Historical Events In January - 01

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

1845  The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is completed on January - 01.   

1846  On this day in history yucatan declares independence from México   

1846  Yucatan declares independence from Mexico on January - 01.   

1846  On January - 01 nikola Pasic, Serbian nationalist/premier (1891..1926)   

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

1847  On this day in history netherlands Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing   

1847  Michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment on January - 01.   

1848  On January - 01 britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua   

1850  On January - 01 raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76   

1851  City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history netherlands begins issuing postage stamps   

1852  The first US public bath opens in New York City NY on this day in history.   

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

1853  On this day in history 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  On this day in history lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford PA)   

1854  On this day in history lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn)   

1854  On January - 01 james Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough)   

1858  Canada begins using decimal currency system on this day in history.   

1860  On January - 01 slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies   

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

1861  On this day in history porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City   

1861  On January - 01 president Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful   

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

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

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

1862  On January - 01 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  On this day in history battle of Helena AK   

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

1863  On this day in history the birth of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern olympics   

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0766  Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818) was born on January - 01.   

1387  On January - 01 birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)   

1431  Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) was born on January - 01.   

1449  On this day in history birth of lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence   

1449  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on January - 01.   

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  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on January - 01.   

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on this day in history.   

0898  On January - 01 odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39   

0962  On January - 01 boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies   

1204  Death of King Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) on this day in history.   

1387  On this day in history karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies   

1502  Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies on this day in history.   

1515  Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52 on this day in history.