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Events January January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen ofContinue Reading

By place Byzantine Empire January 1 – Anicius Faustus Albinus Basilius is appointed as consul in Constantinople, the last person to hold this office. Plague of Justinian: Bubonic plague appears suddenly in the Egyptian port of Pelusium, spreading to Alexandria and, the following year, to Constantinople. This is the beginningContinue Reading

January–June January 16 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is tried for treason, for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. He is executed on June 2. February – Harrow School is founded, with a royal charter from Queen Elizabeth I of England. February 13Continue Reading

Events January–June January 18 – Lima, Peru, is founded by Francisco Pizarro, as Ciudad de los Reyes February 27 – George Joye publishes his Apologye in Antwerp, to clear his name from the accusations of William Tyndale. March – English forces under William Skeffington storm Maynooth Castle in Ireland, theContinue Reading

Events 1905: Einstein‘s “miracle year” January January 22 (9 O.S.): The Bloody Sunday massacre of Russian demonstrators at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg January 1 – In a major defeat in the Russo-Japanese War, General Anatoly Stessel of the Russian Army surrender Port Arthur, located in mainland China, toContinue Reading

Events Below, the events of World War II have the “WWII” prefix. January January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. January 4 – WWII: Greek-Polish athlete and saboteur Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz is executed by theContinue Reading