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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[49 BC]] &ndash; [[Julius Caesar]] crosses the [[Rubicon]], signalling the start of [[Caesar's Civil War|civil war]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Adrian Goldsworthy |title=Caesar's Civil War 49-44 BC |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=199JAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA14 |date=4 December 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-88181-8 |pages=14}}</ref>
*[[AD 9|9]] &ndash; The Western [[Han dynasty]] ends when [[Wang Mang]] claims that the divine [[Mandate of Heaven]] called for the end of the dynasty and the beginning of his own, the [[Xin dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Hans Bielenstein |title=The Restoration of the Han Dynasty |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VOVWmju9U5QC |year=1954 |publisher=Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities |page=160}}</ref>
*[[AD 69|69]] &ndash; [[Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus]] is appointed by [[Galba]] as [[Caesar (title)|deputy Roman Emperor]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Simon Hornblower |author2=Antony Spawforth |author3=Esther Eidinow |title=The Oxford Classical Dictionary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bVWcAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA270 |date=29 March 2012 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-954556-8 |pages=270}}</ref>
* [[236]] &ndash; [[Pope Fabian]] succeeds [[Pope Anterus|Anterus]] to become the twentieth pope of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Aubrey Attwater |title=A Dictionary of Popes: From Peter to Pius XII. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uVmcAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA13 |year=1939 |isbn=978-0-19-929581-4 |pages=13|publisher=Oxford University Press }}</ref>
*[[1072]] &ndash; [[Robert Guiscard]] conquers [[Palermo]] in Sicily for the Normans.<ref>{{cite book |author=Marjorie Chibnall |title=Anglo-Norman Studies XV |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QjlBTqnrcrIC&pg=PA53 |year=1993 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd |isbn=978-0-85115-336-0 |pages=53}}</ref>
*[[1430]] &ndash; [[Philip the Good]], the [[Duke of Burgundy]], establishes the [[Order of the Golden Fleece]], the most prestigious, exclusive, and expensive [[order of chivalry]] in the world.<ref name="Gibbons2013">{{cite book |last=Gibbons |first=Rachel |title=Exploring history 1400-1900: An anthology of primary sources |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m_rHCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT65 |access-date=2018-07-30 |date=2013-01-18 |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=978-1-84779-258-7 |page=65 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[1475]] &ndash; [[Stephen III of Moldavia]] defeats the [[Ottoman Empire]] at the [[Battle of Vaslui]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Kurt W. Treptow |title=Dracula: Essays on the Life and Times of Vlad Țepeș |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eXVpAAAAMAAJ |year=1991 |publisher=East European Monographs |isbn=978-0-88033-220-0 |page=21}}</ref>

===1601&ndash;1900===
*[[1645]] &ndash; Archbishop [[William Laud]] is beheaded for treason at the [[Tower of London]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Cicely Veronica |last=Wedgwood |title=The King's War, 1641-1647 |place=London |publisher=Collins |date=1958 |pages=376–378}}</ref>
*[[1776]] &ndash; American Revolution: [[Thomas Paine]] publishes his pamphlet ''[[Common Sense (pamphlet)|Common Sense]]''.<ref>{{cite book |author=Steven Blakemore |title=Literature, Intertextuality, and the American Revolution: From Common Sense to Rip Van Winkle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5UeSBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 |date=31 August 2012 |publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson |isbn=978-1-61147-573-9 |pages=1}}</ref>
*[[1791]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Dunlap's Station]] begins near [[Cincinnati]] during the [[Northwest Indian War]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Harvey L. Carter |title=The Life and Times of Little Turtle: First Sagamore of the Wabash |url=https://archive.org/details/lifetimesoflittl0000cart |url-access=registration |year=1987 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-01318-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/lifetimesoflittl0000cart/page/109 109]}}</ref>
*[[1812]] &ndash; The [[New Orleans (steamboat)|first steamboat]] on the [[Ohio River]] or the [[Mississippi River]] arrives in [[New Orleans]], 82 days after departing from [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Laws and General Ordinances of the City of New Orleans: Together with the Acts of the Legislature, Decisions of the Supreme Court, and Constitutional Provisions Relating to the City Government |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xitPAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA19 |year=1870 |publisher=Simmons & Company, printers |pages=19}}</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Florida]] becomes the third state to secede from the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Weitz |first1=Seth A. |last2=Sheppard |first2=Jonathan C. |title=A Forgotten Front: Florida During the Civil War Era |location=Tuscaloosa, Ala. |publisher=The University of Alabama Press |date=2018 |isbn=978-0-8173-1982-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Is9ZDwAAQBAJ |page=4}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; The [[Metropolitan Railway]], the world's oldest underground railway, opens between [[Paddington tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines)|Paddington]] and [[Farringdon station|Farringdon]], marking the beginning of the [[London Underground]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Norton |first=Graham |title=Victorian London: How to Find Your Way Round the Growing Metropolis of Queen Victoria's Reign |location=London |publisher=Macdonald |date=1969 |oclc=1008524765 |page=73}}</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[John D. Rockefeller]] incorporates [[Standard Oil]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Chernow |first=Ron |title=Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. |location=New York |publisher=Vintage Books |date=2004 |isbn=978-1-4000-7730-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mleb5acWQF4C |page=132}}</ref>
*[[1876]] &ndash; The [[Plan of Tuxtepec]] is announced.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pesquera |first=Servicio de Información Agroalimentaria y |title=Plan de Tuxtepec |url=http://www.gob.mx/siap/articulos/plan-de-tuxtepec |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=gob.mx |language=es}}</ref>

===1901&ndash;present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; The first great [[Texas]] [[Blowout (well drilling)|oil gusher]] is discovered at [[Spindletop]] in [[Beaumont, Texas]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Warner |first=C.A. |title=Texas Oil and Gas Since 1543 |location=Rockport, Tex. |publisher=Copano Bay Press |date=2007 |isbn=978-0-9767799-5-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9cO8wnaDXIkC |page=74 |postscript=none}}; {{cite book |last=Hinton |first=Diana Davids |title=Oil in Texas: The Gusher Age, 1895-1945 |location=Arlington, Tex. |publisher=University of Texas Press |date=2002 |isbn=978-0-292-76056-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u0L3DAAAQBAJ&q=%22FIrst+Great+Boom%22 |pages=30–31}}</ref>
*[[1901]] &ndash; New York: [[Automobile Club of America]] installs signs on major highways.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=23|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref> 
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: [[Russian Empire|Imperial Russia]] begins the [[Erzurum Offensive]], leading to the defeat of the [[Ottoman Empire]]{{'s}} Third Army.<ref>{{cite book|last=Walter|first=Dierk|chapter=Erzurum Offensive (January 10—March 25, 1916)|title=Russia at War: From the Mongol Conquest to Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Beyond|editor-last1=Dowling|editor-first1=Timothy C.|editor-last2=Menning|editor-first2=Bruce|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2015|isbn=9781598849479|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KTq2BQAAQBAJ|pages=265–266}}</ref>
* [[1917]] – [[Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition]]: Seven survivors of the [[Ross Sea party]] were rescued after being stranded for several months.<ref>{{cite book|author-link= Ernest Shackleton|last= Shackleton|first= Ernest|title= South|url= https://archive.org/details/South00Shac|publisher= William Heinemann|location= London|year= 1919|pages= 334–337}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Versailles]] takes effect, officially ending World War I for all combatant nations except the United States.<ref>{{cite book|last=Streissguth|first=Thomas|title=The Roaring Twenties|location=New York|publisher=Facts On File|date=2007|isbn=9780816064236|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FtbnIe103p4C|page=46}}</ref>
*  1920 &ndash; [[League of Nations Covenant]] automatically enters into force after the [[Treaty of Versailles]] is ratified by [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Howard-Ellis|first=Charles|title=The Origin, Structure and Working of the League of Nations|location=New York|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company|date=1929|oclc=975294983|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xmIsAveUZRgC|pages=98–99|isbn=9781584773207}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Fritz Lang]]'s futuristic film ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]'' is released in Germany.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Michael Minden |author2=Holger Bachmann |title=Fritz Lang's Metropolis: Cinematic Visions of Technology and Fear |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oyOO_HNw0KQC&pg=PA114 |year=2002 |publisher=Camden House |isbn=978-1-57113-146-1 |pages=114}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The Greek army [[Capture of Klisura Pass|captures]] [[Këlcyrë|Kleisoura]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Zōtos|first=Stephanos|title=Greece: The Struggle for Freedom|location=New York|publisher=Crowell|date=1967|oclc=712510|page=22}}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; The first General Assembly of the United Nations assembles in the [[Methodist Central Hall, Westminster]]. Fifty-one nations are represented.<ref>{{cite book |title=Documents of International Organizations |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rB0oAQAAMAAJ |year=1947 |publisher=The Foundation |page=3}}</ref>
*  1946 &ndash; The [[Signal Corps (United States Army)|United States Army Signal Corps]] successfully conducts [[Project Diana]], bouncing [[radio wave]]s off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.<ref>{{cite book |last=Butrica |first=Andrew J. |title=To See the Unseen: A History of Planetary Radar Astronomy |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=NASA |date=1996 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VUU7AQAAMAAJ |page=9 |isbn=978-0-7881-4005-1}}</ref>
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[BOAC Flight 781]], a [[de Havilland Comet|de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1]], explodes and falls into the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]], killing 35 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ntsb.org/Wiringcargodoorlite/Additional%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Reports_files/CometAAR-1.pdf |title=Final moments of Comet Mk1 G-ALYP |page=8 |first=Ronald |last=Keith |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827210413/http://www.ntsb.org/Wiringcargodoorlite/Additional%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Reports_files/CometAAR-1.pdf |archive-date=27 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Tashkent Declaration]], a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]].
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] returns to the newly independent [[Bangladesh]] as president after spending over nine months in prison in [[Pakistan]].
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[The New England Journal of Medicine]] publishes the letter [[Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics]], which is later misused to downplay the general risk of addiction to [[opioid]]s.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|date=10 January 1980|volume=302|issue=2|pages=123|doi=10.1056/NEJM198001103020221|pmid=7350425|last1=Porter|first1=J.|last2=Jick|first2=H.|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=atlantic>{{cite web | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/06/nejm-letter-opioids/528840/ | title=The One-Paragraph Letter From 1980 That Fueled the Opioid Crisis | work=The Atlantic | date=2 June 2017 | accessdate=24 June 2017 | author=Zhang, Sarah}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Salvadoran Civil War]]: The [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front|FMLN]] launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of [[Morazán Department|Morazán]] and [[Chalatenango Department|Chalatenango]] departments
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Holy See–United States relations]]: The United States and [[Holy See]] ([[Vatican City]]) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the [[United States Congress]]'s [[1867]] ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy.
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Sandinista National Liberation Front|Sandinista]] [[Daniel Ortega]] becomes [[President of Nicaragua|president]] of [[Nicaragua]] and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the [[Contras]] in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Time Warner]] is formed by the merger of [[Time Inc.]] and [[Warner Communications]].
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Crossair Flight 498]], a [[Saab 340]] aircraft, crashes in [[Niederhasli]], Switzerland, after taking off from [[Zurich Airport]], killing 13 people.<ref name="AAIB">{{Cite web |date=21 October 2002 |title=Investigation Report of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau on the accident to the Saab 340B aircraft, registration HB-AKK of Crossair Flight LX498 on 10 January 2000 near Nassenwil/ZH. |url=https://www.sust.admin.ch/inhalte/AV-berichte/1781_e.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414072245/http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1781_e.pdf |archive-date=14 April 2008 |access-date=9 June 2019 |publisher=[[Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (Switzerland)|Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau]]}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; A [[2007 Guinean general strike|general strike]] begins in [[Guinea]] in an attempt to get President [[Lansana Conté]] to resign.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6296709.stm |title=Guinea leader 'cedes key demand' |website=BBC News |date=January 25, 2007 |access-date=29 August 2020}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; A [[2012 Khyber Agency bombing|bombing]] at [[Jamrud]] in Pakistan, kills at least 30 people and injures 78 others.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/319253/six-killed-in-jamrud-blast-police/ |title=29 killed, 50 injured in Jamrud blast: Official |work=[[The Express Tribune]] |date=10 January 2012 |access-date=10 January 2012}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; More than 100 people are killed and 270 injured in several [[January 2013 Pakistan bombings|bomb blasts]] in the [[Quetta]] area of [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-explosions-idUSBRE90911P20130110 |title=String of bombings kill 130, injure 280 in Pakistan |work=[[Reuters]] |date=10 January 2013 |access-date=11 January 2013 |archive-date=11 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111004535/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/10/us-pakistan-explosions-idUSBRE90911P20130110 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; A [[2015 Karachi traffic accident|traffic accident]] between an oil tanker truck and passenger coach en route to [[Shikarpur, Sindh|Shikarpur]] from [[Karachi]] on the [[Pakistan]] [[National Highways of Pakistan|National Highway Link Road]] near [[Gulshan-e-Hadeed]], Karachi, killing at least 62 people.<ref>{{cite news |last=ur-Rehman |first=Zia |title=Scores Killed After Bus Collides With Oil Tanker in Pakistan |work=The New York Times |date=January 11, 2015 |access-date=January 10, 2020 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/12/world/asia/dozens-killed-after-bus-collides-with-oil-tanker-in-pakistan.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/12/world/asia/dozens-killed-after-bus-collides-with-oil-tanker-in-pakistan.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; A 13-year-old American girl, [[Kidnapping of Jayme Closs|Jayme Closs]], is found alive in [[Gordon, Douglas County, Wisconsin|Gordon, Wisconsin]], having been kidnapped 88 days earlier from her parents' home whilst they were murdered.<ref>{{cite news |title=UPDATE: Jayme Closs located alive in Gordon, currently hospitalized |work=KBJR 6 |date=January 10, 2019 |access-date=May 11, 2021 |url=https://kbjr6.com/2019/01/10/barron-county-sheriffs-department-jayme-closs-has-been-located-alive-in-douglas-county/#:~:text=UPDATE%3A%20The%20Barron%20County%20Sheriff's,in%20the%20Town%20of%20Gordon. |archive-date=March 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328005012/https://kbjr6.com/news/twin-ports/2019/01/10/barron-county-sheriffs-department-jayme-closs-has-been-located-alive-in-douglas-county/#:~:text=UPDATE%3A%20The%20Barron%20County%20Sheriff's,in%20the%20Town%20of%20Gordon. |url-status=dead }}</ref>