January 3 in History

The Roman legions refuse to accept Galba as their Emperor & proclaim Vitellius Emperor. Succeeds as Emperor of Rome

Succeeds as King of France, Philip Vs brother

The 14-year-old Margaret marries Sir Henry Stafford, son of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham

Burns the papal bull condemning his 95 theses & is excommunicated by Pope Leo X

Burns the papal bull condemning his 95 theses & is excommunicated by Pope Leo X

Burns the papal bull condemning his 95 theses & is excommunicated by Pope Leo X

Burns the papal bull condemning his 95 theses & is excommunicated by Pope Leo X

Appointed Regent

Guise captures Risbank and isolates Calais harbour

Guise captures key defences protecting Calais harbour

Mandeville is accused alongside the five members of the House of Commons.

Charles I accuses John Hampden and other parliamentary leaders of high treason.

Charles I accuses Arthur Haselrig and other parliamentary leaders of high treason.

Charles I accuses Denzil Holles and other parliamentary leaders of high treason.

Charles accuses Holles and the other parliamentary leaders of high treason.

Charles I accuses Lord Mandeville alongside the five Commons members.

Charles I accuses John Pym and other parliamentary leaders of high treason.

Charles I accuses William Strode and other parliamentary leaders of high treason.

Charles formally accuses five Commons members and Lord Mandeville of high treason.

Charles formally accuses five Commons members and Lord Mandeville of high treason.

Hampden is accused alongside Pym and other parliamentary leaders.

Haselrig becomes one of the parliamentary leaders accused of treason.

Holles is included among the Commons members accused by Charles.

Pym is named as a principal target in the King's treason accusation.

Strode is named with the other Commons members in the royal accusation.

Is named to manage a parliamentary conference examining council proceedings concerning the previous summer's fleet commanders.

Captured standards from Blenheim are ceremonially displayed in Westminster Hall as public recognition of Marlborough's victory.

Compromise settlement of commercial disputes with Spain

The Battle at Princeton cost the British some 276 men killed, wounded or captured and greatly boosted the morale of the Continental troops, leading 8,000 new recruits to join the Continental Army

Brunel assumes full responsibility for directing the engineering work inside the Thames Tunnel.

Begins a series of polemical articles answering the Allgemeine Zeitung.

British and French warships enter the Black Sea, increasing pressure on Russia while supporting the Ottoman alliance.

France and Britain send a joint fleet to the Black Sea and ally themselves with Turkey.

Nebraska becomes the 37th State of the Union

The Second Charles Rogier Government ends in Brussels, concluding this period as head of the Belgian government.

Begins the First Frere-Orban Government in Brussels and serves as head of the Belgian government.

Serrano becomes dictator

Serrano becomes dictator

Tells US customs officers, "I have nothing to declare except my genius"

Patents the paper drinking straw

The Kaiser sends a telegram ("Kruger telegram") congratulating President Kruger and the Transvaal Government on their success

The Kaiser sends a telegram ("Kruger telegram") congratulating President Kruger and the Transvaal Government on their success

Congratulates Kruger after the Jameson Raid.

The Kaiser sends a telegram ("Kruger telegram") congratulating President Kruger and the Transvaal Government on their success

The Kaiser sends a telegram ("Kruger telegram") congratulating President Kruger and the Transvaal Government on their success. Disclosed in the British press, raises a storm of anti-German feeling

Forces the surrender of the Jameson Raid, sharpening Anglo-Boer tensions.

A decree introduces gold coinage and establishes a ruble parity of 0.77 grams of fine gold.

Putilov dismissals help ignite the strike wave before Bloody Sunday.

Appointed Acting President of Panama

Advises Asquith to create 500 peers if necessary to pass the Parliament Act

Faces controversy over his visible involvement in the armed confrontation.

Attends the police operation during the Siege of Sidney Street.

Instructs the firebrigade to let the house burn, 1 is shot & another asphyxiated. Deploys Scots guards to cover an east London house when 2 anarchists fire on police. "better to let the house burn down than spend good British lives". 3 policemen are murderred by a gang & then trapped in Sydney St

Is added to Scott's final polar party.

Continues south with Scott's final party.

Continues with Scott toward the South Pole.

Chooses a five-man party for the final polar march.

Continues south with Scott's final polar party.

The Foreign Office reviews the history and strategic significance of D'Arcy's Persian petroleum concession.

Churchill asks Carden whether the Dardanelles can be forced by ships alone and requests his professional assessment.

British troops advance east of Beaucourt and take German prisoners.

The Ukrainian delegation arrives at the peace negotiations

Stalin signs an instruction of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Southern Front to the armies of the front for the capture of Rostov

Pangalos formally consolidates dictatorial powers after his 1925 military takeover.

Sends in US troops to fight the Sandanistas

Collectivizes all farms in Russia

Collectivizes all farms in Russia

Tatarescu begins a long Liberal administration under Carol II.

1st sworn in as member of Congress, 18th Congress

Orders the evacuation of Seoul

Becomes provisional president after Batista's fall.

Eisenhower breaks off diplomatic relations with Cuba

Eisenhower breaks off diplomatic relations with Cuba

McCone treated the coordinated post-crisis review of intelligence performance and Cuban reconnaissance as the final Intelligence Community report for presidential advisers.

Barrett releases his first solo album with help from former Pink Floyd colleagues

Approval of the IMF loan strengthens confidence in Britain’s economic programme.

Approval of the IMF loan strengthens confidence in Britain’s economic programme.

Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Approval of the IMF loan strengthens confidence in Britain’s economic programme.

Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Approval of the IMF loan strengthens confidence in Britain’s economic programme.

IMF context: Approval of the IMF loan strengthens confidence in Britain’s economic programme.

The International Monetary Fund approves Britain’s standby loan following the December agreement.

The International Monetary Fund approves Britain’s standby loan following the December agreement.

Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: The International Monetary Fund approves Britain’s standby loan following the December agreement.

Government response under Denis Winston Healey: The International Monetary Fund approves Britain’s standby loan following the December agreement.

IMF context: The International Monetary Fund approves Britain’s standby loan following the December agreement.

Ivor Richard, chairman of the Geneva conference, visits South African PM Vorster

Ivor Richard, chairman of the Geneva conference, visits South African PM Vorster

Ivor Richard, chairman of the Geneva conference, visits South African PM Vorster

Ivor Richard, chairman of the Geneva conference, visits South African PM Vorster

The International Monetary Fund approves a loan of 2,300 million pounds to Great Britain

The International Monetary Fund approves a loan of pounds 2,300 million to Great Britain

The International Monetary Fund approves a loan of 2,300 million pounds to Great Britain.

The International Monetary Fund approves a standby loan worth 2.3 billion pounds for Britain.

Sees confidence strengthen after approval of Britain’s IMF standby loan.

Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Sees confidence strengthen after approval of Britain’s IMF standby loan.

Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Sees confidence strengthen after approval of Britain’s IMF standby loan.

IMF context: Sees confidence strengthen after approval of Britain’s IMF standby loan.

Carter requests the Senate majority leader to delay consideration of the Treaty on the Senate floor in view of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Carter announces the US will comply with the provisions of the Treaty as long as Russia reciprocates, Brezhnev make a similar statement

Carter requests the Senate majority leader to delay consideration of the Treaty on the Senate floor in view of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Carter announces the US will comply with the provisions of the Treaty as long as Russia reciprocates, Brezhnev make a similar statement

Resigns from the Cabinet for family reasons

Appointed Minister for Employment

Signs START II with Boris Yeltsin to pursue deeper reductions in strategic nuclear arsenals.

Signs the START II Treaty with George H. W. Bush, requiring deep reductions in strategic nuclear weapons.

Appointed Minister of Finance

Boro Bosic becomes co-chairman of the Council of Ministers

Haris Silajdzic becomes co-chairman of the first state Council of Ministers

Appointed Prime Minister of Peru

Putin fires Tatyana Dyachenko, daughter of Boris Yeltsin and Kremlin image adviser from her post in one of his first official acts, moving quickly to distance himself from Yeltsins scandal-tinged administration

Putin fires Tatyana Dyachenko, daughter of Boris Yeltsin and Kremlin image adviser from her post in one of his first official acts, moving quickly to distance himself from Yeltsins scandal-tinged administration

Galileo begins the Millennium Mission with another close flyby of Europa.

Putin fires Tatyana Dyachenko, daughter of Boris Yeltsin and Kremlin image adviser from her post in one of his first official acts, moving quickly to distance himself from Yeltsins scandal-tinged administration

K-141 Kursk actually sank in the Barents Sea on 12 August 2000; this supplied January record describes an unrelated Kremlin personnel decision.

Sworn in as United States Senator

Withdraws after the Iowa caucuses.

Israeli tanks and infantry are invading Gaza with air and naval support

Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee are victorious in the Iowa caucuses, the first races of the presidential primary season

Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee are victorious in the Iowa caucuses, the first races of the presidential primary season

Wins the Republican Iowa caucus at the start of the presidential race

Wins the Iowa Democratic caucus and becomes a leading presidential contender

Israeli tanks and infantry are invading Gaza with air and naval support

Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak states that this will be a "war to the bitter end," while Hamas spokesman Ismail Radwant declares Hamas would "fight until the last breath."

After over a week of intense air strikes, Israeli troops crossed the border into Gaza, launching a ground war against the militant Palestinian group, Hamas.

Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak states that this will be a "war to the bitter end," while Hamas spokesman Ismail Radwant declares Hamas would "fight until the last breath.".

More than 430 Palestinians and 4 Israelis have been killed since the fighting began Dec. 27, 2008.

Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak states that this will be a "war to the bitter end," while Hamas spokesman Ismail Radwant declares Hamas would "fight until the last breath."

Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak states that this will be a "war to the bitter end," while Hamas spokesman Ismail Radwant declares Hamas would "fight until the last breath."

27, 2008

After over a week of intense air strikes, Israeli troops crossed the border into Gaza, launching a ground war against the militant Palestinian group, Hamas. More than 430 Palestinians and 4 Israelis have been killed since the fighting began Dec.

Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak states that this will be a "war to the bitter end," while Hamas spokesman Ismail Radwant declares Hamas would "fight until the last breath.".

The Israeli Defence Forces ground invasion began, with mechanised infantry, armor, and artillery units, supported by helicopter gunships, entering Gaza.

Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak states that this will be a "war to the bitter end," while Hamas spokesman Ismail Radwant declares Hamas would "fight until the last breath."

The Israeli Defence Forces ground invasion began, with mechanised infantry, armor, and artillery units, supported by helicopter gunships, entering Gaza

The United States and the United Kingdom have close their embassies in the country of Yemen due to ongoing security threats from terrorist group Al-Qaeda. The suicide bomber on the Christmas Day flight to Detroit was tied to the terrorist organisation in Yemen

Brown's government coordinates with the United States over security threats in Yemen.

The suicide bomber on the Christmas Day flight to Detroit was tied to the terrorist organisation in Yemen

The United States and the United Kingdom have close their embassies in the country of Yemen due to ongoing security threats from terrorist group Al-Qaeda

Britain temporarily closes its embassy in Yemen after warnings of an al-Qaeda threat.

Chang'e 4 achieves the first soft landing on the far side of the Moon.

Authorises the strike that kills Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani.

Announces killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in a U.S. strike.

Birth of Tsuchimikado, firstborn son of Emperor Go-Toba

Birth of Clement Richard Attlee in Putney, London

Birth of Herbert Stanley Morrison

Birth of Ray Milland, born Reginald Alfred John Truscott-Jones in Neath, Wales

Birth of George Henry Martin, later record producer, arranger, composer and important Beatles collaborator.

Birth of George Martin

Birth of John Edward Thaw

Birth of John Paul Jones, later Led Zeppelin bassist, keyboard player and arranger.

Death of Catherine of Valois. Shortly after childbirth

George Monck dies at Potheridge after a career that shaped the Restoration.

Death of Alois Hitler, Adolf Hitler's father

Death of Alois Hitler, Adolf Hitler's father

Death of James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn

Death of Jerry Quarry

Death of Edward Britton

Death of Alan Arthur Walters, upon hearing of his death Lady Thatcher describes him as "radical, fearless" and the "finest of friends"

Death of Alan Arthur Walters, upon hearing of his death Lady Thatcher describes him as "radical, fearless" and the "finest of friends"

Killed by a United States drone strike near Baghdad airport.

The Jacobite Army leaves Glasgow

General John Cadwalader fights for the American victory over the British

Washington reforms his army, and then splits it into two parts-the smaller left wing under General Nathaniel Greene and the larger right wing under General John Sullivan

A number of British troops left behind in Princeton surrender to Captain Alexander Hamilton

Colonel John Haslet of Delaware replaces General Mercer and was killed by a shot to the head

General Mercer is wounded but refuses to surrender, he dies nine days later

Washington reforms his army, and then splits it into two parts-the smaller left wing under General Nathaniel Greene and the larger right wing under General John Sullivan

This record states: After the battle, Cornwallis abandons many of his posts in New Jersey, and orders his army to retreat to New Brunswick.

This record states: Defeats the British, New Jersey.

This record states: The Battle at Princeton cost the British some 276 men killed, wounded or captured and greatly boosted the morale of the Continental troops, leading 8,000 new recruits to join the Continental Army.

This record states: Washington reforms his army, and then splits it into two parts-the smaller left wing under General Nathaniel Greene and the larger right wing under General John Sullivan.