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ID	Time	Category	Event
1	January 1	Event	153 BC – Roman consuls begin their year in office.
2	January 1	Event	45 BC – The Julian calendar takes effect as the civil calendar of the Roman Empire, establishing January 1 as the new date of the new year.
3	January 1	Event	42 BC – The Roman Senate posthumously deifies Julius Caesar
4	January 1	Event	69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor.
5	January 1	Event	193 – The Senate chooses Pertinax against his will to succeed Commodus as Roman emperor.
6	January 1	Event	404 – An infuriated Roman mob tears Telemachus, a Christian monk, to pieces for trying to stop a gladiators' fight in the public arena held in Rome.
7	January 1	Event	414 – Galla Placidia, half-sister of Emperor Honorius, is married to the Visigothic king Ataulf at Narbonne. The wedding is celebrated with Roman festivities and magnificent gifts from the Gothic booty.
8	January 1	Event	417 – Emperor Honorius forces Galla Placidia into marriage to Constantius, his famous general (magister militum).
9	January 1	Event	1001 – Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II.
10	January 1	Event	1068 – Romanos IV Diogenes marries Eudokia Makrembolitissa and is crowned Byzantine Emperor.
11	January 1	Event	1259 – Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris.
12	January 1	Event	1438 – Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary.
13	January 1	Event	1502 – The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is first explored by the Portuguese.
14	January 1	Event	1515 – King Francis I of France succeeds to the French throne.
15	January 1	Event	1527 – Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I of Austria as King of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin.
16	January 1	Event	1600 – Scotland begins its numbered year on January 1 instead of March 25.
17	January 1	Event	1651 – Charles II is crowned King of Scotland.
18	January 1	Event	1700 – Russia begins using the Anno Domini era and no longer uses the Anno Mundi era of the Byzantine Empire.
19	January 1	Event	1707 – John V is crowned King of Portugal.
20	January 1	Event	1739 – Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
21	January 1	Event	1772 – The first traveler's cheques, which can be used in 90 European cities, go on sale in London, England.
22	January 1	Event	1773 – The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17" is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, England.
23	January 1	Event	1776 – American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
24	January 1	Event	1781 – American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781
25	January 1	Event	1788 – First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
26	January 1	Event	1800 – The Dutch East India Company is dissolved.
27	January 1	Event	1801 – The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
28	January 1	Event	1801 – The dwarf planet Ceres is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.
29	January 1	Event	1803 – Emperor Gia Long orders all bronze wares of the Tây Sơn dynasty to be collected and melted into nine cannons for the Royal Citadel in Huế, Vietnam.
30	January 1	Event	1804 – French rule ends in Haiti. Haiti becomes the first black republic and second independent country in North America after the United States
31	January 1	Event	1806 – The French Republican Calendar is abolished.
32	January 1	Event	1808 – The importation of slaves into the United States is banned.
33	January 1	Event	1810 – Major-General Lachlan Macquarie officially becomes Governor of New South Wales
34	January 1	Event	1812 – The Bishop of Durham, Shute Barrington, orders troops from Durham Castle to break up a miners' strike in Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham
35	January 1	Event	1822 – The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
36	January 1	Event	1833 – The United Kingdom claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
37	January 1	Event	1845 – The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn, New York City is completed.
38	January 1	Event	1847 – The world's first "Mercy" Hospital is founded in Pittsburgh by the Sisters of Mercy, the name will go on to grace over 30 major hospitals throughout the world.
39	January 1	Event	1860 – First Polish stamp is issued.
40	January 1	Event	1861 – Porfirio Díaz conquers Mexico City, Mexico.
41	January 1	Event	1863 – American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.
42	January 1	Event	1863 – The first claim under the Homestead Act is made by Daniel Freeman for a farm in Nebraska.
43	January 1	Event	1870 – Adolf Loos, architect, co-founder of modern architecture, baptized in St. Thomas church, Brno, Moravia
44	January 1	Event	1873 – Japan begins using the Gregorian calendar.
45	January 1	Event	1877 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India.
46	January 1	Event	1880 – Ferdinand de Lesseps begins French construction of the Panama Canal.
47	January 1	Event	1885 – Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones)
48	January 1	Event	1890 – Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
49	January 1	Event	1890 – The Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, is first held.
50	January 1	Event	1892 – Ellis Island opens to begin processing immigrants into the United States.
51	January 1	Event	1894 – The Manchester Ship Canal, is officially opened to traffic.
52	January 1	Event	1898 – New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five bor
53	January 1	Event	1899 – Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
54	January 1	Event	1901 – Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
55	January 1	Event	1901 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
56	January 1	Event	1902 – The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
57	January 1	Event	1906 – British India officially adopts Indian Standard Time.
58	January 1	Event	1908 – For the first time, a ball is dropped in New York City's Times Square to signify the start of the New Year at midnight.
59	January 1	Event	1909 – Drilling begins on the Lakeview Gusher.
60	January 1	Event	1910 – Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members), since Horatio Nelson.
61	January 1	Event	1911 – Northern Territory is separated from South Australia and transferred to Commonwealth control.
62	January 1	Event	1912 – The Republic of China is established.
63	January 1	Event	1913 – The British Board of Censors is established.
64	January 1	Event	1916 – German troops abandon Yaoundé and their Kamerun colony to British forces and begin the long march to Spanish Guinea.
65	January 1	Event	1920 – The Belorussian Communist Organisation is founded as a separate party.
66	January 1	Event	1923 – Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
67	January 1	Event	1927 – The Cristero War begins in Mexico.
68	January 1	Event	1927 – Turkey adopts the Gregorian calendar: December 18, 1926 (Julian), is immediately followed by January 1, 1927 (Gregorian).
69	January 1	Event	1928 – Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
70	January 1	Event	1929 – The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.
71	January 1	Event	1932 – The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.
72	January 1	Event	1934 – Alcatraz Island becomes a United States federal prison.
73	January 1	Event	1934 – Nazi Germany passes the "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring".
74	January 1	Event	1937 – Safety glass in vehicle windscreens becomes mandatory in the United Kingdom.
75	January 1	Event	1939 – Sydney, Australia, swelters in 45 ˚C (113 ˚F) heat, a record for the city.
76	January 1	Event	1942 – The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
77	January 1	Event	1945 – World War II: In retaliation for the Malmedy massacre, U.S. troops massacre 30 SS prisoners at Chenogne.
78	January 1	Event	1945 – World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches Operation Bodenplatte, a massive, but failed attempt to knock out Allied air power in northern Europe in a single blow.
79	January 1	Event	1947 – The American and British occupation zones in Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
80	January 1	Event	1947 – The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
81	January 1	Event	1948 – The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.
82	January 1	Event	1948 – The Constitution of Italy comes into force.
83	January 1	Event	1949 – United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.
84	January 1	Event	1949 –Tokelau becomes part of New Zealand.
85	January 1	Event	1950 – Standard practice uses this day as the origin of the age scale Before Present
86	January 1	Event	1954 – NBC makes the first coast-to-coast NTSC color broadcast when it telecast the Tournament of Roses Parade, with public demonstrations given across the United States on prototype color receivers.
87	January 1	Event	1956 – Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
88	January 1	Event	1956 – A new year event causes panic and stampedes at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, Niigata, Japan, killing at least 124 people.
89	January 1	Event	1957 – George Town, Penang becomes a city by a royal charter granted by Elizabeth II.
90	January 1	Event	1957 – An Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit attacks Brookeborough RUC barracks during Operation Harvest two IRA volunteers killed.
91	January 1	Event	1958 – The European Economic Community is established.
92	January 1	Event	1959 – Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces during the Cuban Revolution.
93	January 1	Event	1960 – Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
94	January 1	Event	1962 – Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
95	January 1	Event	1962 – United States Navy SEALs established.
96	January 1	Event	1964 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
97	January 1	Event	1965 – The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul, Afghanistan.
98	January 1	Event	1966 – A twelve-day New York City transit strike begins.
99	January 1	Event	1966 – After a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa assumes power as president of the Central African Republic.
100	January 1	Event	1970 – Unix time begins at 00:00:00 UTC/GMT.