- 2009 Czech Republic assumes EU presidency
- 2009 Slovakia replaces its national currency, the Slovak koruna, with the Euro
- 2008 Cyprus replaces it's currency with the Euro
- 2008 Malta replaces it's currency with the Euro
- 2007 Bulgaria and Romania join the E.U.
- 2007 Bulgaria joins the European Union
- 2007 Romania joins the European Union
- 2007 Slovenia begins using the Euro as it's currency
- 2004 Rose Bowl, USC Trojans beat Michigan Wolverines 28 - 14
- 2003 Rose Bowl, Oklahoma Sooners beat Washington State Cougars 34 - 14
- 2002 Rose Bowl, Miami Hurricanes beat Nebraska Cornhuskers 37 - 14
- 2002 The Euro becomes the official currency for most of Europe
- 2001 Rose Bowl, Washington Huskies beat Purdue Boilermakers 34 - 24
- 2000 Rose Bowl, Wisconsin Badgers beat Stanford Cardinals 17 - 9
- 2000 After years of preparation for Y2K, only minor computer-related problems were reported (a problem with Hotmail, with a nuclear power plant in Japan and with apartment heating in Korea)
- 2000 Millennial celebrations occurred worldwide without terrorist incidents
- 1999 International Year of Elderly
- 1999 Rose Bowl, Wisconsin Badgers beat UCLA Bruins 38 - 31
- 1998 All California bars, clubs and card rooms must be smoke-free
- 1998 Mongolia switches from a 46 hour to 40 hour work week
- 1998 U.S. Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733
- 1998 Rose Bowl, Michigan Wolverines beat Washington State Cougars 21 - 16
- 1997 Rose Bowl, Ohio State Buckeyes beat Arizona State Sun Devils 20 - 17
- 1996 After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin
- 1996 Curaeao gains limited form of self rule (Status Aparte)
- 1995 "Glass Menagerie" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 57 performances
- 1995 "Shadow Box" closes at Circle in Square Theater New York City after 49 performances
- 1995 Austria, Finland and Sweden act to join European Union
- 1995 Centennial of Canadian Mounties presence in Canada's Yukon Territory
- 1995 Fernando Henrique Cardoso installed as president of Brazil
- 1995 International Year of Tolerance
- 1995 Last "Far Side" by cartoonist Gary Larson started in 1980
- 1995 Raman Lamba and Ravi Sehgal score 464 for 1st wicket for Delhi
- 1995 "Tuna Christmas" closes at Booth Theater New York City 20 performances
- 1994 "Flying Karamzov Brothers" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 50 performances
- 1994 "Grand Night after Singing" closes at Criterion New York City after 52 performances
- 1994 Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.83)
- 1994 Carquest Bowl 4: Boston College beats Virginia, 32-13
- 1994 Howard Stern's New Year's Eve Beauty Pageant
- 1994 International Year of Family
- 1994 Jacobs Field opens with "Gateway's New Year's Eve Countdown to '94"
- 1994 Microsoft CEO Bill Gates (38) marries Melinda French (29)
- 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect
- 1993 12 member European Economic Community sets up vast free trade zone
- 1993 Blockbuster Bowl 3: Stanford beats Penn State, 24-3
- 1993 Cigarette advertisements are banned in New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority
- 1993 Czechoslovakia separates into Czech Republic (Bohemia) and Slovakia
- 1993 Harry Connick, Jr. arrested at a New York airport for gun possession
- 1992 Bush is 1st U.S. President to address Australian Parliament
- 1992 Curaeao becomes 1st in Dutch Antilles to have compulsory education
- 1992 Europe breaks down trade barriers
- 1992 International Space Year begins
- 1992 New York City transit fare increases from $1.15 to $1.25
- 1991 5% sales tax on consumer goods and services goes into effect in U.S.S.R.
- 1991 Iraq rejects peace proposal from Egyptian President Hosi Mubarak
- 1991 Les Miserables opens at Festival Theatre, Adelaide
- 1990 David Dinkins sworn in as 1st black mayor of New York City
- 1990 Mitsuko Nishiwaki beats Nakano to become Japan Women wrestling champ
- 1990 New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority stops token redemption at subway stations
- 1990 Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV
- 1990 FCC implements "SYNDEX" giving independent stations more rights over cable TV outlets for exclusive syndicated programs
- 1989 Actress Kelly McGillis gets married
- 1989 New York City transit fare rises from $1.00 to $1.15
- 1989 Year of the Young Reader begins
- 1988 Czechoslovakian born tennis star Hana Mandikova becomes an Australian Citizen
- 1988 Miami beats Oklahoma for college football championship
- 1988 Year of the Reader begins
- 1987 60 bodies recovered in Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico
- 1987 China's rudimentary civil code in effect
- 1987 International Year of Shelter for Homeless begins
- 1986 Aruba becomes independent from neighbor island Curaeao
- 1986 Barbra Striesand and Jon Peters relationship breaks up
- 1986 International Peace Year begins
- 1986 New York City transit fare rises from 90 cents to $1.00
- 1986 Oklahoma wins Orange Bowl for college football championship
- 1986 Spain and Portugal are 11th and 12th to join European Economic Community
- 1986 Iowa's All-American running back, Ronnie Harmon, fumbles the ball 4 times in his last game at the Rose Bowl
- 1985 Actress Judith Licht (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (One Life to Live)
- 1985 International Youth Year begins
- 1985 US's 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY)
- 1985 VH-1 made its broadcasting debut
- 1984 AT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies
- 1984 Brunei becomes independent of U.K.
- 1984 New York City transit fare rises from 75 cents to 90 cents
- 1983 PGA inaugurates all-exempt tour
- 1983 Penn State beats Georgia in Sugar Bowl for college football title
- 1983 World Communications Year begins
- 1982 30 Something stars Ken Olin and Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry
- 1982 Clemson wins the Orange Bowl for college football championship
- 1982 Javier Perez de Cuellar becomes Secretary-General of UN
- 1982 Metropolitan Transportation Authority launches a 5 year plan to upgrade the New York City subway system
- 1982 Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland
- 1982 TA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul New York City subway system
- 1981 Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title
- 1981 Greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community
- 1981 International Year for the Disabled begins
- 1981 Palau, Trust Territory of Pacific Islands, becomes self-governing
- 1981 Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors
- 1980 54th Australian Womens Tennis: Barbara Jordan beats S Walsh (63 63)
- 1980 Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship
- 1980 Chrysler U.K. renamed Talbot
- 1980 International Decade of Water and Sanitation begins
- 1980 Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran
- 1980 Premier Adbou Diouf becomes president of Senegal
- 1980 Sweden changes order of succession to throne
- 1979 International Year of the Child begins
- 1979 Jura, 26th canton of Switzerland, established
- 1979 U.S. and China (Peoples Republic) begin diplomatic relations
- 1978 "Your Arm's Too Short..." closes at Lyceum New York City after 429 performances
- 1978 Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213
- 1978 President Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909
- 1977 1st woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means)
- 1977 Belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596
- 1977 Czechoslovakian intellects begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77
- 1977 Tony Dorsett runs for record 202 yards in the Sugar Bowl
- 1976 "Musical Jubilee" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 92 performances
- 1976 Liberty Bell moves to new home behind Independence Hall
- 1976 NBC replaces the peacock logo
- 1976 Venezuela nationalizes oil fields
- 1975 Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell and Mardian convicted of Watergate crime
- 1975 International Women's Year begins
- 1975 Sweden adopts constitution
- 1974 Lee MacPhail takes over as AL president, succeeding Joe Cronin
- 1974 NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead)
- 1974 World Population Year begins
- 1973 47th Australian Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Goolagong (64 75)
- 1973 Britain, Ireland and Denmark become 7th - 9th members of Common Market
- 1973 West African Economic Community formed (Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta)
- 1972 "Company" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 690 performances
- 1972 "On the Town" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 65 performances
- 1972 "Promises Promises" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 1281 performances
- 1972 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
- 1972 International Book Year begins
- 1972 KDSD TV channel 16 in Aberdeen, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1971 Cigarette advertisements banned on television
- 1970 "The Epoch" (Time 0 for UNIX systems, Midnight GMT)
- 1970 Afro-American Historical Calendar Series Established
- 1970 Charles "Chub" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League
- 1970 Netherlands Christian Workers Union (NCW) forms
- 1970 Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect
- 1969 Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL's Los Angeles Kings, fines each player $100 for "NOT" arguing with the referee
- 1968 ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp and FM)
- 1968 Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Caesar's Palace Fountain
- 1968 Netherlands gets color TV
- 1968 WDCO TV channel 15 in Cochran, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1967 CRU becomes the CAFA and turns over the Grey Cup trophy to the CFL
- 1967 Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs. West Indies cancelled by riots
- 1967 FCC requires AM-FM sister stations to be at least 50% different
- 1967 Green Bay Packers beat Dallas Cowboys 34-27 in NFL championship game
- 1967 Kansas City Chiefs beat Buffalo Bills 31-7 in AFL championship game
- 1967 St. Helena adopts constitution
- 1967 Tonga revises constitution
- 1967 WABW TV channel 14 in Pelham, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1966 12 day transit worker strike shuts down New York City subway
- 1966 Military coup by Col Jean-Bedel Bokassa in Central African Republic
- 1966 Simon and Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence" reaches #1
- 1966 All U.S. cigarette packs have to carry "Caution Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health"
- 1965 International Cooperation Year begins
- 1965 Palestinian al-Fatah organization forms
- 1964 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland dissolved
- 1964 KNMT TV channel 12 in Walker, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1964 KTVS TV channel 3 in Sterling, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1963 G Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank
- 1963 WTEV (now WLNE) TV channel 6 in Providence RI begins broadcasting
- 1962 Beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful
- 1962 Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium
- 1962 Western Samoa gains independence from New Zealand, Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes co-chief of Western Samoa
- 1961 Briggs Stadium is renamed Tigers Stadium
- 1961 Houston Oilers beat LA Chargers 24-16 in AFL championship game
- 1961 Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion)
- 1961 Russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11
- 1960 Bank of France issues new franc, worth 20 cents
- 1960 French Cameroon gains independence from France
- 1960 Johnny Cash plays 1st of many free concerts behind bars
- 1960 Montserrat adopts constitution
- 1960 U.S. census at 179,245,000
- 1959 Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dom Rep
- 1959 Chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community
- 1959 Rohan Kanhai completes 256 vs. India at Calcutta
- 1958 BOAC Britannia flies London to New York in a record 7h57m
- 1958 European Economic Community, known as the Common Market, starts operation
- 1958 Sammy Davis, Jr. marries Loray White
- 1958 WMBD TV channel 31 in Peoria, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1957 Benjamin Britten's ballet "Prince and the Pauper," premieres in London
- 1957 France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Rep
- 1956 Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville
- 1956 KHAS TV channel 5 in Hastings, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1956 KOSA TV channel 7 in Odessa, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1956 Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) declares independence from Egypt and U.K.
- 1956 WREC (now WREG) TV channel 3 in Memphis, Tennessee (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1955 Bhutan issues its 1st postage stamps
- 1955 WEAT (now WPEC) TV channel 12 in West Palm Beach, Florida (CBS) begins
- 1954 KSLA TV channel 12 in Shreveport, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1954 Rose and Cotton Bowl are 1st sports colorcasts
- 1954 WWTV TV channel 9 in Cadillac-Traverse City, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
- 1954 Yugoslav parliament chairman/Vice President Milovan Djilas criticize communism
- 1953 Ernest Blochs "Suite Hebraique," premieres
- 1953 WBRE TV channel 28 in Wilkes-Barre Scranton, Pennsylvania (NBC) 1st broadcast
- 1952 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 5th string quartet
- 1951 Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines
- 1950 Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo China
- 1949 KPRC TV channel 2 in Houston, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1949 KTTV TV channel 11 in Los Angeles, California (MET) begins broadcasting
- 1949 Tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand
- 1948 1st color newsreel filmed in Pasadena, California
- 1948 Bradman scores 132 in the 1st innings of the 3rd Test vs. India
- 1948 Britain nationalizes its railways
- 1948 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade effective
- 1948 Italy adopts constitution
- 1948 Orissa province accedes to India
- 1947 Benelux agress to work related issues
- 1947 Britain nationalizes its coal industry
- 1947 WTTG TV channel 5 in Washington, D.C. (MET) begins broadcasting
- 1946 ENIAC, U.S. 1st computer finished by Mauchly/Eckert
- 1946 Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god
- 1946 National Assembly proclaims Hungary a republic
- 1945 France joins the UN
- 1945 German air raid on allied airports at Eindhoven/Saint-Trond/Brussels
- 1944 1st feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, New York City
- 1944 Army defeats Navy 10-7 in football "Arab Bowl," Oran, North Africa
- 1944 General Clark replaces General Patton as commander of 7th Army
- 1943 Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to Lt-colonel
- 1942 Rose Bowl played in North Carolina due to Japanese threat, Oregon - 20, Duke - 16
- 1942 U.S. and 25 other countries sign a united declaration against the Axis
- 1941 Netherlands begins taxing wages
- 1941 Russian general Zhukov appointed chief of general staff
- 1937 Anastasio Somoza becomes president of Nicaragua
- 1937 Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to captain
- 1937 U.S. Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio
- 1936 1st newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune
- 1935 1st Sugar Bowl and 1st Orange Bowl
- 1935 Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto
- 1935 Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as General Manager
- 1935 President Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Ataturk: Father of Turkey"
- 1934 Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison
- 1934 Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, FDIC, U.S. bank guarantor, effective
- 1934 International Telecommunication Union established
- 1932 Jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon Ohio
- 1932 Rasse und Siedlungshauptamt publishes Himmler's wedding laws
- 1930 Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant
- 1930 Jurgens and Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever
- 1929 Roy Riegels runs 60 yds the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery
- 1928 1st U.S. air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio
- 1928 Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) begins broadcasting (Netherlands)
- 1927 Communist uprising in West Java
- 1927 Dodgers announce release of future Hall of Fame Zack Wheat
- 1926 Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne
- 1925 Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo
- 1924 Grossdeutsche Volksgemeinschaft/Volkische Block replaces NSDAP
- 1923 Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established
- 1922 Vancouver, BC starts driving on the right side of road
- 1919 Belorussian SSR established
- 1918 Last day of the Julian calendar in Finland
- 1916 1st football game in Rose Bowl, Washington State vs. Brown
- 1915 DW Griffith shows "Clansman" at a sneak preview
- 1915 Jews of Laibach Austria expelled
- 1914 1st scheduled airline flight, St. Petersburg-Tampa (Tony Jannus pilot)
- 1914 Klaas ter Laan becomes Netherlands 1st socialist mayor (Zaandam)
- 1914 Northern and Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria
- 1913 Post office begins parcel post deliveries
- 1912 1st running of San Francisco's famed "Bay to Breakers" race, 7.63 miles / 12.3 km
- 1912 Sun Yat-sen forms Chinese Republic
- 1911 Belgian Mining law introduces 9 -hour work day
- 1911 South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government
- 1910 Simpson-Hayward (England) takes 6-43 on debut with underarm lobs
- 1909 Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon (2:52:45.4)
- 1908 1st time, ball signifying new year dropped at Times Square
- 1908 Jack Hobbs makes his Test debut at the MCG (83 and 28)
- 1907 President Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day
- 1906 Dutch law makes driver's license mandatory
- 1905 9 hour work day for diamond miners
- 1904 Netherlands Indies colony begins opium production
- 1902 1st Rose Bowl game in Pasadena, California, University of Michigan - 49, Sanford - 0
- 1902 Nathan Stubblefield makes 1st public demonstration of radio, Penn
- 1901 Australia declares independence from federation of U.K. colonies
- 1901 Commonwealth of Australia established
- 1900 1st date in John dos Passos' USA trilogy (The 42nd Parallel)
- 1900 British protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria established
- 1900 Compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect
- 1899 Cuba liberated from Spain by U.S., known as National Day, U.S. occupies until 1902
- 1898 Lightship replaces whistling buoy at mouth of San Francisco Bay
- 1898 d'Annunzio's "Sogno d'un mattino di primavera," premieres in Rome
- 1897 1st football game between black colleges-Atlanta U 10, Tuskegee 0
- 1897 Brooklyn merges with New York to form present City of New York
- 1896 Wilhelm Rontgen announces his discovery of x-rays
- 1895 Norway adopts Mid-European time
- 1894 Denmark adopts Mid-European time
- 1894 Manchester Ship Canal in England opens to traffic
- 1893 1st U.S. college extension courses for credit, University of Chicago
- 1893 Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar
- 1892 Ellis Island becomes reception center for new immigrants
- 1891 French troops occupy Nioro, West-Sudan, 3000 killed
- 1891 King Pakketvaart sails to Netherlands Indies
- 1886 1st Tournament of Roses (Pasadena California)
- 1881 Dr. John H Watson is introduced to Sherlock Holmes
- 1880 Building of Panama Canal, begins
- 1879 John Brahms' Violin Concerto in D major premieres in Leipzig
- 1877 England's Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India
- 1874 New York City annexes the Bronx
- 1873 Origin of Japanese Era
- 1871 Belgium disbands salt tax
- 1863 President Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful
- 1863 1st homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice, Nebr
- 1863 Battle of Galveston, Texas-Confederates recapture the city
- 1863 Battle of Helena, AK
- 1863 Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln
- 1863 Franz Schuberts "Missa Solemnis," premieres in Leipzig
- 1862 1st U.S. income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)
- 1862 Battle of Ft. McRee, Florida Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina (Port Royal Ferry)
- 1861 Porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City
- 1860 Slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies
- 1858 Canada begins using decimal currency system
- 1854 Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn)
- 1853 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in U.S. enters service
- 1852 1st U.S. public bath opens, in New York City
- 1852 Netherlands begins issuing postage stamps
- 1851 City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line
- 1848 Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua
- 1847 Michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment
- 1847 Netherlands Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing
- 1846 Yucatan declares independence from Mexico
- 1844 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week)
- 1842 1st illustrated weekly magazine in U.S. publishes 1st issue, New York City
- 1840 1st recorded bowling match in U.S., Knickerbocker Alleys, New York City
- 1838 1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide
- 1834 German Tolunie goes into effect
- 1833 British government demands Falkland islands
- 1833 Curaeao census: 2,602 whites, 6,531 free people and 5,894 slaves
- 1831 William Lloyd Garrison publishes 1st issue of abolitionist journal
- 1827 Dutch Trade Company NHM gets opium monopoly on Java
- 1826 Baron Van der Capellen resigns as governor of Dutch-Indies
- 1818 Official reopening of the White House
- 1814 Field marshal Blucher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub
- 1809 Holland Brigade under Brigadier General Chasse reaches Madrid
- 1808 African Benevolent Society (education) forms
- 1808 Congress prohibits importation of slaves
- 1808 Sierra Leone becomes a British colony
- 1807 Curacao is taken by English, until March, 1816
- 1804 Haiti gains independence from France (National Day)
- 1801 Ireland and Great Britain, England and Scotland, form United Kingdom
- 1801 Giuseppe Piazzi discovers 1st asteroid, which is named Ceres later
- 1801 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland established
- 1800 Dutch East Indies Company dissolves
- 1798 Russia appoints 1st Jewish censor to censor Hebrew books
- 1797 Albany replaces New York City as capital of NY
- 1788 London's Daily Universal Registrar becomes the Times
- 1788 Quakers in Pennsylvania emancipate their slaves
- 1785 "Daily Universal Register" (Times of London) publishes 1st issue
- 1776 General George Washington hoists Continental Union Flag
- 1772 1st traveller's checks issued (London)
- 1770 Date of action in the opera "Madeleine"
- 1739 J B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica
- 1707 Jacob V succeeds his father Pedro II as king of Portugal
- 1701 Great Britain and Ireland union is in effect, creating United Kingdom
- 1700 Protestant West-Europe (except England) begin using Gregorian calendar
- 1700 Russia replaces Byzantines with Julian calendar
- 1689 Pro-James II-earl of Danby occupies York
- 1675 Don Carlos de Gurrea/Aragon becomes Spanish land guardian of S Netherlands
- 1673 Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston
- 1672 Jean Racine's "Bajazet," premieres in Paris
- 1660 1st entry in Samuel Pepys' diary
- 1660 General Moncks army battles with the Tweed on way to London
- 1660 Thomas Fairfax' New Model-army occupies York
- 1651 Charles II Stuart crowned king of Scotland
- 1643 Isaac Newton is baptized in St. John's Church in Colsterworth, England
- 1622 Papal Chancery adopts Jan 1 as beginning of the year (was Mar 25)
- 1610 German astronomer Simon Marius 1st discovers the Jupiter moons, but does not officially report it, Galileo does on July 1 1610
- 1583 1st day of the Gregorian calendar in Holland and Flanders
- 1573 Geuzen sets fire to Woudrichem
- 1515 Francois, Duke of Angoulame succeeds Louis XII as Francois I of France
- 1515 Jews are expelled from Laibach Austria
- 1504 King Louis XII loses last bulwark in Naples, Caeta
- 1502 Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro
- 1494 Juw Dekama elected potentate of Frisia
- 1438 Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Hungary
- 1430 Jews of Sicily are no longer required to attend conversionist services
- 990 Russia adopts Julian calendar
- 722 Hofmeier Charles Martel flees from bishop Willibrord
- 414 King Ataulf of Narbonne marries emperor Honorius sister Galle Placidia
- 404 Last gladiator competition in Rome
- 313 Start of Roman (Pontifical) Indiction
- 89 Governor Lucius Antonius Saturninus of Germany becomes emperor of Rome
- 69 Roman garrison of Mainz uprising
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