot, American golfer (born 1884) * 1964Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (born 1886) * 1965Arnold Luhaäär, Estonian weightlifter (born 1905) * 1968Ray Harroun, American race car driver and engineer (born 1879) * 1972Michael Rabin, American violinist (born 1936) * 1973Max Adrian, Irish-English actor (born 1903) * 1975Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator (born 1889) *
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 ...
Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic (born 1886) * 1979Moritz Jahn, German novelist and poet (born 1884) * 1980William O. Douglas, American lawyer and jurist (born 1898) * 1981Francesca Woodman, American photographer (born 1958) * 1982Elis Regina, Brazilian soprano (born 1945) * 1983Ham, chimpanzee and animal astronaut, first hominid in space (born 1957) * 1984Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1920) * 1987Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist and academic (born 1927) * 1990Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian guru and mystic (born 1931) * 1990 – Alberto Semprini, English pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1908) * 1990 – Herbert Wehner, German politician, sixth Minister of Intra-German Relations (born 1906) * 1991Marcel Chaput, Canadian biochemist and journalist (born 1918) * 1995Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1938) * 1996Don Simpson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1943) * 1997 – James Dickey, American poet and novelist (born 1923) * 1998Carl Perkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1932) * 1999Ivan Francescato, Italian rugby player (born 1967) * 2000Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum, a Baháʼí Faith Hand of the Cause of God and wife of Shoghi Effendi (born 1910) * 2000 – Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1934) * 2000 – Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-American actress, singer, and mathematician (born 1914) * 2002Vavá, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1934) * 2003Milton Flores, Honduran footballer (born 1974) * 2003 – Françoise Giroud, French journalist, screenwriter, and politician, French Minister of Culture (born 1916) * 2004Harry E. Claiborne, American lawyer and judge (born 1917) * 2004 – David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach (born 1955) * 2005K. Sello Duiker, South African author and screenwriter (born 1974) * 2006Anthony Franciosa, American actor (born 1928) * 2006 – Wilson Pickett, American singer-songwriter (born 1941) * 2007Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian journalist and activist (born 1954) * 2007 – Denny Doherty, Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1940) * 2007 – Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer-songwriter (born 1969) * 2008Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (born 1937) * 2008 – John Stewart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1939) * 2008 – Don Wittman, Canadian sportscaster (born 1936) * 2010Bill McLaren, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster (born 1923) * 2012Peter Åslin, Swedish ice hockey player (born 1962) * 2012 – Sarah Burke, Canadian skier (born 1982) * 2012 – Winston Riley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (born 1943) * 2012 – Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch ballet dancer and choreographer (born 1933) * 2013Taihō Kōki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 48th Yokozuna (born 1940) * 2013 – Stan Musial, American baseball player and manager (born 1920) * 2013 – Frank Pooler, American conductor and composer (born 1926) * 2013 – Earl Weaver, American baseball player and manager (born 1930) * 2013 – Toktamış Ateş, Turkish academician, political commentator, columnist and writer (born 1944) * 2014Azaria Alon, Ukrainian-Israeli environmentalist, co-founded the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (born 1918) * 2014 – Christopher Chataway, English runner, journalist, and politician (born 1931) * 2015Justin Capră, Romanian engineer and academic (born 1933) * 2015 – Michel Guimond, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1953) * 2015 – Ward Swingle, American-French singer-songwriter and conductor (born 1927) * 2016Richard Levins, American ecologist and geneticist (born 1930) * 2016 – Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1931) * 2016 – Sheila Sim (Lady Attenborough), English actress (born 1922) * 2017Miguel Ferrer, American actor (born 1955) * 2025Jeff Torborg, American baseball player and manager (born 1941)


Holidays and observances

*Christian feast day: ** Bassianus of Lodi ** Henry of Uppsala ** Marius, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum ** Mark of Ephesus (
Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is List of Christian denominations by number of members, one of the three major doctrinal and ...
) ** Pontianus of Spoleto ** Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester ** January 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) * Confederate Heroes Day ( Texas), and its related observance: ** Robert E. Lee Day ( Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi) * Husband's Day (
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) * Kokborok Day ( Tripura, India) * Theophany / Epiphany ( Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy), and its related observances: ** Timkat, or 20 during Leap Year ( Ethiopian Orthodox) **'' Vodici'' or Baptism of Jesus ( North Macedonia)


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BBC: On This Day
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Historical Events on January 19
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