| 2009 | Czech Republic assumes EU presidency |
| 2009 | Slovakia replaces its national currency, the Slovak koruna, with the Euro |
| 2008 | Cyprus replaces it's currency with the Euro |
| 2008 | Malta replaces it's currency with the Euro |
| 2007 | Bulgaria joins the European Union |
| 2007 | Romania joins the European Union |
| 2007 | Slovenia begins using the Euro as it's currency |
| 2004 | Rose Bowl, USC Trojans beat Michigan Wolverines 28 - 14 |
| 2003 | Rose Bowl, Oklahoma Sooners beat Washington State Cougars 34 - 14 |
| 2002 | Rose Bowl, Miami Hurricanes beat Nebraska Cornhuskers 37 - 14 |
| 2002 | The Euro becomes the official currency for most of Europe |
| 2001 | Rose Bowl, Washington Huskies beat Purdue Boilermakers 34 - 24 |
| 2000 | Rose Bowl, Wisconsin Badgers beat Stanford Cardinals 17 - 9 |
| 2000 | After years of preparation for Y2K, only minor computer-related problems were reported (a problem with Hotmail, with a nuclear power plant in Japan and with apartment heating in Korea) |
| 2000 | Millennial celebrations occurred worldwide without terrorist incidents |
| 1999 | International Year of Elderly |
| 1999 | Rose Bowl, Wisconsin Badgers beat UCLA Bruins 38 - 31 |
| 1998 | All California bars, clubs and card rooms must be smoke-free |
| 1998 | Mongolia switches from a 46 hour to 40 hour work week |
| 1998 | U.S. Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733 |
| 1998 | Rose Bowl, Michigan Wolverines beat Washington State Cougars 21 - 16 |
| 1997 | Rose Bowl, Ohio State Buckeyes beat Arizona State Sun Devils 20 - 17 |
| 1996 | After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin |
| 1996 | Curaeao gains limited form of self rule (Status Aparte) |
| 1995 | "Glass Menagerie" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 57 performances |
| 1995 | "Shadow Box" closes at Circle in Square Theater New York City after 49 performances |
| 1995 | Austria, Finland and Sweden act to join European Union |
| 1995 | Centennial of Canadian Mounties presence in Canada's Yukon Territory |
| 1995 | Fernando Henrique Cardoso installed as president of Brazil |
| 1995 | International Year of Tolerance |
| 1995 | Last "Far Side" by cartoonist Gary Larson started in 1980 |
| 1995 | Raman Lamba and Ravi Sehgal score 464 for 1st wicket for Delhi |
| 1995 | "Tuna Christmas" closes at Booth Theater New York City 20 performances |
| 1994 | "Flying Karamzov Brothers" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 50 performances |
| 1994 | "Grand Night after Singing" closes at Criterion New York City after 52 performances |
| 1994 | Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.83) |
| 1994 | Carquest Bowl 4: Boston College beats Virginia, 32-13 |
| 1994 | Howard Stern's New Year's Eve Beauty Pageant |
| 1994 | International Year of Family |
| 1994 | Jacobs Field opens with "Gateway's New Year's Eve Countdown to '94" |
| 1994 | Microsoft CEO Bill Gates (38) marries Melinda French (29) |
| 1994 | North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect |
| 1993 | 12 member European Economic Community sets up vast free trade zone |
| 1993 | Blockbuster Bowl 3: Stanford beats Penn State, 24-3 |
| 1993 | Cigarette advertisements are banned in New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority |
| 1993 | Czechoslovakia separates into Czech Republic (Bohemia) and Slovakia |
| 1993 | Harry Connick, Jr. arrested at a New York airport for gun possession |
| 1992 | Bush is 1st U.S. President to address Australian Parliament |
| 1992 | Curaeao becomes 1st in Dutch Antilles to have compulsory education |
| 1992 | Europe breaks down trade barriers |
| 1992 | International Space Year begins |
| 1992 | New York City transit fare increases from $1.15 to $1.25 |
| 1991 | 5% sales tax on consumer goods and services goes into effect in U.S.S.R. |
| 1991 | Iraq rejects peace proposal from Egyptian President Hosi Mubarak |
| 1991 | Les Miserables opens at Festival Theatre, Adelaide |
| 1990 | David Dinkins sworn in as 1st black mayor of New York City |
| 1990 | Mitsuko Nishiwaki beats Nakano to become Japan Women wrestling champ |
| 1990 | New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority stops token redemption at subway stations |
| 1990 | Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV |
| 1990 | FCC implements "SYNDEX" giving independent stations more rights over cable TV outlets for exclusive syndicated programs |
| 1989 | Actress Kelly McGillis gets married |
| 1989 | New York City transit fare rises from $1.00 to $1.15 |
| 1989 | Year of the Young Reader begins |
| 1988 | Czechoslovakian born tennis star Hana Mandikova becomes an Australian Citizen |
| 1988 | Miami beats Oklahoma for college football championship |
| 1988 | Year of the Reader begins |
| 1987 | 60 bodies recovered in Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico |
| 1987 | China's rudimentary civil code in effect |
| 1987 | International Year of Shelter for Homeless begins |
| 1986 | Aruba becomes independent from neighbor island Curaeao |
| 1986 | Barbra Striesand and Jon Peters relationship breaks up |
| 1986 | International Peace Year begins |
| 1986 | New York City transit fare rises from 90 cents to $1.00 |
| 1986 | Oklahoma wins Orange Bowl for college football championship |
| 1986 | Spain and Portugal are 11th and 12th to join European Economic Community |
| 1986 | Iowa's All-American running back, Ronnie Harmon, fumbles the ball 4 times in his last game at the Rose Bowl |
| 1985 | Actress Judith Licht (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (One Life to Live) |
| 1985 | International Youth Year begins |
| 1985 | US's 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY) |
| 1985 | VH-1 made its broadcasting debut |
| 1984 | AT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies |
| 1984 | Brunei becomes independent of U.K. |
| 1984 | New York City transit fare rises from 75 cents to 90 cents |
| 1983 | PGA inaugurates all-exempt tour |
| 1983 | Penn State beats Georgia in Sugar Bowl for college football title |
| 1983 | World Communications Year begins |
| 1982 | 30 Something stars Ken Olin and Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry |
| 1982 | Clemson wins the Orange Bowl for college football championship |
| 1982 | Javier Perez de Cuellar becomes Secretary-General of UN |
| 1982 | Metropolitan Transportation Authority launches a 5 year plan to upgrade the New York City subway system |
| 1982 | Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland |
| 1982 | TA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul New York City subway system |
| 1981 | Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title |
| 1981 | Greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community |
| 1981 | International Year for the Disabled begins |
| 1981 | Palau, Trust Territory of Pacific Islands, becomes self-governing |
| 1981 | Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors |
| 1980 | 54th Australian Womens Tennis: Barbara Jordan beats S Walsh (63 63) |
| 1980 | Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship |
| 1980 | Chrysler U.K. renamed Talbot |
| 1980 | International Decade of Water and Sanitation begins |
| 1980 | Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran |
| 1980 | Premier Adbou Diouf becomes president of Senegal |
| 1980 | Sweden changes order of succession to throne |
| 1979 | International Year of the Child begins |
| 1979 | Jura, 26th canton of Switzerland, established |
| 1979 | U.S. and China (Peoples Republic) begin diplomatic relations |
| 1978 | "Your Arm's Too Short..." closes at Lyceum New York City after 429 performances |
| 1978 | Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213 |
| 1978 | President Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909 |
| 1977 | 1st woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means) |
| 1977 | Belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596 |
| 1977 | Czechoslovakian intellects begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77 |
| 1977 | Tony Dorsett runs for record 202 yards in the Sugar Bowl |
| 1976 | "Musical Jubilee" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 92 performances |
| 1976 | Liberty Bell moves to new home behind Independence Hall |
| 1976 | NBC replaces the peacock logo |
| 1976 | Venezuela nationalizes oil fields |
| 1975 | Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell and Mardian convicted of Watergate crime |
| 1975 | International Women's Year begins |
| 1975 | Sweden adopts constitution |
| 1974 | Lee MacPhail takes over as AL president, succeeding Joe Cronin |
| 1974 | NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead) |
| 1974 | World Population Year begins |
| 1973 | 47th Australian Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Goolagong (64 75) |
| 1973 | Britain, Ireland and Denmark become 7th - 9th members of Common Market |
| 1973 | West African Economic Community formed (Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta) |
| 1972 | "Company" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 690 performances |
| 1972 | "On the Town" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 65 performances |
| 1972 | "Promises Promises" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 1281 performances |
| 1972 | China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC |
| 1972 | International Book Year begins |
| 1972 | KDSD TV channel 16 in Aberdeen, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1971 | Cigarette advertisements banned on television |
| 1970 | "The Epoch" (Time 0 for UNIX systems, Midnight GMT) |
| 1970 | Afro-American Historical Calendar Series Established |
| 1970 | Charles "Chub" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League |
| 1970 | Netherlands Christian Workers Union (NCW) forms |
| 1970 | Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect |
| 1969 | Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL's Los Angeles Kings, fines each player $100 for "NOT" arguing with the referee |
| 1968 | ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp and FM) |
| 1968 | Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Caesar's Palace Fountain |
| 1968 | Netherlands gets color TV |
| 1968 | WDCO TV channel 15 in Cochran, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1967 | CRU becomes the CAFA and turns over the Grey Cup trophy to the CFL |
| 1967 | Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs. West Indies cancelled by riots |
| 1967 | FCC requires AM-FM sister stations to be at least 50% different |
| 1967 | Green Bay Packers beat Dallas Cowboys 34-27 in NFL championship game |
| 1967 | Kansas City Chiefs beat Buffalo Bills 31-7 in AFL championship game |
| 1967 | St. Helena adopts constitution |
| 1967 | Tonga revises constitution |
| 1967 | WABW TV channel 14 in Pelham, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1966 | 12 day transit worker strike shuts down New York City subway |
| 1966 | Military coup by Col Jean-Bedel Bokassa in Central African Republic |
| 1966 | Simon and Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence" reaches #1 |
| 1966 | All U.S. cigarette packs have to carry "Caution Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health" |
| 1965 | International Cooperation Year begins |
| 1965 | Palestinian al-Fatah organization forms |
| 1964 | Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland dissolved |
| 1964 | KNMT TV channel 12 in Walker, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1964 | KTVS TV channel 3 in Sterling, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1963 | G Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank |
| 1963 | WTEV (now WLNE) TV channel 6 in Providence RI begins broadcasting |
| 1962 | Beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful |
| 1962 | Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium |
| 1962 | Western Samoa gains independence from New Zealand, Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes co-chief of Western Samoa |
| 1961 | Briggs Stadium is renamed Tigers Stadium |
| 1961 | Houston Oilers beat LA Chargers 24-16 in AFL championship game |
| 1961 | Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion) |
| 1961 | Russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11 |
| 1960 | Bank of France issues new franc, worth 20 cents |
| 1960 | French Cameroon gains independence from France |
| 1960 | Johnny Cash plays 1st of many free concerts behind bars |
| 1960 | Montserrat adopts constitution |
| 1960 | U.S. census at 179,245,000 |
| 1959 | Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dom Rep |
| 1959 | Chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community |
| 1959 | Rohan Kanhai completes 256 vs. India at Calcutta |
| 1958 | BOAC Britannia flies London to New York in a record 7h57m |
| 1958 | European Economic Community, known as the Common Market, starts operation |
| 1958 | Sammy Davis, Jr. marries Loray White |
| 1958 | WMBD TV channel 31 in Peoria, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1957 | Benjamin Britten's ballet "Prince and the Pauper," premieres in London |
| 1957 | France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Rep |
| 1956 | Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville |
| 1956 | KHAS TV channel 5 in Hastings, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1956 | KOSA TV channel 7 in Odessa, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1956 | Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) declares independence from Egypt and U.K. |
| 1956 | WREC (now WREG) TV channel 3 in Memphis, Tennessee (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1955 | Bhutan issues its 1st postage stamps |
| 1955 | WEAT (now WPEC) TV channel 12 in West Palm Beach, Florida (CBS) begins |
| 1954 | KSLA TV channel 12 in Shreveport, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1954 | Rose and Cotton Bowl are 1st sports colorcasts |
| 1954 | WWTV TV channel 9 in Cadillac-Traverse City, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast |
| 1954 | Yugoslav parliament chairman/Vice President Milovan Djilas criticize communism |
| 1953 | Ernest Blochs "Suite Hebraique," premieres |
| 1953 | WBRE TV channel 28 in Wilkes-Barre Scranton, Pennsylvania (NBC) 1st broadcast |
| 1952 | Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 5th string quartet |
| 1951 | Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines |
| 1950 | Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo China |
| 1949 | KPRC TV channel 2 in Houston, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1949 | KTTV TV channel 11 in Los Angeles, California (MET) begins broadcasting |
| 1949 | Tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand |
| 1948 | 1st color newsreel filmed in Pasadena, California |
| 1948 | Bradman scores 132 in the 1st innings of the 3rd Test vs. India |
| 1948 | Britain nationalizes its railways |
| 1948 | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade effective |
| 1948 | Italy adopts constitution |
| 1948 | Orissa province accedes to India |
| 1947 | Benelux agress to work related issues |
| 1947 | Britain nationalizes its coal industry |
| 1947 | WTTG TV channel 5 in Washington, D.C. (MET) begins broadcasting |
| 1946 | ENIAC, U.S. 1st computer finished by Mauchly/Eckert |
| 1946 | Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god |
| 1946 | National Assembly proclaims Hungary a republic |
| 1945 | France joins the UN |
| 1945 | German air raid on allied airports at Eindhoven/Saint-Trond/Brussels |
| 1944 | 1st feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, New York City |
| 1944 | Army defeats Navy 10-7 in football "Arab Bowl," Oran, North Africa |
| 1944 | General Clark replaces General Patton as commander of 7th Army |
| 1943 | Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to Lt-colonel |
| 1942 | Rose Bowl played in North Carolina due to Japanese threat, Oregon - 20, Duke - 16 |
| 1942 | U.S. and 25 other countries sign a united declaration against the Axis |
| 1941 | Netherlands begins taxing wages |
| 1941 | Russian general Zhukov appointed chief of general staff |
| 1937 | Anastasio Somoza becomes president of Nicaragua |
| 1937 | Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to captain |
| 1937 | U.S. Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio |
| 1936 | 1st newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune |
| 1935 | 1st Sugar Bowl and 1st Orange Bowl |
| 1935 | Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto |
| 1935 | Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as General Manager |
| 1935 | President Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Ataturk: Father of Turkey" |
| 1934 | Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison |
| 1934 | Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, FDIC, U.S. bank guarantor, effective |
| 1934 | International Telecommunication Union established |
| 1932 | Jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon Ohio |
| 1932 | Rasse und Siedlungshauptamt publishes Himmler's wedding laws |
| 1930 | Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant |
| 1930 | Jurgens and Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever |
| 1929 | Roy Riegels runs 60 yards the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery |
| 1928 | 1st U.S. air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio |
| 1928 | Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) begins broadcasting (Netherlands) |
| 1927 | Communist uprising in West Java |
| 1927 | Dodgers announce release of future Hall of Fame Zack Wheat |
| 1926 | Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne |
| 1925 | Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo |
| 1924 | Grossdeutsche Volksgemeinschaft/Volkische Block replaces NSDAP |
| 1923 | Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established |
| 1922 | Vancouver, BC starts driving on the right side of road |
| 1919 | Belorussian SSR established |
| 1918 | Last day of the Julian calendar in Finland |
| 1916 | 1st football game in Rose Bowl, Washington State vs. Brown |
| 1915 | DW Griffith shows "Clansman" at a sneak preview |
| 1915 | Jews of Laibach Austria expelled |
| 1914 | 1st scheduled airline flight, St. Petersburg-Tampa (Tony Jannus pilot) |
| 1914 | Klaas ter Laan becomes Netherlands 1st socialist mayor (Zaandam) |
| 1914 | Northern and Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria |
| 1913 | Post office begins parcel post deliveries |
| 1912 | 1st running of San Francisco's famed "Bay to Breakers" race, 7.63 miles / 12.3 km |
| 1912 | Sun Yat-sen forms Chinese Republic |
| 1911 | Belgian Mining law introduces 9 -hour work day |
| 1911 | South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government |
| 1910 | Simpson-Hayward (England) takes 6-43 on debut with underarm lobs |
| 1909 | Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon (2:52:45.4) |
| 1908 | 1st time, ball signifying new year dropped at Times Square |
| 1908 | Jack Hobbs makes his Test debut at the MCG (83 and 28) |
| 1907 | President Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day |
| 1906 | Dutch law makes driver's license mandatory |
| 1905 | 9 hour work day for diamond miners |
| 1904 | Netherlands Indies colony begins opium production |
| 1902 | 1st Rose Bowl game in Pasadena, California, University of Michigan - 49, Sanford - 0 |
| 1902 | Nathan Stubblefield makes 1st public demonstration of radio, Penn |
| 1901 | Australia declares independence from federation of U.K. colonies |
| 1901 | Commonwealth of Australia established |
| 1900 | 1st date in John dos Passos' USA trilogy (The 42nd Parallel) |
| 1900 | British protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria established |
| 1900 | Compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect |
| 1899 | Cuba liberated from Spain by U.S., known as National Day, U.S. occupies until 1902 |
| 1898 | Lightship replaces whistling buoy at mouth of San Francisco Bay |
| 1898 | d'Annunzio's "Sogno d'un mattino di primavera," premieres in Rome |
| 1897 | 1st football game between black colleges-Atlanta U 10, Tuskegee 0 |
| 1897 | Brooklyn merges with New York to form present City of New York |
| 1896 | Wilhelm Rontgen announces his discovery of x-rays |
| 1895 | Norway adopts Mid-European time |
| 1894 | Denmark adopts Mid-European time |
| 1894 | Manchester Ship Canal in England opens to traffic |
| 1893 | 1st U.S. college extension courses for credit, University of Chicago |
| 1893 | Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar |
| 1892 | Ellis Island becomes reception center for new immigrants |
| 1891 | French troops occupy Nioro, West-Sudan, 3000 killed |
| 1891 | King Pakketvaart sails to Netherlands Indies |
| 1886 | 1st Tournament of Roses (Pasadena California) |
| 1881 | Dr. John H Watson is introduced to Sherlock Holmes |
| 1880 | Building of Panama Canal, begins |
| 1879 | John Brahms' Violin Concerto in D major premieres in Leipzig |
| 1877 | England's Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India |
| 1874 | New York City annexes the Bronx |
| 1873 | Origin of Japanese Era |
| 1871 | Belgium disbands salt tax |
| 1863 | President Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful |
| 1863 | 1st homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice, Nebr |
| 1863 | Battle of Galveston, Texas-Confederates recapture the city |
| 1863 | Battle of Helena, AK |
| 1863 | Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln |
| 1863 | Franz Schuberts "Missa Solemnis," premieres in Leipzig |
| 1862 | 1st U.S. income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000) |
| 1862 | Battle of Ft. McRee, Florida Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina (Port Royal Ferry) |
| 1861 | Porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City |
| 1860 | Slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies |
| 1858 | Canada begins using decimal currency system |
| 1854 | Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn) |
| 1853 | 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in U.S. enters service |
| 1852 | 1st U.S. public bath opens, in New York City |
| 1852 | Netherlands begins issuing postage stamps |
| 1851 | City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line |
| 1848 | Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua |
| 1847 | Michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment |
| 1847 | Netherlands Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing |
| 1846 | Yucatan declares independence from Mexico |
| 1844 | 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week) |
| 1842 | 1st illustrated weekly magazine in U.S. publishes 1st issue, New York City |
| 1840 | 1st recorded bowling match in U.S., Knickerbocker Alleys, New York City |
| 1838 | 1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide |
| 1834 | German Tolunie goes into effect |
| 1833 | British government demands Falkland islands |
| 1833 | Curaeao census: 2,602 whites, 6,531 free people and 5,894 slaves |
| 1831 | William Lloyd Garrison publishes 1st issue of abolitionist journal |
| 1827 | Dutch Trade Company NHM gets opium monopoly on Java |
| 1826 | Baron Van der Capellen resigns as governor of Dutch-Indies |
| 1818 | Official reopening of the White House |
| 1814 | Field marshal Blucher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub |
| 1809 | Holland Brigade under Brigadier General Chasse reaches Madrid |
| 1808 | African Benevolent Society (education) forms |
| 1808 | Congress prohibits importation of slaves |
| 1808 | Sierra Leone becomes a British colony |
| 1807 | Curacao is taken by English, until March, 1816 |
| 1804 | Haiti gains independence from France (National Day) |
| 1801 | Ireland and Great Britain, England and Scotland, form United Kingdom |
| 1801 | Giuseppe Piazzi discovers 1st asteroid, which is named Ceres later |
| 1801 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland established |
| 1800 | Dutch East Indies Company dissolves |
| 1798 | Russia appoints 1st Jewish censor to censor Hebrew books |
| 1797 | Albany replaces New York City as capital of NY |
| 1788 | London's Daily Universal Registrar becomes the Times |
| 1788 | Quakers in Pennsylvania emancipate their slaves |
| 1785 | "Daily Universal Register" (Times of London) publishes 1st issue |
| 1776 | General George Washington hoists Continental Union Flag |
| 1772 | 1st traveller's checks issued (London) |
| 1770 | Date of action in the opera "Madeleine" |
| 1739 | J B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica |
| 1707 | Jacob V succeeds his father Pedro II as king of Portugal |
| 1701 | Great Britain and Ireland union is in effect, creating United Kingdom |
| 1700 | Protestant West-Europe (except England) begin using Gregorian calendar |
| 1700 | Russia replaces Byzantines with Julian calendar |
| 1689 | Pro-James II-earl of Danby occupies York |
| 1675 | Don Carlos de Gurrea/Aragon becomes Spanish land guardian of S Netherlands |
| 1673 | Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston |
| 1672 | Jean Racine's "Bajazet," premieres in Paris |
| 1660 | 1st entry in Samuel Pepys' diary |
| 1660 | General Moncks army battles with the Tweed on way to London |
| 1660 | Thomas Fairfax' New Model-army occupies York |
| 1651 | Charles II Stuart crowned king of Scotland |
| 1622 | Papal Chancery adopts Jan 1 as beginning of the year (was Mar 25) |
| 1610 | German astronomer Simon Marius 1st discovers the Jupiter moons, but does not officially report it, Galileo does on July 1 1610 |
| 1583 | 1st day of the Gregorian calendar in Holland and Flanders |
| 1573 | Geuzen sets fire to Woudrichem |
| 1515 | Francois, Duke of Angoulame succeeds Louis XII as Francois I of France |
| 1515 | Jews are expelled from Laibach Austria |
| 1504 | King Louis XII loses last bulwark in Naples, Caeta |
| 1502 | Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro |
| 1494 | Juw Dekama elected potentate of Frisia |
| 1438 | Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Hungary |
| 1430 | Jews of Sicily are no longer required to attend conversionist services |
| 990 | Russia adopts Julian calendar |
| 722 | Hofmeier Charles Martel flees from bishop Willibrord |
| 414 | King Ataulf of Narbonne marries emperor Honorius sister Galle Placidia |
| 404 | Last gladiator competition in Rome |
| 313 | Start of Roman (Pontifical) Indiction |
| 89 | Governor Lucius Antonius Saturninus of Germany becomes emperor of Rome |
| 69 | Roman garrison of Mainz uprising |
