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Up to 1800
1. 153 BC – Roman consuls begin their yearin office. 2. 45 BC – The Julian calendaris first used. 3. 193 – The day after Commodus is murdered, the Roman Senate chooses Pertinax to succeed him as Roman emperor. 4. 1001 – Stephen I is named as the first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II. 5. 1438 – Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary. 6. 1502 – Exploration of the place where Rio de Janeiro is now. The name means "River of January". It is named because its bay was mistaken for a r...
1801–1900
1. 1801 – The Act of Union 1800 begins to have effect and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland join to make the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2. 1801 – Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres in the Solar System's asteroid belt. 3. 1804 – France stops ruling Haiti. Haiti becomes independent. 4. 1808 – The United States makes a law making it illegal to bring slavesfrom other countries. 5. 1810 – Lachlan Macquarie becomes Governor of New South W...
1901–1950
1. 1901 – Australiabecomes self-governed. 2. 1901 – Nigeria becomes a British protectorate. 3. 1908 – For the first time, at what is now Times Square in New York City, a ball is dropped at midnight at the start of the New Year. 4. 1911 – In Australia, the Northern Territory separates from South Australia and is transferred to Commonwealthcontrol. 5. 1912 – The Republic of China begins, under Sun Yat-sen. 6. 1913 – The British Board of Censorsis founded. 7. 1927 – Turkey starts to use the Greg...
Up to 1800
1. 871 – Zwertibold, King of Lotharingia (d. 900) 2. 1431 – Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503) 3. 1449 – Lorenzo de' Medici (d. 1492) 4. 1467 – King Sigismund I the Old, of Poland (d. 1548) 5. 1484 – Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531) 6. 1516 – Margaret Leijonhufvud, Queen of Sweden (d. 1551) 7. 1557 – Stephen Bocskay, Romanian prince (d. 1606) 8. 1614 – John Wilkins, English clergyman, natural philosopher and writer (d. 1672) 9. 1618 – Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter (d....
1801–1900
1. 1803 – Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician (d. 1869) 2. 1823 – Sandor Petofi, Hungarian poet and revolutionary (d. 1849) 3. 1839 – Ouida, British writer (d. 1908) 4. 1854 – James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (d. 1941) 5. 1859 – Thibaw Min, King of Burma (d. 1916) 6. 1863 – Heinrich Clam Martinic, Austro-Hungarian politician (d. 1932) 7. 1863 – Pierre de Coubertin, French organizer of the Olympic Games (d. 1937) 8. 1864 – Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (d. 195...
1901–1950
1. 1902 – Hans von Dohnanyi, Austrian-born jurist and activist (d. 1945) 2. 1904 – Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (d. 1982) 3. 1906 – Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974) 4. 1908 – Bill Tapia, American musician (d. 2011) 5. 1909 – Barry Goldwater, American senator (d. 1998) 6. 1909 – Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992) 7. 1909 – Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian nationalist (d. 1959) 8. 1911 – Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (d. 1986) 9. 1911 – Roman Totenberg, Polish...
Up to 1900
1. 138 – Aelius Caesar, adoptive son of Roman Emperor Hadrian 2. 898 – Odo of France (b. 860) 3. 962 – Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (b. 940) 4. 1204 – King Haakon III of Norway (b. 1170) 5. 1387 – King Charles II of Navarre (b. 1332) 6. 1515 – King Louis XII of France (b. 1462) 7. 1554 – Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish conquistador (b. 1500) 8. 1559 – King Christian III of Denmark and Norway (b. 1503) 9. 1713 – Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, Italian cardinal (b. 1649) 10. 1748 – Johann Bernoulli, Swiss...
1901–2000
1. 1906 – Hugh Nelson, Scottish-born Australian politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835) 2. 1921 – Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856) 3. 1928 – Loie Fuller, American dancer (b. 1862) 4. 1936 – Roger Allin, Governor of North Dakota (b. 1848) 5. 1937 – Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader (b. 1874) 6. 1942 – Otto Liiv, Estonian historian and activist (b. 1905) 7. 1944 – Edwin Lutyens, British architect (b. 1869) 8. 1951 – Jan Valtin, German writ...
From 2001
1. 2001 – Ray Walston, American actor (b. 1914) 2. 2003 – Joe Foss, 20th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1915) 3. 2005 – Shirley Chisholm, American politician (b. 1924) 4. 2007 – Del Reeves, American country music singer (b. 1932) 5. 2009 – Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer (b. 1924) 6. 2009 – Helen Suzman, South African political activist (b. 1917) 7. 2009 – Aarne Arvonen, Finnish supercentenarian (b. 1897) 8. 2009 – Nizar Rayan, Palestinian military commander (b. 1959) 9. 2010 – Lhasa de...
Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God – Roman Catholic ChurchFounding Day (Republic of China)Independence Day (Brunei, Haiti, Sudan)January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years ). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 153 BC – For the first time, Roman consuls begin their year in office on January 1. [1]
20世紀. 21世紀. 出生. 逝世. 節假日和習俗. 參考資料. 1月1日. 220 種語言. 香港繁體. 工具. 1月1日 是 公曆 （平年）一年中的第1天，離全年的結束還有364天（ 閏年 則是365天）。 因為這天是一年的開始故稱之為「 元旦 」。 大事記 [ 編輯] 19世紀前 [ 編輯] 前4713年：中午12點 儒略日 開始計算。 前153年 ： 羅馬執政官 職務開始。 前45年 ： 羅馬共和國 獨裁官 尤利烏斯·凱撒 規定開始使用 儒略曆 ，取代舊有的 羅馬曆 。 前42年 ： 羅馬元老院 在 凱撒 死後，使其 神格化 。 193年 ： 佩蒂奈克斯 即位 羅馬皇帝 。 404年 ： 東晉 將領 桓玄 正式稱帝，國號 楚 。 404年：在 羅馬 最後一次 角鬥士 比賽紀錄。
元旦 ， 新年 ，指西曆 格里曆 中的新年第一日，全世界各國都稱1月1日為元旦，因为公曆也称为阳曆、西曆、新曆，所以元旦也是公曆新年，阳曆新年，新曆新年，是世界多數 國家 的 法定假日 ，很多國家過年都是從聖誕節一直放到元旦，放假日數則依各地民情而有所不同。 涵義. “元”表示开始、最初。 “旦”表示 太陽 剛出 地平線 之際，即一日之始；因此“元旦”就是一年之始、一年之第一日。 而在 民國建立 改採西曆為國曆前，“元旦”所指是 華夏新年 首日，古時之 春節 所指是 立春 。 歷史. 雖然“元旦”表示一年之首日的意思從未改變，但在 中国历史 上，“元旦”的具體日期隨 朝代 更替的改 正朔 而不同： 夏朝 为 夏历 正月初一. 商朝 为 夏历 十二月初一. 周朝 为 夏历 十一月初一.
Siege of Leningrad. / 59.93028°N 30.31917°E / 59.93028; 30.31917. Axis forces are repelled 60–100 km (37–62 mi) away from Leningrad. The siege of Leningrad was a prolonged military siege (alternatively a genocide aimed blockade depending on the definition) undertaken by the Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet ...
