Historical Events In January - 01

1844  1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week) on January - 01.  

1845  The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is completed on this day in history.  

1846  On this day in history yucatan declares independence from México  

1846  On this day in history yucatan declares independence from Mexico  

1846  On this day in history nikola Pasic, Serbian nationalist/premier (1891..1926)  

1847  On January - 01 michigan is first state to abolish capital punishment  

1847  Netherlands Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing on January - 01.  

1847  On this day in history michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment  

1848  On this day in history britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua  

1850  Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1851  On this day in history city of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line  

1852  On January - 01 netherlands begins issuing postage stamps  

1852  On January - 01 the first US public bath opens in New York City NY  

1852  On this day in history 1st US public bath opens, in NYC  

1853  On January - 01 the first practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service  

1853  1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service on this day in history.  

1853  Hans Koessler, composer on this day in history.  

1854  Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford PA) on this day in history.  

1854  On January - 01 lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn)  

1854  James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough) on this day in history.  

1858  On this day in history canada begins using decimal currency system  

1860  On this day in history slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies  

1860  Slavery ends of in Neth Indies on January - 01.  

1861  Porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City on January - 01.  

1861  President Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful on January - 01.  

1862  Battle of Fort McRee FL, Battle of Port Royal SC (Port Royal Ferry) on this day in history.  

1862  On January - 01 the first US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)  

1862  US income tax goes into effect (3% of incomes > $600,% of incomes > $10,000) on this day in history.  

1862  On this day in history 1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)  

1862  Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera) on January - 01.  

1863  On this day in history battle of Galveston, TX - Confederates recapture the city  

1863  Battle of Helena AK on this day in history.  

1863  On this day in history emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln  

1863  The birth of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern olympics on January - 01.  

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0766  On January - 01 birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)  

1387  On this day in history birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)  

1431  On this day in history birth of alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)  

1449  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on January - 01.  

1449  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on this day in history.  

1467  Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland was born on January - 01.  

1481  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on this day in history.  

1484  On this day in history birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)  

0379  On January - 01 basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies  

0404  On January - 01 death of telemachus, Roman monk, murdered  

0898  Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 on this day in history.  

0962  On this day in history boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies  

1204  Death of King Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) on January - 01.  

1387  Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on this day in history.  

1502  On this day in history gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies  

1515  Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52 on January - 01.