January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Here a calendar year refers to the order in which the months are displayed, January to December. The first day of the medieval Julian year was usually a day other than January 1. This day was adopted as the first day of the Julian year by all Western European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. The Gregorian calendar as promulgated in 1582 did not specify that January 1 was to be either New Year's Day or the first day of its numbered year. Although England began its numbered year on March 25 (Lady Day or Annunciation Day), between the 13th century and 1752, January 1 was called New Year's Day, and was, with Christmas and occasionally Twelfth Night, a holiday when gifts were exchanged. There are 364 days remaining (365 in leap years). 1 (one) is the natural number following 0 and preceding 2. ... The Julian calendar was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC, taking force in 45 BC or 709 ab urbe condita. ... The Gregorian calendar is the calendar widely used in the Western world. ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Events January 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about January 1st in the Gregorian calendar. ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... In the Christian calendar, Lady Day is the Feast of the Annunciation (25 March) and the first of the four traditional Irish Quarter days and English quarter days. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... 1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Christmas (literally, the Mass of Christ) is a holiday in the Christian calendar, usually observed on December 25, which celebrates the birth of Jesus. ... Twelfth Night is a holiday January 5 marked by some branches of Christianity, marking the 12th and final night of the Christmas season, namely the eve before twelfth day or January 6, the Epiphany celebration to commemorate the adoration of the Magi. ... A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing an extra day or month in order to keep the calendar year in sync with an astronomical or seasonal year. ...

January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... January 2 is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 7 is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Events

• 45 BC - The Julian calendar first takes effect.
• 404 - Last known gladiator competition in Rome takes place.
• 1438 - Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary.
• 1600 - Scotland begins using the Julian calendar.
• 1651 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland
• 1700 - Russia begins using the Julian calendar.
• 1707 - John V is crowned King of Portugal
• 1738 - Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
• 1788 - First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
• 1801 - Legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed to form United Kingdom
• 1801 - The first known asteroid 1 Ceres is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.
• 1804 - French rule ends in Haiti.
• 1808 - Importation of slaves into the United States is banned
• 1818 - Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus is first published.
• 1863 - American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect.
• 1863 - The first claim under the Homestead Act is made by Daniel Freeman for a farm in Nebraska.
• 1869 - Sigma Nu fraternity is officially founded at the Virginia Military Institute
• 1880 - Ferdinand de Lesseps begins French construction of the Panama Canal.
• 1892 - Ellis Island opens to begin accepting immigrants to the United States.
• 1893 - Japan begins using the Gregorian calendar.
• 1898 - New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25th by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
• 1899 - Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
• 1901 - Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
• 1901 - The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton becomes first Prime Minister.
• 1901 - The first official mummers parade is held.
• 1902 - The first Rose Bowl game is played in Pasadena, California.
• 1908 - For the first time, a ball is dropped in New York City's Times Square to signify the start of the New Year.
• 1911 - Northern Territory is separated from South Australia and transferred to Commonwealth control.
• 1912 - The Republic of China is established.
• 1934 - Alcatraz Island becomes a U.S. federal prison.
• 1934 - Nazi Germany passes the "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring".
• 1935 - Bucknell University wins the first Orange Bowl 26-0 over the University of Miami.
• 1937 - Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua.
• 1937 - The first Cotton Bowl game is played in Dallas, Texas.
• 1939 - The Vienna New Year's Concert is first held.
• 1942 - The Declaration by the United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
• 1945 - Bahawalpur State issues its first stamps.
• 1948 - UK railways are nationalised to form British Railways.
• 1948 - Enrico De Nicola is formally named President of Italy, but refuses to be a candidate for the first constitutional election the following May.
• 1956 - With the consent of the British and Egyptian governments, Sudan achieves independence.
• 1958 - The European Community is established.
• 1959 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista overthrown by Fidel Castro.
• 1960 - Cameroon becomes independent.
• 1962 - Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
• 1964 - Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland dissolved.
• 1969 - Marien Ngouabi becomes President of the Republic of Congo.
• 1970 - Unix epoch begins at 00:00:00 UTC.
• 1971 - Cigarette advertisements are banned on United States television.
• 1973 - United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark join the European Community.
• 1976 - NBC introduces its new logo: an abstract "N", similar to the Nebraska Educational Television Network logo.
• 1978 - Air India Flight 855 Boeing 747 explodes and crashes into the sea off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
• 1979 - United States and the People's Republic of China establish formal diplomatic relations.
• 1981 - Palau becomes self-governing.
• 1981 - Greece enters the European Community
• 1983 - The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.
• 1984 - Brunei becomes a fully independent state.
• 1984 - AT&T is broken up into 22 independent units.
• 1984 - Spain and Portugal enter the European Community.
• 1985 - Creation of the Internet's Domain Name System.
• 1985 - First British mobile phone call made by Ernie Wise to Vodafone.
• 1986 - Aruba becomes independent of Curaçao.
• 1987 - Nunavut's capital changes its name from Frobisher Bay to Iqaluit.
• 1988 - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.
• 1992 - George H. W. Bush becomes the first President of the United States to address the Australian Parliament .
• 1993 - Velvet Divorce: Czechoslovakia divides into Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
• 1993 - A single market within the European Community is introduced.
• 1994 - The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect.
• 1994 - The EZLN makes its presence known in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, initiating 12 days of armed conflict in that southeastern Mexican state.
• 1995 - World Trade Organization goes into effect.
• 1995 - Austria, Finland and Sweden enter the European Union.
• 1996 - Curacao gains limited self-government.
• 1998 - Smoking is banned in all bars and restaurants in California.
• 1999 - The Euro currency is introduced.
• 2002 - Euro banknotes and coins become legal tender.
• 2002 - The Open Skies mutual surveillance treaty, initially signed in 1992, officially enters into force.
• 2003 - Luís Inácio Lula da Silva becomes president of Brazil.
• 2004 - Pervez Musharraf gets vote of confidence to continue as President of Pakistan from Parliament and provincial assemblies.

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Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley née Godwin (August 30, 1797–February 1, 1851) was an English writer who is, perhaps, equally-famously remembered as the wife of Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and as the author of Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus is a novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the United States – forces coming mostly from the 23 northern states of the Union – and the newly-formed Confederate States of America, which consisted of 11 southern states that had declared their secession. ... First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation - Lincoln meets with his Cabinet. ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 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Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... Manhattan is an island bordering the lower Hudson River. ... The Brooklyn Bridge in 1890, seven years after its opening Kings County in New York State Brooklyn is the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Queens County in New York State Queens, the most ethnically diverse county in the United States, is geographically the largest of the five boroughs of New York City. ... The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States. ... 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A prime minister is the leading member of the cabinet of the top level government in a parliamentary system of government of a country, alternatively A prime minister is an official in a presidential system or semi-presidential system whose duty is to execute the directives of the President and... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Mummers parade is held each New Years Day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Rose Bowl is an annual American college football game usually played on January 1 at the stadium of the same name in Pasadena, California. ... The Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, CA Pasadena is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 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The Republic of China (Traditional Chinese: 中華民國; Simplified Chinese: 中华民国; Wade-Giles: Chung-hua Min-kuo, Tongyong Pinyin: JhongHuá MínGuó, Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó) is a multiparty democratic state that is de facto composed of the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Quemoy, and the Matsu. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alcatraz Island is located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bucknell University is a university located along the Susquehanna River in the rolling countryside of Central Pennsylvania in the town of Lewisburg, whose entire 19th century downtown was recently placed on the National Registry of Historic Places. ... The Orange Bowl is an annual college football game that is usually played on January 1 in Miami, Florida. ... The University of Miami is a private university in the city of Coral Gables in metropolitan Miami, Florida. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Anastasio Somoza was the name of two presidents of Nicaragua. ... 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The Declaration by the United Nations was a World War II document agreed to on January 1, 1942 by the governments (several of them governments-in-exile) of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, China, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The State of Bahawalpur was a princely state of the Punjab in Pakistan, stretching along the southern bank of the Sutlej and Indus Rivers, with its capital city at Bahawalpur. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nationalization is the act of taking assets into state ownership. ... 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Section 1 of the Constitution of Australia provides that: The legislative power of the Commonwealth shall... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ... The Velvet Divorce is a journalistic term for the dissolution of the former country of Czechoslovakia into the nations of Slovakia and the Czech Republic, effective January 1, 1993. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ... The European Community (EC), most important of three European Communities, was originally founded on March 25, 1957 by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the name of European Economic Community. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The North American Free Trade Agreement, known usually as NAFTA, is a comprehensive trade agreement linking Canada, the United States, and Mexico in a free trade sphere. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) is an armed revolutionary group based in Chiapas, one of the poorest states of Mexico. ... Other Mexican States Capital Tuxtla Gutiérrez Other major cities San Cristóbal Tapachula list of municipalities Area 74,211 km² Ranked 8th Population (2000 census) 3,920,500 Ranked 8th Governor (2000-06) Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía (alliance of PRD, PAN, & others) Federal Deputies (12) PRI = 11 PAN = 1... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international organization which oversees a large number of agreements defining the rules of trade between its member states (WTO, 2004a). ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Curaçao and Bonaire are two Caribbean islands Curaçao [pronounced koo-rah-sow] (population 150,000) is an island in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea, one of the Windward Islands of the Netherlands Antilles, a self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The euro (€; ISO 4217 code EUR) is the currency of twelve European Union member states: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The euro (€; ISO 4217 code EUR) is the currency of twelve European Union member states: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Treaty on Open Skies entered into force on January 1, 2002, and currently has 30 States Parties. ... Surveillance is close monitoring of behaviour. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (born October 6, 1945) is a left-wing Brazilian politician. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... General Pervez Musharraf (born August 11, 1943, Delhi, India) became de facto ruler (using the title Chief Executive and assuming extensive power) of [[the office of President of Pakistan (becoming Head of State) on June 20, 2001. ... The President of Pakistan is Pakistans Head of State. ... The Parliament of Pakistan is known as the Majlis-e-Shoora (Council of Advisors). ...

Births

• 766 - Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)
• 1431 - Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503)
• 1449 - Lorenzo de Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)
• 1484 - Huldreich Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)
• 1516 - Margareta Leijonhufvud, Queen of Sweden (d. 1551)
• 1618 - Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter (d. 1682)
• 1735 - Paul Revere, American silversmith, patriot (d. 1818)
• 1750 - Frederick Muhlenberg, first speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1801)
• 1752 - Betsy Ross, American seamstress (d. 1836)
• 1804? - James Fannin, Texas Revolutionary (d. 1836)
• 1823 - Sándor Petöfi, Hungarian poet and revolutionary (d. 1849)
• 1839 - Ouida, English writer (d. 1908)
• 1860 - George Washington Carver, American educator, inventor, botanist (d. 1943)
• 1863 - Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and pedagogue, initiator of the modern Olympic Games (d. 1937)
• 1864 - Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (d. 1946)
• 1874 - Gustave Whitehead, German-American inventor (d. 1927)
• 1876 - Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (d. 1933)
• 1879 - E. M. Forster, English novelist (d. 1970)
• 1887 - Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (d. 1945)
• 1890 - Anton Melik, Slovene geographer (d. 1966)
• 1892 - Artur Rodzinski, Croatian conductor (d. 1958)
• 1894 - Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974)
• 1895 - J. Edgar Hoover, FBI director (d. 1972)
• 1900 - Xavier Cugat, Catalan-Cuban musician, bandleader (d. 1990)
• 1904 - Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (d. 1982)
• 1906 - Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)
• 1909 - Barry M. Goldwater, Arizona Senator (d. 1998)
• 1909 - Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1911 - Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (d. 1986)
• 1912 - Kim Philby, British spy (d. 1988)
• 1917 - Jule Gregory Charney, meteorologist (d. 1981)
• 1917 - Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)
• 1919 - J. D. Salinger, American novelist
• 1920 - Virgilio Savona, Italian singer and songwriter (Quartetto Cetra)
• 1921 - Isma'il Raji' al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American Muslim thinker, philosopher, and comparative religion scholar (d. 1986)
• 1922 - Rocky Graziano, American boxer (d. 1990)
• 1925 - Stymie Beard, actor (d. 1981)
• 1927 - Doak Walker, American football star (d 1998)
• 1928 - Ernest Tidyman, American writer (d. 1984)
• 1931 - Chun Doo Hwan, president of South Korea
• 1933 - Frederick_Lowy, Canadian medical educator, ethicist, and university president
• 1933 - Joe Orton, English writer (d. 1967)
• 1940 - Helmut Jahn, German architect
• 1940 - Frank Langella American actor
• 1942 - Martin Frost, American politician
• 1942 - Country Joe McDonald, American musician, (Country Joe and the Fish)
• 1942 - Gennadi Sarafanov, cosmonaut
• 1943 - Don Novello, American actor, comedian, writer
• 1945 - Jacky Ickx, Belgian automobile racer
• 1966 - Alison Doody, Irish actress
• 1966 - Michael Imperioli, American actor
• 1966 - Embeth Davidtz - American actress
• 1968 - Grandmaster Flash, Barbados-born singer
• 1969 - Verne Troyer - American actor
• 1970 - Paul Thomas Anderson, American film director, writer, producer
• 1972 - Neve McIntosh, actress
• 1975 - Joe Cannon, American soccer player
• 1979 - Koichi Domoto, Japanese artist
• 1980 - Elin Nordegren, Swedish model
• 1981 - Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian Formula One racing driver
• 1982 - David Nalbandian, Argentine tennis player

Events November 16 - Nicetas appointed Patriarch of Constantinople Births January 1 - Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. ... Imam Ali ar Rida (January 1, 766 - May 26, 818) was the Eighth Shia Imam. ... The Shia Imam is considered by the Shia sect of Islam to be the rightful successor to Muhammad, and is similar to the Caliph in Sunni Islam. ... Events Bishop Theodulf of Orléans is deposed and imprisoned after getting involved in a conspiracy of Bernard, king of Italy, against Louis the Pious Births Deaths May 26 - Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam Categories: 818 ... Events February 21 - The trial of Joan of Arc March 3 - Eugenius IV becomes Pope May 30 - In Rouen, France, 19-year old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake. ... Alexander VI, né Rodrigo Borgia (January 1, 1431 – August 18, 1503) pope (1492-1503), is the most memorable of the secular popes of the Renaissance. ... Events January 20 - Seville in Castile is awarded exclusive right to trade with the New World. ... Events January 6 - Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor. ... The exact same full name was also carried by his grandson Lorenzo (1492 - 1519), Duke of Urbino, with whom he is sometimes confused. ... Events January 2 - Boabdil, the last Moorish King of Granada, surrenders his city to the army of Ferdinand and Isabella after a lengthy siege. ... Events July 6 - Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of Congo River December 5 - Pope Innocent VIII gives the inquisition a mission to hunt heretics and witches in Germany with the lead of Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger First cuirassier units (kyrissers) formed in Austria Births January... Zwinglis Successor Zwinglis successor, Heinrich Bullinger, was elected on December 9, 1531, to be the pastor of the Great Minster at Zürich, a position which he held to the end of his life (1575). ... Events January 26 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake-- thousands die October 1 - Battle of Kappel - The forces of Zürich are defeated by the Catholic cantons. ... Events March - With the death of Ferdinand II of Aragon, his grandson Charles of Ghent becomes King of Spain as Carlos I. July - Selim I of the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Mameluks and invades Syria. ... Margareta Leijonhufvud (January 1, 1516 - August 26, 1551) was the consort of King Gustav I and a Queen of Sweden from 1536 to 1551. ... Events Russia, Reforming Synod of the metropolite Macaire, Orthodoxy: introduction of a calendar of the saints and an ecclesiastical law code ( Stoglav ) Major outbreak of the sweating sickness in England. ... Events March 8 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but on May 15 confirms the discovery). ... Murillo Bartolom Est ban Murillo (January 1, 1618 - April 3, 1682) was a Spanish painter from Seville. ... Events March 11 – Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England May 6 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles. ... Events 16 April - The London premiere of Alcina by George Frideric Handel, his first the first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. ... Portrait of Paul Revere by John Singleton Copley, c. ... 1818 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Events March 2 - Small earthquake in London April 4 - Small earthquake in Warrington, England August 23 - Small earthquake in Spalding, England September 30 - Small earthquake in Northampton, England November 16 – Westminster Bridge officially opened Jonas Hanway is the first Englishman to use an umbrella James Gray reveals her sex to... Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg (January 1, 1750 - June 4, 1801), American politician, was the first speaker of the United States House of Representatives, elected April 1, 1789. ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... 1801 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... BETSY ROSS WAS BORN ON JANUARY 1,1752 AND SHE HAD DIED WHEN SHE WAS AT THE AGE OF 84. ... 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... James Walker Fannin, Jr. ... The Texas Revolution was a war fought between Mexico and the people of the territory that was to become the Republic of Texas. ... 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... . Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849) was a Hungarian national poet and a key figure in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... George Washington Carver, 1906 George Washington Carver (c. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Baron Pierre de Coubertin Baron Pierre de Coubertin (January 1, 1863-September 2, 1937), born as Pierre de Frédy, was a French pedagogue and historian, but is best known as the founder of the modern Olympic Games. ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Alfred Stieglitz, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1935 Alfred Stieglitz (January 1, 1864_July 13, 1946) was a US-born photographer who was instrumental over his fifty-year career in making photography an acceptable art form alongside painting and sculpture. ... This is a list of notable photographers in the art, documentary and fashion traditions. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Gustave Albin Whitehead, born Gustav Albin Weißkopf (January 1, 1874 - October 10, 1927), was a German-American aviation pioneer. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Harriet Brooks (January 1, 1876 - January 1, 1933) was the first Canadian woman nuclear physicist. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Edward Morgan Forster (January 1, 1879 - June 7, 1970) was an English novelist. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... This article is about the 20th-century German military officer. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Anton Melik (January 1, 1890 – June 8, 1966) was a Slovene geographer. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Artur Rodzinski (January 1, 1892 - November 27, 1958) was a Polish conductor. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Satyendra Nath Bose /sɐθ. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Hoover in 1961 John Edgar Hoover ( January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was appointed Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on May 10, 1924, and remained so until his death in 1972, having been appointed to that position for life by Lyndon Johnson. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Xavier Cugat (1 January 1900 - 27 October 1990) was a Catalan-Cuban bandleader who many consider to have had more to do with the infusion of Latin music into United States popular music than any other musician. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (January 1, 1904 - June 2, 1982) was President of Pakistan from August 14, 1973 until his resignation on September 16, 1978 Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry was born in the city of Gujrat in the Punjab province on January 1, 1904. ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January-February January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Giovanni DAnzi ( Milan, Italy, 1 January 1906, Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy, 15 April 1974) was an Italian songwriter. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Barry Goldwater Barry Morris Goldwater (January 1, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was a United States politician and a founding figure in the modern conservative movem