January 9 in History

Lollards try to capture Henry V his troops arrest them as they approach the City

Joan of Arcs trial begins, overseen by pro-English clergy paid by the English Government

Joan of Arcs trial begins, overseen by pro-English clergy paid by the English Government

Philip the Good convenes the first meeting of the States General.

Appointed Pope, Florensz Boeyens, the Cardinal of Utrecht

Anulled because of Annes contract to the son of the Duke of Lorraine

Receives a generous settlement, including Hever Castle, home of Henrys former in-laws, the Boleyns

Henry VIII annuls the marriage because it was without his consent

Writes she would rather die than resign her crown

Venner is captured after the failure of the Fifth Monarchist rising.

Protests against decisions on clauses governing clipped coin and the export of coin during the great recoinage debates.

Under the Treaty of Jassy Russia returns Bessarabia to Turkey

The Treaty of Jassy legitimizes Russian claima to the Crimea

Under the Treaty of Jassy Russia returns Moldova to Turkey

Russia retains all conquered territory east of the Dniester River. A pact between the Russian and Ottoman Empires ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-92 and confirming Russias increasing dominance in the Black Sea

Signed by Grand Vizier Yusuf-Pasha and Prince Bezborodko (who had succeeded Prince Potemkin as the head of the Russian delegation upon the latters death). Russia returns Moldova & Bessarabia to Turkey.

The Treaty recognizes Russias 1783 annexation of the Crimean Khanate and transfers Yedisan to Russia making the Dniester the Russo-Turkish frontier in Europe. The Treaty of Jassy legitimizes Russian claima to the Crimea.

Is buried in St Paul's Cathedral after the national funeral.

Attends Nelson's funeral after serving beside him at Trafalgar.

Nelson is buried at St Paul's Cathedral.

Receives a state funeral at St Paul's Cathedral.

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain by George IV

German occupation forces begin to evacuate France following the death of Napoleon III

German occupation forces begin to evacuate France following the death of Napoleon III

Alfonso XII lands at Barcelona but the rebellion continues

Succeeds as King of Italy

The Discovery arrives at Cape Adare

Encourages women and families to join the peaceful procession.

Is absent from the capital as troops confront petitioning workers.

Military repression helps turn protest into revolution.

Bloody Sunday turns reform pressure into national crisis.

Earlier police-union experiments collapse under the crisis.

Begins the Frans Schollaert Government in Brussels and serves as head of the Belgian government.

Shackleton stops at 88 degrees 23S, 111 miles short of the South Pole. Names the area where they stop as King Edward VII Plateau

Reaches the expeditions farthest south point with Shackleton.

Reaches the farthest south point with Shackletons party.

Turns back at about 88 degrees 23 minutes south, within roughly 97 nautical miles of the South Pole

Turns back after reaching a new farthest south record.

Accompanies Shackleton, Jameson Adams and Eric Marshall to the Nimrod Expedition farthest south point

Reaches the new farthest south record with Shackleton.

Turns north with the weakened four-man southern party.

Provides medical expertise during the exhausting polar journey.

Helps haul the expedition sledge during the southern journey.

Chooses survival rather than continuing toward the South Pole.

Colombia signs a convention with the USA recognizing Panama

Names the area where they stop as King Edward VII Plateau

Calls the Lords an "anachronistc assembly" & wants to "finish it off for ever"

Calls the Lords an "anachronistc assembly"

Calls the Lords an "anachronistc assembly" & wants to "finish it off for ever"

Monro reports completion of the final Helles evacuation, ending the Allied Dardanelles expedition.

The final day of troop withdrawal from Gallipolli

Monro completes the withdrawal of the remaining Allied forces, ending the Gallipoli campaign.

At a GHQ meeting agrees to unrestricted submarine warfare

Chaytor's brigade attacks the Rafa defences as mounted forces close the encirclement.

Chauvel directs the mounted encirclement and assault on the Ottoman position at Rafa.

The Brest negotiations resume with Trotsky heading the Russian delegation. Plays for time but would capitulate if Germany gave an ultimatum

Establishes the Grand Fleet Strategy

Issues the White Army Manifesto

Heads the Russian peace Treaty negotiations which are resumed

Issues the White Army Manifesto

Resigns after the Dail ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty and rejects his position on the settlement.

A January approach to France opens Stresemann's push for a western security settlement.

German note sent to France suggesting western security pact

Begins service as Attorney General during the Cumann na nGaedheal administration.

Has Trotsky exiled

Publishes Down and Out in Paris and London.

Publishes under the name George Orwell.

Kerensky records his position on democratic programme in exile.

Emphasizes the importance of Combined Chiefs of Staff discussions at Malta before travelling to Yalta.

Alleges that 205 Communists are working in the State Department

Final phase of the expulsion of black Africans from their homes in Johannesburg. 60,000 Africans are moved to the Meadowlands development 13 miles from Johannesburg

Decides that there is no alternative to armed & violent resistance

Eden resigns as Prime Minister

Resigns as Prime Minister and is succeeded by Harold Macmillan

Publicly announces Edens resignation

Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer

Alaska becomes the 49th state of the Union

Receives his major break as Rowdy Yates in the CBS western television series Rawhide.

Debuts on American television as Rowdy Yates when Rawhide begins its CBS run.

Nasser marks the start of construction by initiating blasting at the project site.

Nasser inaugurates major construction work on the Aswan High Dam.

The White House Conference on Aging opens as the administration addresses policy for an expanding elderly population.

President Kennedy sent McCone a letter commending the Intelligence Community for its contribution during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

McCone proposed a covert method for independently checking reports on the progress of the South Vietnamese war and counterinsurgency effort.

Kidnapped by Uruguyan terrorists

1st day of the miners strike

Speaks at a United Ulster Unionist rally on proposals for a Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention.

The British Ambassador of Argentina lodges a formal protest against the unauthorised landing on South Georgia on 20 December 1981 by Argentine scrap-metal merchant Constantino Davidoff

The British Ambassador of Argentina lodges a formal protest against the unauthorised landing on South Georgia on 20 December 1981 by Argentine scrap-metal merchant shipshant Constantino Davidoff

The British Ambassador of Argentina lodges a formal protest against the unauthorised landing on South Georgia on 20 December 1981 by Argentine scrap-metal merchant Constantino Davidoff

Michael Heseltine resigns as a result of the Westland Helicopter crisis

Announces a 15 yr timetable for the abolition of all nuclear weapons

Announces his resignation after walking out of a Cabinet meeting during the Westland dispute.

Michael Heseltine resigns from Cabinet during the Westland crisis

Heseltine's Cabinet resignation becomes a major political consequence of the Westland dispute.

Resigns from the Cabinet during the Westland helicopter crisis.

Michael Heseltine resigns as Secretary of State for Defence during the Westland helicopter crisis.

Iraq counterattacks with the objective of capturing Basra

1st advertisement in a Soviet newspaper appears in Izvestiya

Appointed Provisional President of Panama

Iraq refuses unconditional withdrawal from occupied Kuwait.

Meets James Baker in a final high-level diplomatic attempt.

Meets Tariq Aziz in an unsuccessful final diplomatic effort.

Meets James Baker in a final major prewar negotiation.

The Assembly of the Serb People proclaim the Republic of the Serb People of Bosnia and Herzegovina, declaring it part of Yugoslavia

Publishes evidence for planets orbiting pulsar PSR B1257+12.

The Bosnian Serb Assembly proclaims the Republic of the Serb people of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Reports the first confirmed planetary system beyond the Solar System.

The Assembly of the Serb People proclaim the Republic of the Serb People of Bosnia and Herzegovina, declaring it part of Yugoslavia

Appointed President of Panama

Appointed Minister of Defence

Appointed President of Panama

Rebels attack Russian positions in Argun, Shali and Gudermes as Russia continues a bombing halt for the Orthodox Christmas

Reviews access, interviews and unresolved disarmament questions.

Briefs the Security Council on the developing inspection process.

Hussein is given prisoner-of-war status

Appointed President of Panama

Abbas is elected President of the Palestinian Authority after the death of Yasser Arafat

Abbas is elected with 62% of the vote as the new president of the Palestinian Authority

The First Topolanek Government ends in Prague, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Czech Republic.

Begins the Second Topolanek Government in Prague and serves as Prime Minister of Czech Republic.

The United Nations declares a suspension of aid in Gaza after one driver was killed and two others wounded in stray gunfire

Is elected president by parliament.

The Government reaches a pay and reform agreement ending the Royal Fleet Auxiliary dispute.

Birth of John Holles, later Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Birth of John Jervis, Meaford, Staffordshire

Birth of Charles Manners-Sutton, son of Charles Manners-Sutton, the Archbishop of Canterbury

Birth of Umberto I, son of Victor Emannuel II

Simone de Beauvoir is born in Paris to Georges Bertrand de Beauvoir and Francoise Brasseur.

Birth of Richard Milhous Nixon, 25 miles south of Los Angeles in a 2 story farmhouse

Birth of James Patrick "Jimmy" Page

Birth of Jimmy Page, later guitarist, producer and founder of Led Zeppelin.

Death of John Gilbert

Death of Jack Ruby, from a blood clot in the lungs

Death of Dave Dee