January 1

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153 BC - Roman consuls begin their year in office.
45 BC - The Julian calendar takes effect for the first time.
404 - The last known gladiator competition in Rome takes place.
630 - Prophet Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that will capture it bloodlessly.
990 - Kievan Ruses adopt the Julian calendar.
1259 - Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris.
1438 - Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary.
1515 - King Francis I of France succeeds to the French throne.
1527 - Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I of Austria as king of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin.
1600 - cotland begins using the Julian calendar.
1651 - Charles II is crowned King of Scotland.
1673 - Regular mail delivery begins between New York City and Boston.
1700 - Russia begins using the Julian calendar.
1707 - John V is crowned King of Portugal.
1876 - The Reichsbank opens in Berlin.
1934 - Germany passes the "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring".
1945 - In retaliation of the Malmedy massacre, U.S. troops massacre 30 SS prisoners at Chenogne.
1967 - The National Socialist White People’s Party was founded in Arlington, Virginia by George Lincoln Rockwell.

766 - Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)
1431 - Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503)
1467 - Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1548)
1484 - Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)
1511 - Henry, Duke of Cornwall (d. 1511)
1516 - Margaret Leijonhufvud, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1551)
1557 - István Bocskay, Prince of Transylvania (d. 1606)
1600 - Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (d. 1649)
1614 - John Wilkins, English Bishop of Chester (d. 1672)
1618 - Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, Spanish painter (d. 1682)
1638 - Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (d. 1685)
1648 - Elkanah Settle, English writer (d. 1724)
1655 - Christian Thomasius, German jurist (d. 1728)
1684 - Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (d. 1748)
1704 - Soame Jenyns, English writer (d. 1787)
1711 - Franz Freiherr von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (d. 1749)
1714 - Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1780)
1735 - Paul Revere, American patriot (d. 1818)