1 January

January 1 is the first day of the year of the Gregorian calendar. The following are until the end of the year in a normal year still 364 days and 365 days in a leap year). In the Western world is 1 January new year's day falls in some other cultures, called new year on another day.

During the middle ages, under the influence of the Christian Church, many countries moved the start of the year to one of the many important Christian events: december 25 (Christmas), 1 March, 25 March (the Annunciation), or even Easter. Eastern European countries (most of whom were orthodox ) started their calendar on 1 september 988.

In England January 1 was celebrated as new year 's, 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 1 January for the Gregorian calendar took over.

1 January became the official start to the year as follows:


 * 1522 Republic of Venice
 * 1544 Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
 * 1556 Spain, Portugal
 * 1559 Prussia, Sweden
 * 1564 France
 * 1576 Southern Netherlands
 * Lorraine 1579
 * 1583 United Provinces (North-Netherlands)
 * Scotland 1600
 * Russia 1700
 * 1721 Tuscany
 * 1752 Great Britain (excluding Scotland) and its colonies

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 * 2 Folklore
 * 3 Born
 * 4 D.
 * 5 holidays and observances
 * 6 Creation football teams
 * 7 weather extremes
 * Netherlands 7.1
 * 7.2 Belgium
 * General
 * 45 BC. -the Julian calendar is in force for the first time.
 * 69 -At the usual oath on new year's day refuse the legions in Mogontiacum (Mainz) the oath of allegiance to the new emperor Galba to go.
 * 138 - Lucius Aelius Verus Caesar, adopted son and heir of Emperor Hadrian, dies of tuberculosis.
 * 193 - Publius Helvius Pertinax is proclaimed emperor against his will by Rome. The Senate appoint him to Pater Patriae ("father of the fatherland").
 * 404 -a furious Roman crowd rips Telemachus, a Christian priest, in pieces because he's a gladiator fight in the arena of Rome tries to stop it.
 * 414 -Emperor's half-sister Galla Placidia, Honorius, marries the King of the Visigoths, Ataulf in Narbonne. The wedding is celebrated with Roman festivities and gifts of the Goths
 * 417 -Emperor's half-sister Galla Placidia, Honorius, married Constantius, his infamous General (magister militum ).
 * 456 -Emperor Avitus is appointed by the Senate to consul of the Western Roman Empire and accepts the purple robe during his Ascension to the throne.
 * 1600 - Scotland begin using the Gregorian calendar.
 * 1673 -regular mail delivery between New York and Boston.
 * 1700 - Russia used the Julian calendar in future.
 * 1804 -end of French rule in Haiti.
 * 1806 -The French Republican Calendar is abolished.
 * Netherlands 1852 -In the stamp is entered.
 * 1892 - Ellis Island is the place where all immigrants entering the United States of America .
 * 1893 - Japan shall pass to the Gregorian calendar.
 * 1899 -end of Spanish rule in Cuba.
 * 1900 -the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch Germany in.
 * 1901 - Nigeria becomes a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
 * 1934 - Alcatraz is a U.s. federal prison.
 * 1982 -the military women: MARVA, Luva's departments and Milva are lifted.
 * 1990 -more than two hundred thousand Western and Eastern Germans celebrate new year at the Brandenburg Gate, which was opened in december. The party is hampered by a scaffolding that collapses. One person comes here and 100 people are injured.
 * 1995 -at a hotel fire in Antwerp are twelve dead.
 * 2000 -the dreaded global computer malfunction due to the Millennium bug remains off.
 * 2000-Leaded gasoline is in the Member States of the European Union officially forbidden.
 * 2001 -Start of the third millennium in the Gregorian calendar.
 * 2001-a fire at a cafe in Volendam come fourteen young people. There are 180 wounded.
 * 2002 -forest fires in the Australian State of New South Wales reach the suburbs of Sydney.
 * 2009 -In the European Union is the metric system as entered by default.
 * 2010 -police thwarts an attack on the Danish cartoonist Kurt westergaard, which in 2005 signed the controversial Mohammed cartoons .
 * 2011 -By an attack on a Christian Church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria killed 21 people come. Eight people were injured.
 * 2011- Dutch provinces In different municipal reclassifications find place.
 * 2012 - Bullfighting is banned in the Spanish region of Catalonia.
 * 2014 -the prohibition to sell alcoholic beverages or to address young people in Netherlands (established in the beverage and catering regulations) has been increased from 16 to 18 years.
 * 2014- Colorado is the first u.s. State where the free sale of marijuana is allowed.
 * Economy
 * 1906 -The Dutch Confederation of trade unions (NVV) is founded. Henri Polak is President.
 * 1938 -the Belgian Trade Union, precursor of the FGTB, is founded.
 * 1948 - Benelux Customs Convention enters into force.
 * 1969 -The VAT (value added tax) is introduced.
 * 1971 -In the United States is prohibited on television advertising of cigarettes.
 * 1989 -the Dutch PTT is privatized.
 * 1989-In Netherlands is the VAT rate reduced from 20% to 18.5%.
 * 1990 -The zloty in Poland devaluedby more than 50%. Some prices rise as by 400%.
 * 1994 -On the Amsterdam stock exchange, the name officially changed to EOE- AEX index.
 * 2002 -twelve of the fifteen Member States of the European Union say goodbye to their ' own ' currency and switch to the euro.
 * 2007 - Slovenia has the euro as legal tender.
 * 2008 - Malta and Cyprus also now have the euro as legal tender.
 * 2009 - Slovakia has the euro as legal tender.
 * 2011 - Estonia abolishes the Estonian kroon and Euro in the run.
 * 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.
 * Health
 * 2006 -a 14-year-old boy dies in Turkey to the avian flu.
 * Infrastructure
 * 1881 -The Zwolle-Almelo railway line opens.
 * 1914 -The world's first regular air line is put into operation in Florida .
 * 1914-introduction of a standard gauge for Europe that was adopted during the Bernese Convention with a maximum height of 4280 mm.
 * 1946 -The Moerdijk traffic bridge over the will open again.
 * 1978 -An Air India's Boeing 747, en route to Dubai, sends you two minutes after departure from Bombay down. There are 213 dead.
 * 1980 -The Benelux tunnel under the Nieuwe Maas (Schiedam /Vlaardingen- Hoogvliet) is toll free.
 * 2007 -a Boeing 737-400 of Adam Air Indonesia Sulawesi, disappears at the top of the radar. All 102 passengers and crew perish.
 * Art
 * 1932 -The young conductor Eduard van Beinum follows Cornelis Dopper as conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra.
 * 1964 -In a Netherlands national regulation to subsidise all amateur art practice.
 * Media
 * 1785 -the first copy of The Daily Universal register is published.
 * 1788 - The Daily Universal register changes its name and is now called The Times .
 * 1963 -The Danish public service broadcaster begins with the third program: Melody Radio.
 * 1967 -The sports program along the line is first broadcast on Dutch radio.
 * 1994 -creation of the television channel Muslim Television Ahmadiyya.
 * 2003 -The Belgian Official Gazette appears only electronically and no longer in print version.
 * War
 * 1950 -according to a new year's message from the Chinese Communist Party Forms Tibet, Hainan and Formosa (Taiwan) the next targets of the Chinese army.
 * 1950-The Viet Minh begins in Tonkin led by Hồ Chí Minh a major offensive against the French troops.
 * Politics
 * 1001 - Stephen I of Hungary by Pope Silvester II to Hungary 's first King appointed.
 * 1068 - Romanos IV Diogenes and Eudokia Makrembolitissa marries is crowned Emperor of Byzantium.
 * 1259 - Michael VIII Palaiologos and John IV Laskaris are co-emperors of the Empire of Nicaea.
 * 1438 - Albert II of Habsburg becomes King of Hungary.
 * 1651 - Charles II is crowned King of Scotland.
 * 1707 by the Acts of Union - England and Scotland are United into a single Kingdom with one House: Great Britain.
 * 1707 - Johan V is King of Portugal.
 * 1739 – Bouvet Island is discovered by French Explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
 * 1801 -by the Act of Union are Great Britain and Ireland United to the United Kingdom.
 * 1808 -The slave trade to the United States is prohibited.
 * 1820 -coup in Spain by General Rafael del Riego.
 * 1834 -the German Zollverein enters into force. This economic association is the first step towards the German unit.
 * 1863 - Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation .
 * 1874 – New York City annexes the Bronx.
 * 1874-abolition of the ' differential ' rights in Dutch East Indies; the import and export duties are equal for citizens and foreigners. Minister of colonies French van der Merwe publishes an important liberal action line.
 * 1877 -Queen Victoria is proclaimed Empress of India.
 * 1897 - Brooklyn goes along with New York City.
 * 1899 - Queens and Staten Island New York City go together with.
 * 1901 -establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia.
 * 1912 -In the Republic of China is proclaimed.
 * 1937 - Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua.
 * 1948 -the Democratic Republican Constitution In Italy in operation.
 * 1950 - Netherlands gets under the agreement between the allied powers on to receive Germany 's reparations assigned 30.646 kg Gold .
 * 1956 - Sudan becomes independent of the United Kingdom and Egypt.
 * 1958 -The Rome Convention enters into force.
 * 1959 -The Cuban president Fulgencio Batista by Fidel Castro is deposited.
 * 1960 -French-Cameroon becomes independent.
 * 1962 - Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
 * 1971 -the Benelux Trade marks Act comes into force.
 * 1973 -Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom join the EEC.
 * 1981 - Greece becomes a member of the European Community.
 * 1983 - Enter In the Dutch municipality (Belgium), the controversial French-speaking José Happart installed as Mayor. He refuses to learn Dutch.
 * 1983-by a merger, the then municipality of Antwerp expanded with seven suburbs (Berchem, Borgerhout, Deurne, Ekeren, Hoboken, Merksem and Wilrijk). The former (edge) municipalities are now districts within the municipality of Antwerp.
 * 1983-the Brussels Liberals lose their mayors seat they already had in the hands of the Belgian independence. For the first time a socialist mayor of Brussels.
 * 1984 - Brunei becomes an independent State.
 * 1986 - Aruba separates itself from the rest of the 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 twelfth Dutch province.
 * 1986-The noordoostpolder now belongs to the province of Flevoland and not more to Overijssel.
 * 1992 -the new civil code In Netherlands in operation. There is 45 years working on it.
 * 1993 - Czecho-Slovakia is split into Czech Republic and Slovakia.
 * 1993-effective date Treaty of Anholt.
 * 1994 -The North American free trade agreement (NAFTA) between Canada, Mexico comes into force and the United States. In response, the Zapatista Army of national liberation (EZLN) a guerrilla struggleagainst the Mexican Government forces.
 * 1994-In Netherlands, the General Administrative Law Act in operation.
 * 1995 - Austria, Finland and Sweden join the European Union.
 * 1995-The World Trade Organization WTO (World Trade Organisation) enters into force.
 * 1995-With the fourth State reform from 1 January 1995 the Belgian province of Brabant is broken into three parts: Flemish Brabant, Walloon Brabant and the metropolitan area of 19 municipalities, the Brussels-capital region.
 * 1996 - Curaçao gains limited self-government.
 * 1997 -provincial Council of the province of Friesland Fryslân officially concludes that hot.
 * 1997- Kofi Annan is Secretary-General of the United Nations.
 * 1999 -The euro is established. A euro is worth 40,3399 Belgian francs, or 2,20371 Dutch guilders.
 * 1999-every Belgian citizen are required to have SIS-card in your pocket.
 * 2002- Eduardo Duhalde is appointed new president of Argentina.
 * 2003 - Pascal Couchepin becomes president of Switzerland.
 * 2003- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , president of Brazil.
 * 2006 - Russia closes off the supply of gas to Ukraine . This creates a shortfall in Europe.
 * 2006- Italian hostages be freed in Gaza.
 * 2007 - Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union, making this now 27 members.
 * 2008- Lijst Pim Fortuyn ceases to exist.
 * 2010 -the Belgian politician Herman Van Rompuy begins his term as first permanent President of the European Council.
 * 2012 - Kim Jong-un is now officially the new great leader of North Korea.
 * 2014 - Mayotte is a full overseas territory of the European Union.
 * 404 -last gladiatorial games in Rome.
 * 1965 -first new year's dive in the North Sea at Scheveningen, organized by swimming club residence. The eight brave participants will get hot pea soup.
 * 2007 -In the Epcot theme Wonders of Life along with the attractions here are closed.
 * 2011 -fire breaks out In Islands of Adventure attraction in the Dudley Do-right's Ripsaw Falls.
 * Religion
 * 1958 - Guillaume Lakshmi resigns as Bishop of Roermond in Netherlands and is succeeded by his coadjutor Antonius Hanssen.
 * Sports
 * 1905 -Foundation of the Argentine football club CA Independiente.
 * 1942 -The Dutch handball, since 1926 operating under the wings of the Royal Dutch Gymnastics Federation, comes to stand on its own two feet, with the creation of theDutch Handball Association (NHV).
 * 2006 -The Australian Football Federation get of the OFC to the AFC.
 * 2007 -the Dutch darts Player Raymond van Barneveld wins his first world title in the Professional Darts Corporation the Englishman in the final to Phil Taylor 7-6 to beat.
 * 2014 -the Dutch darts Player Michael van Gerwen wins the World Championship Darts of the PDC in the final Shot Peter Wright with 7-4 to beat.
 * Science and technology
 * 1502 -discovery of Rio de Janeiro.
 * 1801 -the astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the first, and largest, asteroid Ceres (diameter 687 km).
 * 1880 -the construction of the Panama Canal begins.
 * 1946 -In the us, the first electronic computer ENIAC manufactured.
 * 1994 -In Belgium Proximus proposes the first open network for mobile telephony .
 * 2000 - area codes are obligated in Belgium with every phone call in the Interior.
 * 2001 -In the European Union must slaughter all mature bovine animals aged 30 months and older be tested on BSE .
 * New Year's Letter, Belgium
 * 1431 - Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503)
 * 1449 – Lorenzo de ' Medici (d. 1492)
 * 1467 - Sigismund I the old, King of Poland (d. 1548)
 * 1484 - Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)
 * 1516 – Margaret Leijonhufvud, Swedish Queen Consort (d. 1551)
 * 1554 - Duke Louis of Württemberg, Duke (d. 1593)
 * 1614 – John Wilkins, English Bishop of Chester (d. 1672)
 * 1618 – Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, Spanish painter (d. 1682)
 * 1623 - Maria Petyt, Flemish mystic and author (d. 1677)
 * 1632 - Katherine Philips, English poet (d. 1664)
 * 1697 - Joseph François Dupleix, Governor General of the French colony in India (d. 1763)
 * 1735 - Paul Revere, American patriot (d. 1818)
 * 1745 - Vincent Strambi, Italian Bishop and Saint of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 1824
 * 1752 - Betsy Ross, seamstress of the first American flag (d. 1836)
 * 1764 - Johannes Kinker, Dutch poet, philosopher, lawyer (d. 1845)
 * 1767 - Maria Edgeworth, British author (d. 1849)
 * 1783 - Theodoor Smet, South-Dutch organ Builder (d. 1853)
 * 1788 - Étienne Cabet, philosopher, politician and utopian (d. 1856)
 * 1806 - Lionel Kieseritzky, German-Polish chess player (d. 1853)
 * 1814 - Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel (d. 1864)
 * 1823 - Sándor Petőfi, poet (died 1849 Hong owners)
 * 1846 - Nikola Pašić, Serbian Prime Minister (d. 1926)
 * 1847 - Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma, Princess of Bourbon-Parma (d. 1893)
 * 1854 - James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (d. 1941)
 * 1863 - Pierre de Coubertin, French pedagogue and sports official (d. 1937)
 * 1864 - Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (d. 1946)
 * 1867 - Jeanne Lanvin, French fashion designer (d. 1946)
 * 1873 - Mariano Azuela, Mexican novelist (d. 1952)
 * 1874 – Frank Knox, American politician (d. 1944)
 * 1874 – Gustave Whitehead, German-born aviation pioneer (d. 1927)
 * 1878 - Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician (d. 1929)
 * Edwin Franko Goldman, 1878-American composer, conductor and educator (d. 1956)
 * 1879 - E. M. Forster, English novelist and essayist (d. 1970)
 * 1879 – William Fox, American entrepreneur (d. 1952)
 * 1881 - Carry van Bruggen, Dutch author (d. 1932)
 * 1881- Vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925)
 * 1883 - Ko Arnoldi, Dutch actor (d. 1964)
 * 1887 – Wilhelm Canaris, German soldier (d. 1945)
 * 1890 - Alphonse Six, Belgian footballer (d. 1914)
 * 1892 - Artur Rodziński, Polish conductor (d. 1958)
 * 1892- Manuel Acuña Roxas, Filipino statesman (d. 1948)
 * 1894 - Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist (d. 1974)
 * 1895 - j. Edgar Hoover, American head of the FBI (d. 1972)
 * 1896 - Jo Einaar, American diplomat (d. 1977)
 * 1896- Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japanese film director (d. 1982)
 * 1897 - Albert de Vleeschauwer, Belgian politician (d. 1971)
 * 1898 - Viktor Ullmann, Czech conductor and composer (d. 1944)
 * 1899 - Jack Beresford, British rower (d. 1977)
 * 1900 - Mieczysław Batsch, Polish footballer (d. 1977)
 * 1900- Xavier Cugat, American musician of Spanish origin (d. 1990)
 * 1900-Dutch Hub van Doorne, industrialist (d. 1979)
 * 1900- Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat and consul (d. 1986)
 * 1901 - Marcel Balsa, French race car driver (d. 1984)
 * 1901- Christine Walton of Procession roads, Dutch politician (d. 1986)
 * 1905 - Stanisław Mazur, Polish mathematician (d. 1981)
 * 1905- Rodolfo Orlandini, Argentine footballer and football manager (d. 1990)
 * 1907 - Kinue Hitomi, Japanese athlete (d. 1931)
 * 1909 - Ries Mulder, Dutch painter (d. 1973)
 * 1911 - Basil Dearden, English film director and producer (d. 1971)
 * 1912 - Kim Philby, British spy (d. 1988)
 * 1913 -Hong Kong actor Shih Kien, (d. 2009)
 * 1914 - Noor Inayat Khan, Indian resistance fighter (d. 1944)
 * 1914- Am Kahmann, Dutch musician and redemptorist (d. 2002)
 * 1916 - Jesús Echevarria, Spanish-Basque sculptor (d. 2009)
 * 1916- Giacomo Neri, Italian footballer (d. 2010)
 * 1918 -Dutch swimmer Willy den Ouden, (d. 1997)
 * 1919 - J. D. Salinger, American novelist (d. 2010)
 * 1920 – Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (d. 2007)
 * 1920- Rinus Gosens, Dutch football player and coach (d. 2008)
 * 1920- Alfred Tomatis, French physician and inventor of the NTE- Tomatis-listen therapy (d. 2001)
 * 1921 - Alain Mimoun, Algerian athlete (d. 2013)
 * 1922 - Oege Gerhardus de Boer, Dutch Mayor
 * 1923 - Shoshana Damari, Israeli singer and actress (d. 2006)
 * 1923 – Milt Jackson, American jazz musician (d. 1999)
 * 1923- Ousmane Sembène, Senegalese author and film maker (d. 2007)
 * 1924 – Roberts Blossom, American actor and author (d. 2011)
 * 1924- Jacques Le Goff, French historian (d. 2014)
 * 1924- Charlie Munger, American investor
 * 1925 - Matthew Beard, American actor (d. 1981)
 * 1925- Mario Merz, Italian sculptor (d. 2003)
 * 1925- Maud of Prague, Dutch television personality (d. 2011)
 * 1927 - Maurice Béjart, French choreographer (d. 2007)
 * 1927 – Vernon l. Smith, American economist
 * 1928 - Hap Sharp, American race car driver (d. 1993)
 * 1930 - Gaafar Numeiri, Sudanese military and president (d. 2009)
 * 1931 - Show Schuurmans, Dutch Boxer (d. 2013)
 * 1933 - Joe Orton, English playwright (d. 1967)
 * 1934 - Lakhdar Brahimi, Algerian diplomat and politician
 * 1934- Serge Moureaux, Belgian politician
 * 1937 - Antonio Cassese, Italian judge and Professor (d. 2011)
 * 1937- Mieke Verheyden, American actress (d. 2011)
 * Gimax- 1938, Italian race car driver
 * 1939 - Michèle Mercier, French actress
 * 1939- Willye White, American athlete (d. 2007)
 * 1941 - Simón Andreu, Spanish actor
 * 1942 - Justas Vincas Paleckis, Lithuanian politician
 * 1942- Lita Stantic, Argentinian filmmaker
 * 1943 - David Schwietert, Dutch journalist, politician, communication consultant, publicist and writer
 * 1944 -general Omar al-Bashir, Sudanese and president-dictator
 * 1944- Jan De Wilde, Belgian singer
 * 1944 – Jimmy Hart, American professional wrestler
 * 1944- Ton van de Ven, Dutch industrial designer
 * 1945 - Jacky Ickx, Belgian racing driver
 * 1945- Zoltán Varga, Hong Creole footballer (d. 2010)
 * 1946 - Rivelino, Brazilian footballer
 * 1947 - F.R. David, French singer
 * 1947- Laurens Geels, Dutch film producer
 * 1947- Peter Lankhorst, Dutch politician
 * 1948 - Dick Quax, New Zealand athlete and politician
 * 1949 - Rascha Pepper, Dutch writer (d. 2013)
 * 1951 - Donna Lynton, American singer
 * 1951 – Hans-Joachim Stuck, German race car driver
 * 1952 - Ibrahim Tatlıses, Turkish actor, singer, Director and songwriter
 * 1953 - Alpha Blondy, Ivorian reggae singer
 * 1954 - Betty Betty Bigombe, Ugandan politician
 * 1954- Richard Gibson, English actor
 * 1955 - Simon Schaffer, British historian of science
 * 1956 - Christine Lagarde, French politician and Minister
 * 1958 - Grandmaster Flash, African-American hip-hop/rap DJ
 * 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-hockey coach Maurits Hendriks, Dutch
 * 1961- Pyotr Oegroemov, Latvian cyclist
 * 1961 – Mark Wingett, British actor
 * 1962 - Nico Rienks, Dutch rower
 * 1962- Felice Tedeschi, Italian race car driver
 * 1963 - René Eijer, Dutch footballer
 * 1963- Luc Walker, columnist
 * 1965 - Joost steenkamer, Dutch golfer
 * 1966 - Embeth Davidtz, American actress
 * 1966- Nikolai Goeljajev, Russian speed 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 film maker
 * 1972 – Lilian Thuram, French footballer
 * 1972- Zsolt Szabó, Hong Creole football referee
 * 1973 - Lahcen Ahansal, Moroccan runner
 * 1973- He, Moroccan runner
 * 1973 – Shelda Bede, Brazilian beach volleyball star
 * 1973- Timon J, Dutch disk jockey
 * 1973 – Danny Lloyd, American actor
 * 1973- Sascha Plöderl, Austrian racing driver
 * 1973- DJ Shadow, American dj and music producer
 * 1974 - Khatuna Lorig, Georgian-American Archer
 * 1975 - Eiichiro Oda, Japanese mangaka
 * 1975- Bengt Sæternes, Norwegian footballer
 * 1976 - Inge P, American actress
 * 1977 - Jamie Pace, Maltese footballer
 * 1977 – Hasan Salihamidžić, Bosnian footballer
 * 1978 - Nicole Bouramdane, Moroccan athlete
 * 1978- Yohann Diniz, French race Walker
 * 1978- Dieter Verhaegen, Belgian actor
 * 1979 - Andoni Aranaga, Spanish cyclist
 * 1979 – Brody Dalle, Australian musician
 * Yibeltal Admassu- 1980, Ethiopian athlete
 * Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś, 1980-Polish speed skater
 * 1981 - Rabah Aboud, Algerian athlete
 * 1981 – Zsolt Baumgartner, Hong owners race car driver
 * 1981 – Mladen Petrić, Croatian football player
 * 1982 - João Carlos Pinto Chaves, Brazilian footballer
 * 1982 – David Nalbandian, Argentine tennis player
 * 1982- Sebastián Pardo, Chilean footballer
 * 1982- Tekeste Kebede, Ethiopian athlete
 * 1983 - pieterjan Monteyne, Belgian footballer
 * 1983- Park Sung-hyun, Korean Archer
 * 1983- Melaine Walker-Brown, Jamaican athlete
 * 1984 - Avataram Sabbavarapu, Dutch footballer
 * 1984 – Shareefa, American singer
 * 1985 - Oscar Gatto, Italian cyclist
 * 1986 - Irina Amsjennikova, Ukrainian swimmer
 * 1986- Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player
 * 1987 - Nana Dzagnidze, Georgian chess player
 * 1987- Ready, Dutch footballer
 * 1988 - Kenrick Monk, Australian swimmer
 * 1989 - Gaby Jallo, Dutch footballer
 * 1989- Frank Oakes, Dutch footballer
 * 1990 - Ruslan Kambolov, Russian footballer
 * 1990- Serkan Kurtuluş, Turkish footballer
 * 1990- Patrick N'Koyi, Congolese footballer
 * Jordi Pablo Ripollés-1990, 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 Faber, Belgian singer
 * 379 - Basil of Caesarea (49), Church father and Holy
 * Fulgentius of Ruspe is 533 -, North African Bishop
 * 898 - Odo I of France (38), King of West Francia
 * 1515 - Louis XII, King of France (52)
 * 1559 - Christian III of Denmark, King of Denmark and Norway (55)
 * 1679 - Jan Steen (approx. 53), Dutch painter
 * 1716 - William Wycherley, English writer
 * 1748 - Johan Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (80)
 * 1766 - James Francis Edward Stuart (77), British pretender
 * 1782 - Johann Christian Bach, German composer (47)
 * 1871 - Alexander Munro (45), British sculptor
 * Vincent Strambi - 1824 (79), Italian Bishop and Saint of the Roman Catholic Church
 * 1894 - Heinrich Hertz, German physicist (36)
 * 1942 - Jaroslav Ježek (35), Czech composer, conductor
 * 1948 - Jan Willem Landré (73), composer
 * 1953 - Hank Williams, American country singer (29)
 * 1960 - Margaret Sullavan (48), American actress
 * 1965 - Ray Reed (??), Zimbabwean racing driver
 * 1972 - Maurice Chevalier (83), French chansonnier, comedian and film actor
 * 1980 - Pietro Nenni, Italian Socialist politician (88)
 * 1987 - Maurice Mandelbaum, 78, American philosopher
 * 1990 - Ernst Kuzorra (84), German footballer
 * 1991 - Inga Gentzel (82), Swedish athlete
 * 1993 - Adolf Long (79), German race car driver
 * 1994 - Werner Schwab (35), Austrian stage artist
 * 1998 - Alfred Lagarde (49), Dutch disk jockey
 * 1998- Åke Seyffarth (78), Swedish speed skater
 * 2000 - Arthur Lehning (100), Dutch writer
 * 2001 - Charles Boost (92), Dutch illustrator, writer and critic
 * 2001- Remi C (84), Belgian cyclist
 * 2001- Ray Walston, 86, American actor
 * 2005 - Shirley Chisholm, 80, American Federal member of Parliament
 * 2005- Eugene James Martin (66), American artist
 * 2005- Willem Scholten (77), Dutch politician
 * 2006 - Johan B. (78), Flemish historian and author
 * 2006- Bart Bosman (63), Dutch biologist and pest control-authority
 * 2007 - Tillie Olsen, 94, American author, poet, b.
 * 2007- Del Reeves, American country singer and comedian (74)
 * 2007- Darrent Williams, American Football Player (24)
 * 2008 - Cornelis Augustijn (79), Dutch theologian, pastor and church historian
 * 2008- Salvatore Bonanno (75), American mafioso, writer and television producer
 * 2008- Peter Caffrey, Irish actor (58)
 * 2008- Pratap Chandra Chunder (88), Indian politician
 * 2008- Dirk van Egmond (54), Dutch omroepman
 * Irena Górska-Damięcka -2008 (97), Polish actress and theatre director
 * 2008- Thiyagarajah Maheswaran (41), Sri Lankan member of 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 headpiece
 * Johannes Mario Simmel -2009 (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
 * Marlene Neubauer-Woerner 2010-(91), German sculptor
 * 2010- Tan Sri Mohamed Rahmat (71), Malaysian Minister
 * 2010- Lhasa de Sela (37), Mexican singer
 * 2011 - Marin Constantin (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 Grand Prix motorcycle road 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 at no. (90), Spanish footballer
 * New Year's Day
 * Catholic Church
 * Feast of the mother of God (octave day of Christmas)- Solemnity
 * World Peace Day
 * Our Lady of Wijnendale
 * Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe is († 533)
 * Blissful Valentinus Paquay († 1905), priest (paterke van Hasselt)
 * Holy Sigismund Galt († 1920)
 * Blissful Hugolinus of Gualdo († 1260), hermit, monastic founder
 * Holy Clarus of Vienne († c. 660)
 * Cuba -Liberation Day
 * Haiti -independence day (1804)
 * Cameroon -independence day (1960)
 * Sudan -independence day (1956)
 * Western Samoa (1962 -independence day)
 * Brunei -independence day (1984)
 * Australia - Constitution day (1901)
 * The Following Year, Lithuania -
 * Junkanoo in Nassau (Bahamas)
 * Public domain day
 * AA Gent was founded on 1 January 1898
 * Charleroi SC was founded on 1 January 1904

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 * 1997 -best online daily mean temperature-11.4 ° c
 * 1921 -highest daily mean temperature 10.5 ° c
 * 1979 -Lowest minimum temperature-16.9 ° c
 * 2012 -highest maximum temperature 13,3 ° c<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[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 -highest daily precipitation amount of rainfall 19.3 mm
 * 1906 -Lowest daily mean relative humidity 51%
 * 1993 -Closest Miss ever recorded


 * 1997 -best online daily mean temperature-12.1 ° c
 * 1883 -highest daily mean temperature 12.1 ° c
 * 1997 -Lowest minimum temperature-14.1 ° c
 * 1921 -highest maximum temperature 12.9 ° c
 * 1943 -highest daily precipitation amount of rainfall 16.6 mm