153 BC – Roman consuls begin their year in office.
45 BC – The Julian calendar takes effect for the first time.
1 – Origin of Christian Era
404 – Last gladiator competition in Rome
630 – The Prophet Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that captures it bloodlessly.
1502 – Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro
1583 – 1st day of the Gregorian calendar in Holland & Flanders
1600 – Scotland begins its numbered year on January 1 instead of 25 March.
1610 – German astronomer Simon Marius 1st discovers the Jupiter moons, but does not officially report it
1622 – Papal Chancery adopts Jan 1 as beginning of the year
1758 – The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature establish the “starting point” for standardized species names across the animal kingdom. This naming system is based on the binomial nomenclature laid out in Carolus Linnaeus 10th edition of SystemaNaturae.
1772 – First traveler’s cheques go on sale in London, can be used in 90 European cities
1776 – Gen George Washington hoists Continental Union Flag
1788 – London’s Daily Universal Registrar becomes the Times
1801 – The Irish Parliament votes to join the Kingdom of Great Britain, forming the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1808 – The U.S. prohibited importation of slaves from Africa.
1863 – U.S. President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all slaves in the rebel states were free.
1877 – England’s Queen Victoria proclaimed Empress of India
1881 – Dr John H Watson is introduced to Sherlock Holmes
1892 – Brooklyn and New York merged to form the single city of New York.
1942 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued a declaration called the “United Nations.” It was signed by 26 countries that vowed to create an international postwar World War II peacekeeping organization.
1948 – British railways are nationalized to form British Rail.
1953 – The first TV detector van, used to track down users of unlicensed television sets, begins operation in the UK
1957 – Benjamin Britten’s ballet “Prince & the Pauper,” premieres in London
1958 – The European Economic Community (EEC) started operations.
1978 – Air India B747 explodes near Bombay, killing 213
1995 – The World Trade Organization came into existence. The group of 125 nations monitors global trade.
1999 – The Euro currency is introduced.
By: Archa Dave
