January 1

January 1 is the first day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . The following to the end of the year in a normal year and 364 days in a leap year still 365 days. In the western world is January 1 New Year's mentioned. In some other cultures New Year falls on a different day.

Content
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 * 1 History
 * 2 Events
 * 3 Folklore
 * 4 Birth
 * 5 Deceased
 * 6 celebration / commemoration
 * 7 Establishment football teams
 * 8 Weather Extremes
 * 8.1 Netherlands
 * 8.2 Belgium

History [ edit ]
During the Middle Ages shifted many Western European countries under the influence of the Christian Church the beginning of the year to one of the many important Christian festivals, such as December 25 (Christmas ), March 1, 25 of March ( the Annunciation ), or even Easter . East -European countries, most predominantly Orthodox population had begun their era from about 988 on September 1st.

In England, January 1st is celebrated as New Year, but from the 12th century to 1752 the year in England began on 25 March.

Most Western European countries changed the start of the year to January 1 before them the Gregorian calendar took over.

January 1 was as follows the official start of the year in the following areas:
 * 1522 - Republic of Venice
 * 1544 - Holy Roman Empire ( Germany )
 * 1556 - Spain , Portugal
 * 1559 - Prussia , Sweden
 * 1564 - France
 * 1576 - Southern Netherlands
 * 1579 - Lorraine
 * 1583 - Dutch Republic
 * 1600 - Scotland
 * 1700 - Russia
 * 1721 - Tuscany
 * 1752 - UK (except Scotland ) and its colonies

Events [ edit ]
Stamp with William IIIin 1852
 * General
 * 45 BC. - The Julian calendar is first in force as civil calendar of the Roman Empire .
 * 1700 - Russia enters the Julian calendar and no longer uses the Anno Mundi -jaartelling.
 * 1806 - The French Republican Calendar is abolished. The Gregorian calendar is re-entered.
 * 1852 - In the Netherlands is the stamp introduced. (See also: First stamp mission Netherlands )
 * 1873 - Japan passes to the Gregorian calendar .
 * 1892 - Opening of Ellis Island, the place where all immigrants to the United States arrive.
 * 1900 - In Germany, the Civil Code in force.
 * 1982 - The Dutch military wife departments MARVA , Luva and Milva be lifted.
 * 1990 - More than two hundred thousand West and East Germans celebrate New Year at the Brandenburg Gate, which was opened in December. However, the party is disrupted by a scaffolding collapses. One person comes to this and hundreds of people injured.
 * 2000 - The dreaded global computer malfunction caused by the millennium bug stays off.
 * 2000 - Leaded gasoline is in the Member States of the European Union officially banned.
 * 2001 - With a fire in a cafe in Volendam come fourteen young people. There are 180 wounded.
 * 2009 - The European Union is the metric system introduced as standard.
 * 2011 - In an attack on a Christian church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria come 21 people dead. Eight people injured.
 * 2014 - The prohibition to sell alcoholic beverages or donate to young people in the Netherlands (down in the Licensing and Catering ) has been increased from 16 to 18 years.
 * 2014 - Colorado is the first US state where the open sale of marijuana is allowed.


 * Economy
 * 1906 - The Dutch Federation of Trade Unions (NVV) is founded. Henri Polak is chairman.
 * 1938 - The Belgian Trade Union, forerunner of the FGTB, is founded.
 * 1948 - The customs agreement of the Benelux enters into force.
 * 1971 - In the United States, cigarette advertising on television is prohibited.
 * 1989 - The Dutch PTT is privatized.
 * 1990 - The zloty in Poland with more than 50% devaluation . Some prices rise as 400%.
 * 1994 - On the Stock Exchange Amsterdam, the name officially changed to EOE index AEX .
 * 2002 - Twelve of the fifteen Member States of the European Union say goodbye to their 'own' currency and switch to the euro .
 * 2007 - Slovenia adopts the euro as legal tender.
 * 2008 - Cyprus and Malta switch to the euro as legal tender.
 * 2009 - Slovakia has the euro as legal tender.
 * 2011 - Estonia purchased the Estonian kroon and executes the euro in.
 * 2014 - Latvia joins the euro zone and start swapping his Latvian lati in euro 's.
 * 2014 - After seven years, the temporary restrictions on the free movement of workers within the EU lifted for Romanians and Bulgarians .
 * 2015 - Lithuania switched to the euro and the nineteenth member of the eurozone .
 * 2015 - The e-purse, a Dutch electronic payment system will be abolished.


 * Infrastructure
 * 1914 - The first regular air route in the world is in Florida put into use.
 * 1978 - A Boeing 747 of Air India, bound for Dubai , collapsed two minutes after departure from Bombay down. There are 213 deaths.
 * 2007 - A Boeing 737-400 of Adam Air disappears over Sulawesi , Indonesia on the radar. All 102 passengers and crew killed.


 * Art
 * 1964 - In the Netherlands enters into force a get rich scheme for subsidizing all amateur art.


 * Media
 * 1785 - The first copy of The Daily Universal Register (later The Times ) is published.
 * 1967 - The sports Along the Line is first broadcast on Dutch radio .
 * 2003 - The Belgian appears only provided electronically and no longer in print version.


 * War
 * 1950 - The Vietminh begins in Tonkin led by Ho Chi Minh a major offensive against the French troops.


 * Politics
 * 69 - At the usual oath on New Year's refuse legions in Mogontiacum ( Mainz ) the oath of allegiance to the new emperor Galba to make.
 * 193 - Publius Helvius Pertinax against his will emperor of Rome (declared on New Year's Eve ). The Senate appointed him Pater Patriae ("Father of the Nation").
 * 456 - Emperor Avitus is up to the Senate consul appointed by the Western Roman Empire and accepts the purple robe during his enthronement .
 * 1001 - Stephen I of Hungary by Pope Silvester II, the first king of Hungary appointed.
 * 1068 - Romanos IV Diogenes marry Eudokia Makrembolitissa and is crowned emperor of Byzantium .
 * 1259 - Michael VIII Palaeologus and John IV Laskaris his co-emperors of the empire Nicaea .
 * 1438 - Albert II of Habsburg is king of Hungary .
 * 1651 - Charles II is crowned King of Scotland .
 * 1707 - The Acts of Union are England and Scotland united into one empire with one parliament : Britain .
 * 1707 - Johan V is King of Portugal .
 * 1739 - Bouvet Island is discovered by the French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet the Lozier .
 * 1801 - The Act of Union to Great Britain and Ireland united to the United Kingdom .
 * 1804 - End of French rule in Haiti . Haiti is the first black republic and the second independent country in North America after the United States .
 * 1808 - The slave trade shall be prohibited in the United States.
 * 1820 - Coup in Spain by General Rafael del Riego .
 * 1834 - The German Zollverein enters into force. This economic union is the first step towards German unity.
 * 1863 - Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation .
 * 1874 - New York City annexes the Bronx .
 * 1874 - Abolition of 'differential rights "in the Dutch East Indies ; the import and export duties are the same for Dutch and foreigners. Minister of Colonies Fransen van de Putte achieved this important liberal program item.
 * 1877 - Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India .
 * 1897 - Brooklyn comes along with New York City .
 * 1899 - End of Spanish rule in Cuba .
 * 1899 - Queens and Staten Island go along with New York City .
 * 1901 - Establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia .
 * 1901 - Nigeria becomes a protectorate of the United Kingdom .
 * 1912 - In China, the republic proclaimed.
 * 1937 - Anastasio Somoza García is President of Nicaragua .
 * 1948 - In Italy the democratic republican constitution enters into force.
 * 1950 - Netherlands receives under the agreement between the Allied Powers on from Germany to receive reparations 30 646 kg of gold awarded.
 * 1956 - Sudan becomes independent from the United Kingdom and Egypt .
 * 1958 - The Treaty of Rome comes into force.
 * 1959 - The Cuban president Fulgencio Batista is deposed by Fidel Castro .
 * 1960 - Franco- Cameroon becomes independent.
 * 1962 - Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand .
 * 1971 - The Benelux Trademark Act comes into force.
 * 1973 - Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom join the EEC .
 * 1981 - Greece joins the European Community .
 * 1983 - In the Dutch municipality of Feeding ( Belgium ), the controversial French is Happart installed as mayor. He refuses to learn Dutch.
 * 1983 - By merging the then municipality of Antwerp is significantly expanded with seven suburbs (Berchem, Borgerhout, Deurne, Ekeren, Hoboken, Merksem Wilrijk). The former (peripheral) municipalities are now districts within the municipality of Antwerp.
 * 1983 - The Brussels liberals lose their mayor seat that they had been in the hands of the Belgian independence. For the first socialist mayor of Brussels.
 * 1984 - Brunei becomes an independent state.
 * 1986 - Aruba separates from the rest of Netherlands Antilles and is an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands .
 * 1986 - Spain and Portugal join the European Community .
 * 1986 - Flevoland (170 000 inhabitants) is Dutch twelfth province.
 * 1986 - The Northeast now belongs to the province of Flevoland and not to Overijssel .
 * 1992 - In the Netherlands enters the New Civil Code in effect. There is 45 years to complete.
 * 1993 - Czechoslovakia is split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia .
 * 1993 - Effective Treaty of Anholt .
 * 1994 - The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is in force between Canada, Mexico and the United States. In response begins Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), a guerrilla waragainst the Mexican army.
 * 1994 - In the Netherlands enters the General Administrative Law Act into force.
 * 1995 - Austria , Finland and Sweden join the European Union .
 * 1995 - The World Trade Organization WTO (World Trade Organisation) enters into force.
 * 1995 - The fourth state is the Belgian province of Brabant from January 1, 1995 divided into three parts: Flemish Brabant , Walloon Brabant and the metropolitan area of 19 municipalities, the Brussels-Capital Region .
 * 1996 - Curacao is limited self-government.
 * 1997 - Provincial States of Friesland decided that the province of Friesland officially called.
 * 1997 - Kofi Annan is Secretary-General of the United Nations .
 * 1999 - The euro is introduced scriptural. One euro is worth 2.20371 guilders, or BEF 40.3399.
 * 2003 - Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is president of Brazil .
 * 2006 - Russia closes the gas supply to Ukraine off. This also creates a gas shortage in Europe .
 * 2007 - Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union, which now counts 27 members.
 * 2008 - The Dutch political party List Pim Fortuyn ceases to exist.
 * 2010 - The Belgian politician Herman Van Rompuy begins his tenure as the first permanent President of the European Council .
 * 2014 - Mayotte becomes a full-fledged overseas territory of the European Union .


 * Recreation
 * 404 - Last gladiator games in Rome .
 * 1965 - First New Year's Dive in the North Sea at Scheveningen, organized by swimming club Residence. The eight brave participants get hot pea soup .
 * 2012 - Bullfighting is banned in the Spanish region of Catalonia .


 * Sport
 * 1942 - The Dutch handball, since 1926 operating under the auspices of the Royal Dutch Gymnastics Federation, is to stand on its own with the creation of the Dutch Handball Association ( NHV ).
 * 2007 - The Dutch darts player Raymond van Barneveld won his first world title at the Professional Darts Corporation in the final the Englishman Phil Taylor with defeat 7-6.
 * 2014 - The Dutch darter Michael van Gerwen wins the world championship darts of the PDC in the final Scotsman Peter Wright with defeat 7-4.


 * Science and Technology
 * 1502 - The Portuguese explorer Gaspar de Lemos discovered the Guanabara Bay . He sees that for a river estuary and baptize him because the date "January River" Rio de Janeiro .
 * 1801 - The astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the first, and largest, asteroid Ceres (diameter 687 kilometers).
 * 1880 - The construction of the Panama Canal begins.
 * 1946 - In the US, the first electronic computer (the ENIAC ) manufactured.
 * 1994 - In Belgium allows Proximus is the first network for mobile telephony open.
 * 2000 - Zone numbers are mandatory in Belgium for each call in the interior.
 * 2001 - The European Union must now all ready for slaughtering cattle 30 months and older on BSE testing.

[Folklore edit ]

 * New Year Letter, Belgium

Born [ edit ]
Lorenzo de 'Medici was born in 1449

Sigismund I the Old born in 1467

Paul Revere born in 1735

Pierre de Coubertin born in 1863

J. Edgar Hoover Born in 1895

Mladen Petrić, born in 1939

Richard Gibson, Born in 1954

Davor Šuker, born in 1968

Lilian Thuram born in 1972

David Nalbandian born in 1982

Melaine Walker born in 1983

Nana Dzagnidze born in 1987
 * 1424 - Louis IV, Elector Palatine (deceased in 1449 )
 * 1431 - Pope Alexander VI (deceased in 1503 )
 * 1449 - Lorenzo de 'Medici (deceased in 1492 )
 * 1467 - Sigismund I, King of Poland (deceased in 1548 )
 * 1484 - Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss reformer (deceased in 1531 )
 * 1516 - Margaret Leijonhufvud, Swedish queen-consort (deceased in 1551 )
 * 1554 - Louis of Württemberg, Duke (deceased in 1593 )
 * 1614 - John Wilkins, British cryptographer, parliamentarian and Bishop of Chester (deceased in 1672 )
 * 1618 - Bartolomé Murillo, Spanish painter (deceased in 1682 )
 * 1623 - Mary PETYT, Flemish mystic and writer (deceased in 1677 )
 * 1632 - Katherine Philips, English poet (deceased in 1664 )
 * 1697 - Joseph François Dupleix, Governor-General of the French colony in India (deceased in 1763 )
 * 1735 - Paul Revere, American patriot (deceased in 1818 )
 * 1752 - Betsy Ross, a seamstress of the first American flag (deceased in 1836 )
 * 1764 - John Kinker, Dutch poet, philosopher, lawyer (deceased in 1845 )
 * 1767 - Maria Edgeworth, British writer (deceased in 1849 )
 * 1783 - Theodoor Smet, South Dutch organ builder (deceased in 1853 )
 * 1788 - Étienne Cabet, French philosopher, politician and utopian (deceased in 1856 )
 * 1806 - Lionel Kieseritzky, German-Polish chess (deceased in 1853 )
 * 1814 - Hong Xiuquan, Chinese revolutionary (deceased in 1864 )
 * 1823 - Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet (deceased in 1849 )
 * 1846 - Nikola Pašić, Serbian Prime Minister (deceased in 1926 )
 * 1847 - Margaret of Bourbon-Parma, Princess of Bourbon-Parma (deceased in 1893 )
 * 1854 - James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (deceased in 1941 )
 * 1863 - Pierre de Coubertin, French pedagogue and sports official (deceased in 1937 )
 * 1864 - Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (deceased in 1946 )
 * 1867 - Jeanne Lanvin, French fashion designer (deceased in 1946 )
 * 1873 - Mariano Azuela, Mexican writer and physician (deceased in 1952 )
 * 1874 - Frank Knox, American politician (deceased in 1944 )
 * 1874 - Gustave Whitehead, German-American aviation pioneer (deceased in 1927 )
 * 1878 - Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician (deceased in 1929 )
 * 1878 - Edwin Franko Goldman, American composer, conductor and cornet (deceased in 1956 )
 * 1879 - EM Forster, English novelist and essayist (deceased in 1970 )
 * 1879 - William Fox, American entrepreneur (deceased in 1952 )
 * 1881 - Carry van Bruggen, Dutch writer (deceased in 1932 )
 * 1881 - Rama VI, King of Thailand (deceased in 1925 )
 * 1883 - Ko Arnoldi, Dutch actor (deceased 1964 )
 * 1887 - Wilhelm Canaris, German military (deceased in 1945 )
 * 1890 - Alphonse Six, Belgian footballer (deceased in 1914 )
 * 1892 - Artur Rodziński, Polish conductor (deceased in 1958 )
 * 1892 - Manuel Acuña Roxas, Filipino President (deceased in 1948 )
 * 1894 - Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist (deceased in 1974 )
 * 1895 - J. Edgar Hoover, American head of the FBI (deceased in 1972 )
 * 1896 - Jo Einaar, Surinamese diplomat (deceased in 1977 )
 * 1896 - Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japanese film director (deceased 1982)
 * 1897 - Albert de Vleeschauwer, Belgian politician (deceased in 1971 )
 * 1898 - Viktor Ullmann, Czech conductor and composer (deceased in 1944 )
 * 1899 - Jack Beresford, British rower (deceased in 1977 )
 * 1900 - Mieczysław Batsch, Polish footballer (deceased in 1977 )
 * 1900 - Xavier Cugat, American musician of Spanish origin (deceased in 1990 )
 * 1900 - Hub van Doorne, Dutch industrial (deceased in 1979 )
 * 1900 - Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat and consul (deceased in 1986 )
 * 1901 - Marcel Balsa, French race car driver (deceased in 1984 )
 * 1901 - Christine Wttewaall procession of Roads, Dutch politician (deceased in 1986 )
 * 1905 - Stanisław Mazur, Polish mathematician (deceased in 1981 )
 * 1905 - Rodolfo Orlandini, Argentinian footballer and football coach (deceased in 1990 )
 * 1907 - Kinue Hitomi, Japanese athlete (deceased in 1931 )
 * 1909 - Barry Goldwater, American politician (deceased in 1989 )
 * 1909 - Ries Mulder, Dutch painter (deceased in 1973 )
 * 1911 - Basil Dearden, British director and producer (deceased in 1971 )
 * 1912 - Kim Philby, British double agent (deceased in 1988 )
 * 1913 - Shih Kien, Hong Kong actor (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1914 - Noor Inayat Khan, Indian resistance fighter (deceased in 1944 )
 * 1914 - Ben Kahmann, Dutch musician and Redemptorist (deceased in 2002 )
 * 1916 - Jesús Echevarría, Spanish-Basque sculptor (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1916 - Giacomo Neri, Italian footballer (deceased in 2010 )
 * 1918 - Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer (deceased in 1997 )
 * 1919 - JD Salinger, American writer (deceased in 2010 )
 * 1920 - Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1920 - Rinus Gosens, Dutch footballer and football coach (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1920 - Alfred Tomatis, a French ENT doctor listening therapy developed (deceased in 2001 )
 * 1921 - Alain Mimoun, Algerian athlete (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1922 - Oege Gerhardus de Boer, Dutch mayor
 * 1923 - Shoshana Damari, Israeli singer and actress (deceased in 2006 )
 * 1923 - Milt Jackson, American jazz musician (deceased in 1999 )
 * 1923 - Ousmane Sembène, Senegalese author and filmmaker (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1924 - Roberts Blossom, American actor and author (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1924 - Jacques Le Goff, French historian (deceased in 2014 )
 * 1924 - Charlie Munger, American investor
 * 1925 - Matthew Beard, American actor (deceased in 1981 )
 * 1925 - Mario Merz, Italian sculptor (deceased in 2003 )
 * 1925 - Maud Prague, Dutch presenter (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1926 - Ate Bosch, Dutch folklore and presenter (deceased in 2010 )
 * 1927 - Maurice Bejart, French choreographer (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1927 - Vernon L. Smith, American economist
 * 1928 - Hap Sharp, American race car driver (deceased in 1993 )
 * 1930 - Gaafar Nimeiry, Sudanese military and President (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1931 - Show Schuurmans, Dutch boxer (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1933 - Joe Orton, British playwright (deceased in 1967 )
 * 1934 - Lakhdar Brahimi, Algerian diplomat and politician
 * 1934 - Serge Moureaux, Belgian politician
 * 1937 - Antonio Cassese, Italian judge and professor (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1937 - Mieke Verheyden, Flemish actress (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1938 - Gimax, Italian racing driver
 * 1939 - Michèle Mercier, French actress
 * 1939 - Willye White, American athlete (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1941 - Simón Andreu, Spanish actor
 * 1942 - Justas Vincas Paleckis, Lithuanian politician
 * 1942 - Lita Stantic, Argentine filmmaker
 * 1943 - Charleville Schwietert, Dutch journalist, politician, communications consultant, publicist and writer
 * 1944 - Omar al-Bashir, Sudanese General and president-dictator
 * 1944 - Jan De Wilde, Flemish singer
 * 1944 - Jimmy Hart, American wrestler
 * 1944 - Ton van de Ven, Dutch industrial designer
 * 1945 - Jacky Ickx, Belgian racing driver
 * 1945 - Zoltán Varga, Hungarian footballer (deceased in 2010 )
 * 1946 - Rivellino, Brazilian footballer
 * 1947 - FR David, French singer
 * 1947 - Laurens Geels, Dutch film producer
 * 1947 - Peter Lankhorst, Dutch politician
 * 1947 - Josée Ruiter, Dutch actress
 * 1948 - Dick Quax, New Zealand athlete and politician
 * 1949 - Rascha Peper, Dutch writer (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1951 - Donna Lynton, American singer
 * 1951 - Hans-Joachim Stuck, German racing driver
 * 1952 - Ibrahim Tatlises, Turkish actor, singer, director and songwriter
 * 1953 - Alpha Blondy, Ivorian reggae singer
 * 1954 - Betty Bigombe, Ugandan politician
 * 1954 - Richard Gibson, British actor
 * 1955 - Simon Schaffer, British science historian
 * 1956 - Christine Lagarde, French politician and minister
 * 1958 - Sandra Dini, Italian athlete
 * 1958 - Grandmaster Flash, DJ and hip-hop pioneer Barbadian
 * 1959 - Michel Onfray, French philosopher
 * 1960 - Leilani Kai, American professional wrestler
 * 1960 - Manuel Sánchez Torres, Spanish footballer
 * 1960 - Michel Zimmerman, Belgian athlete
 * 1961 - Davide Cassani, Italian cyclist
 * 1961 - Maurits Hendriks, Dutch hockey coach
 * 1961 - Piotr Ugrumov, Latvian cyclist
 * 1961 - Mark Wingett, English actor
 * 1962 - Nico Rienks, Dutch rower
 * 1962 - Felice Tedeschi, Italian racing driver
 * 1963 - René Eijer, Dutch footballer
 * 1963 - Luc Winants, Belgian chess
 * 1965 - Joost Steenenkamer, Dutch golfer
 * 1966 - Embeth Davidtz, American actress
 * 1966 - Nikolay Gulyayev, Russian skater
 * 1966 - Tuan Lam, Vietnamese-Canadian poker player
 * 1966 - Katie Velghe, Flemish writer
 * 1967 - John Digweed, English DJ and music producer
 * 1967 - Spencer Tunick, American photographer
 * 1968 - Davor Šuker, Croatian footballer
 * 1968 - Jan de Visser, Dutch footballer
 * 1969 - Paul Lawrie, Scottish golfer
 * 1969 - Verne Troyer, American actor and stuntman
 * 1970 - Tristan Hoffman, Dutch cyclist
 * 1971 - Quintino Rodrigues, Portuguese cyclist
 * 1972 - Tom Barman, Belgian musician and filmmaker
 * 1972 - Lilian Thuram, French footballer
 * 1972 - Zsolt Szabó, Hungarian football referee
 * 1973 - Lahcen Ahansal, Moroccan ultra runner
 * 1973 - Mohammed Ahansal, Moroccan ultra runner
 * 1973 - Shelda Bede, Brazilian beach volleyball star
 * 1973 - Timon Jacobs, Dutch DJ
 * 1973 - Danny Lloyd, American child star
 * 1973 - Sascha Plöderl, Austrian racing driver
 * 1973 - DJ Shadow, American DJ and music producer
 * 1974 - Khatuna Lorig, Georgian-American archer
 * 1975 - Andrea Lowe, English actress
 * 1975 - Eiichiro Oda, Japanese mangaka
 * 1975 - Bengt Sæternes, Norwegian footballer
 * 1976 - Inge Paulussen, Flemish actress
 * 1977 - Jamie Pace, Maltese footballer
 * 1977 - Hasan Salihamidžić, Bosnian footballer
 * 1978 - Abderrahime Bouramdane, Moroccan athlete
 * 1978 - Yohann Diniz, French fast walker
 * 1978 - Dieter Verhaegen, Flemish actor
 * 1979 - Andoni Aranaga, Spanish cyclist
 * 1979 - Brody Dalle, Australian musician
 * 1980 - Yibeltal Admassu, Ethiopian athlete
 * 1980 - Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś, Polish skater
 * 1981 - Rabah Aboud, Algerian athlete
 * 1981 - Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian racing driver
 * 1981 - Mladen Petrić, Croatian footballer
 * 1982 - João Carlos Pinto Chaves, Brazilian footballer
 * 1982 - David Nalbandian, Argentine tennis player
 * 1982 - Sebastián Pardo, Chilean footballer
 * 1982 - Tekeste Kebede, Ethiopian athlete
 * 1983 - Pieter-Jan Monteyne, Belgian footballer
 * 1983 - Park Sung-hyun, Korean archer
 * 1983 - Melaine Walker, Jamaican athlete
 * 1984 - Sjoerd Schrier, Dutch footballer
 * 1984 - Shareefa, American singer
 * 1985 - Oscar Gatto, Italian cyclist
 * 1986 - Iryna Amshennikova, Ukrainian swimmer
 * 1986 - Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis
 * 1987 - Nana Dzagnidze, Georgian chess player
 * 1987 - Kees Pier Tol, Dutch footballer
 * 1988 - Kenrick Monk, Australian swimmer
 * 1989 - Gaby Jallo, Dutch footballer
 * 1989 - Frank Olijve, Dutch footballer
 * 1990 - Ruslan Kambolov, Russian footballer
 * 1990 - Serkan Kurtuluş, Turkish footballer
 * 1990 - Patrick N'Koyi, Congolese footballer
 * 1990 - Jordi Pablo Ripollés, Spanish footballer
 * 1992 - René Binder, Austrian racing driver
 * 1992 - Floris Bosveld, Dutch dancer
 * 1992 - Jack Wilshere, English footballer
 * 1994 - Christian Nassif, Central African swimmer
 * 1998 - Fabian Feyaerts, Belgian singer

Deceased [ edit ]
Christian III, deceased in 1559

Johann Bernoulli, deceased in 1748

Jan Baas deceased in 2012

Constantin Marin deceased in 2011

Patti Page deceased in 2013
 * 138 - Lucius Aelius (35) original successor of Emperor Hadrian
 * 379 - Basil of Caesarea (49), father of the church and holy
 * 533 - Fulgentius of Ruspe, North African bishop
 * 898 - Odo of France (38), King of West Francia
 * 1515 - Louis XII (52), King of France
 * 1559 - Christian III of Denmark (55), king of Denmark and Norway
 * 1679 - Jan Steen, Dutch painter (approx. 53)
 * 1716 - William Wycherley, English writer
 * 1748 - Johann Bernoulli (80), Swiss mathematician
 * 1766 - James Francis Edward Stuart (77), British pretender
 * 1782 - Johann Christian Bach (47), German composer
 * 1871 - Alexander Munro (45), British sculptor
 * 1894 - Heinrich Hertz (36), German physicist
 * 1942 - Jaroslav Ježek (35), Czech composer, conductor
 * 1948 - Jan Willem Landré (73), composer
 * 1953 - Hank Williams (29), American country singer
 * 1960 - Margaret Sullavan (48), American actress
 * 1965 - Ray Reed (??), Zimbabwean racing driver
 * 1969 - Bruno Söderström (87), Swedish athlete
 * 1972 - Maurice Chevalier (83), French chansonnier, comedian and film actor
 * 1980 - Pietro Nenni (88), Italian socialist politician
 * 1987 - Maurice Mandelbaum (78), American philosopher
 * 1990 - Ernst Kuzorra (84), German footballer
 * 1991 - Inga Gentzel (82), Swedish athlete
 * 1993 - Adolf Lang (79), German racing driver
 * 1994 - Werner Schwab (35), Austrian theater artist
 * 1998 - Alfred Lagarde (49), Dutch DJ
 * 1998 - Åke Seyffarth (78), Swedish skater
 * 2000 - Arthur Lehning (100), Dutch writer
 * 2001 - Charles Boost (92), Dutch illustrator, writer and reviewer
 * 2001 - Remi Capoen (84), Belgian cyclist
 * 2001 - Michael Stremel (34), American film producer
 * 2001 - Ray Walston (86), American actor
 * 2005 - Shirley Chisholm (80), American federal parliament
 * 2005 - Eugene J. Martin (66), American artist
 * 2005 - Willem Scholten (77), Dutch politician
 * 2006 - Johan Ballegeer (78), Flemish historian and writer youth
 * 2006 - Bart Bosman (63), Dutch biologist and pest authority
 * 2007 - Tillie Olsen (94), American writer, poet, union activist and feminist
 * 2007 - Del Reeves (74), American country singer and comedian
 * 2007 - Bert van der Vegt (73), Dutch politician
 * 2007 - Darrent Williams (24), American American Football Player
 * 2008 - Cornelis Augustine (79), Dutch theologian, pastor and church historian
 * 2008 - Salvatore Bonanno (75), American mobster, writer and television producer
 * 2008 - Peter Caffrey (58), Irish actor
 * 2008 - Pratap Chandra Chunder (88), Indian politician
 * 2008 - Dirk van Egmond (54) Dutch omroepman
 * 2008 - Irena Górska-Damięcka (97), Polish actress and theater director
 * 2008 - T. Maheswaran (41), Sri Lankan parliament
 * 2008 - Lucas Sang (46) Kenyan athlete
 * 2009 - Aarne Arvonen (111) Finnish war veteran
 * 2009 - Walter Haynes (80), American guitarist
 * 2009 - Nizar Rayan (49) Palestinian sheikh, imam and Hamas ringleader
 * 2009 - Johannes Mario Simmel (84), Austrian author
 * 2009 - Helen Suzman (91), South African politician and anti-apartheid activist
 * 2010 - Cor Aaftink (75), Dutch music producer and songwriter
 * 2010 - Jean Carroll (98), American actress
 * 2010 - Marlene Neubauer-Woerner (91), German sculptor
 * 2010 - Mohamed Rahmat (71), Malaysian Minister
 * 2010 - Lhasa de Sela (37), Mexican singer
 * 2011 - Constantin Marin (85), Romanian musician, composer and conductor
 * 2011 - Charles Fambrough (60), American jazz bassist and composer
 * 2012 - Jan Baas (94), Dutch politician
 * 2012 - Jorge Andrés Boero (38), Argentine motorcycle racer
 * 2012 - Yafa Yarkoni (86), Israeli singer
 * 2013 - Patti Page (85), American singer
 * 2013 - Barbara Werle (84), American actress
 * 2014 - Herman Pieter de Boer (85), Dutch writer, songwriter and journalist
 * 2014 - Milan Horvat (94), Croatian conductor
 * 2014 - Juanita Moore (99), American actress
 * 2014 - Josep Seguer (90), Spanish footballer
 * 2015 - Ulrich Beck (70), German sociologist
 * 2015 - Mario Cuomo (82), American politician
 * 2015 - Donna Douglas (82), American actress
 * 2015 - Omar Karami (80), Lebanese Prime Minister
 * 2015 - Géry Leuliet (104), French clergyman
 * 2015 - Ninon Sevilla (93), Cuban-Mexican actress

Celebration / commemoration [ edit ]

 * New Year'S Day
 * Catholic Church
 * Feast of the Mother of God (octave of Christmas ) - Solemnity
 * World Peace Day
 * Our Lady of Wijnendale
 * Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe († 533 )
 * Blessed Valentinus Paquay († 1905 ), priest (Paterke of Hasselt)
 * Blessed Zygmunt Gorazdowski († 1920 )
 * Blessed Hugolino Gualdo († 1260 ), hermit, monastery founder
 * Saint Clarus Vienne († c. 660 )
 * Cuba - Liberation
 * Haiti - Independence Day ( 1804 )
 * Cameroon - Independence Day ( 1960 )
 * Sudan - Independence Day ( 1956 )
 * Western Samoa - Independence Day ( 1962 )
 * Brunei - Independence Day ( 1984 )
 * Australia - Day of the Constitution ( 1901 )
 * Lithuania - flag day
 * Junkanoo in Nassau (Bahamas)
 * Public domain day

Establishment football teams [ edit ]

 * AA Gent on 1 January 1898 founded
 * Charleroi SC on 1 January 1904 founded

[Netherlands edit ]
Record counts [1]
 * 1997 - Lowest mean daily temperature is -11.4 ° C
 * 1921 - Highest mean daily temperature is 10.5 ° C
 * 1979 - Lowest minimum temperature -16.9 ° C
 * 2012 - Highest maximum temperature 13.3 ° C [2]
 * 1949 - Highest hourly average wind speed 18.5 m / s
 * 1905 - Longest sunshine duration 6.9 hours
 * 1958 - Longest rainfall duration 17.5 hours
 * 1943 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 19.3 mm
 * 1906 - Lowest mean daily relative humidity 51%
 * 1993 - Closest fog ever measured

Belgium [ edit ]
Record counts [3]
 * 1997 - Lowest mean daily temperature is -12.1 ° C
 * 1883 - Highest mean daily temperature is 12.1 ° C
 * 1997 - Lowest minimum temperature -14.1 ° C
 * 1921 - Highest maximum temperature 12.9 ° C
 * 1943 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 16.6 mm