January 1st

***Important Events of January 1st:***

BC
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* 153 Roman consuls begin their year in office.
* 45 The Julian calendar takes effect for the first time.AD
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* 1 Origin of Christian Era
* 69 Roman garrison of Mainz uprising
* 89 Gov Lucius Antonius Saturninus of Germany becomes emperor of Rome
* 313 Start of Roman (Pontifical) Indiction
* 404 Last gladiator competition in Rome
* 630 The Prophet Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that captures it bloodlessly.
* 722 Hofmeier Charles Martel flees from bishop Willibrord
* 990 Russia adopts Julian calendar
* 1259 Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris.
* 1430 Jews of Sicily are no longer required to attend conversionist services
* 1438 Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Hungary
* 1494 Juw Dekama elected potentate of Frisia
* 1502 Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro
* 1504 King Louis XII loses last bulwark in Naples, Caeta
* 1515 Francis, Duke of Angouleme succeeds King Louis XII as Francis I of France
* 1515 Jews are expelled from Laibach Austria
* 1527 Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I of Austria as king of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin.
* 1573 Geuzen sets fire to Woudrichem
* 1583 1st day of the Gregorian calendar in Holland & Flanders
* 1600 Scotland begins its numbered year on January 1 instead of 25 March.

### **Birthdays**

* 766 Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)
* 1431 Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)
* 1449 Lorenzo de 'Medici (The Magnificent), Florentine statesman (d. 1492)
* 1467 Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland
* 1484 Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)
* 1504 Caspar Cruciger, German church reformer
* 1511 Henry, Duke of Cornwall (d. 1511)
* 1516 Margaret Leijonhufvud, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1551)
* 1520 Franciscus Balduinus, [Francois Baudouin], lawyer
* 1557 István Bocskay, Prince of Transylvania (d. 1606)
* 1600 Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (d. 1649)
* 1614 John Wilkins, English Bishop of Chester (d. 1672)
* 1618 Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spain, Baroque artist [baptized]
* 1622 Isaac Sweers, Dutch Admiral/general/Civil rights activist
* 1628 Christoph Bernhard, German composer
* 1638 Antoinette du Ligier de la Guard Deshoulieres, French poet/playwright
* 1638 Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (d. 1685)
* 1648 Elkanah Settle, English writer (d. 1724)
* 1652 Johann Krieger, composer
* 1655 Christian Thomasius, German jurist (d. 1728)
* 1684 Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (d. 1748)
* 1697 Johann Pfeiffer, composer
* 1704 Soame Jenyns, English writer (d. 1787)
* 1709 Johann H H Butz, German/Dutch organ builder
* 1711 Franz Freiherr von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (d. 1749)
* 1714 Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lutheran pastor, Lithuanian poet (The Seas)
* 1723 Christian Friedrich Gregor, composer
* 1729 Edmund Burke, British author (Philosophy & Inquiry) [NS=Jan 12]
* 1734 John F E Acton, cruel premier of Naples

## Notes

-January 1st is also New Years Day, marking the beginning of a new year.

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