January 15
January 15 ( in Austria and South Tyrol: January 15 ) is the 15th day of the Gregorian calendar, so that leaves 350 ( 351 in leap years ) days of the year.
- 3.1 Before the 19th century
- 3.2 19th century
- 3.3 20th century
- 3.4 21st century
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- 588 BC: The Babylonian Great King Nebuchadnezzar II begins with the half -year siege of Jerusalem, the capital of the kingdom of Judah, under the renegade vassal king Zedekiah.
- 0069: Otho can be proclaimed Emperor in Rome and donated to the Praetorian Guard to assassinate Emperor Galba and Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi his heirs Licinianus. His status as the second emperor of the Year of the Four Emperors, however, is weak from the beginning, as hath called on 2 January Aulus Vitellius as emperor.
- 0532: During the Nika revolt of the circus parties against the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. insurgents set fire to several buildings, including the Grand Palace and Hagia Sophia. For the first time also calls for a new emperor to be loud.
- 1552: The emperor against Karl. V. directed Treaty of Chambord is signed. Against high cash payments, the Protestant princes say Maurice of Saxony in France's King Henry II the kingdom Vicariate four cities in Lorraine.
- 2006: The socialist Michelle Bachelet is elected in a runoff against the right-wing liberals Sebastian Pinera to the first head of state of Chile.
- 2009: U.S. Airways Flight 1549 ends with a ditching on the Hudson River in New York City. Captain Chesley B. Sullenberger has to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff, the aircraft due to bird strikes. All 155 people aboard the plane be saved.
Economy
- 2008: Nokia announces in Helsinki, for cost reasons, definitely close the Nokia factory in Bochum until mid-year. This leads to a wave of protests in Germany.
Science and Technology
- 2006: The return capsule of the Stardust spacecraft brings captured comet dust samples to Earth.
Culture
Society
Religion
Disasters
Minor accidents are listed in the sub- items of disaster.
Sports
Entries of Athletics world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics.
Born
Before the 19th century
- 0005 BC: Han Guangwu di, Chinese Emperor
- 1342: Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy
- 1432: Alfonso V, King of Portugal
- 1449: Katherina, Margravine of Baden
- 1481: Ashikaga Yoshizumi, 11th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate
- 1491: Nicolò da Ponte, Doge of Venice
- 1496: Henry VII of Rosenberg, Bohemian nobleman
- 1512: Robert IV de La Marck, Duke of Bouillon, Lord of Sedan
- 1566: Philipp Uffenbach, German painter
- 1591: Alexandre de Rhodes, a French Jesuit missionary and
- 1650: Cyriac Günther, Thuringian hymn writer
- 1671: Johann Heinrich Müller, German astronomer
- 1711: Sidonia Hedwig fences man, German poet
- 1716: Philip Livingston, British- American merchant and politician
- 1724: Friedrich Adam Aries, German mathematician
- 1725: Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev - Sadunaiski, Russian field marshal
- 1730: Louis Dutens, French writer
- 1738: Ludwig Christian Lichtenberg, German official and scientists
- 1745: Matthew Conrad, Swiss pastor
- 1754: Friedrich Gedike, German educator and education policy
- 1762: Cécile Stanislas de Girardin, French politician
- 1763: François -Joseph Talma, French actor
- 1773: Antoine- Léonard de Chezy, French orientalist and co-founder of Indology
- 1777: Christian Krohg, Norwegian lawyer and politician
- 1778: Joseph Adamy, Nassau mine owners and politicians
- 1779: Jean Coralli, French dancer and choreographer
- 1780: Cornelius P. Comegys, American politician
- 1782: Thomas Wildey, British craftsman and founder of the Order of Odd Fellow -
- 1783: William Colgate, American businessman and patron
- 1785: William Prout, British physician and chemist
- 1786: Jean Alaux, French painter
- 1788: Franz Wilhelm of Barfus - Falkenburg, Prussian Major General
- 1789: Joseph Ignatz Peter, Baden officer and governor during the Baden Revolution
- 1791: Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer
- 1793: Ferdinand Georg Müller forest, Austrian painter and writer on art
- 1795: Willem de Clercq, Dutch writer
- 1795: Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov, Russian diplomat and poet
19th century
20th century
1901-1950
1951-2000
Died
Before the 19th century
- 0069: Galba, Roman Emperor
- 0069: Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi Licinianus, Roman throne
- 0069: Titus Vinius, Roman politician
- 1477: Adriana von Nassau- Dillenburg, Countess of Hanau- coins mountain
- 1560: Franz Burchart, German scholar and politician
- 1568: Miklós Oláh (also Nicolaus Oláh Claus Olahus ), Hungarian archbishop, writer, politician and theologian
- 1575: Barbara Uthman, German entrepreneur
- 1583: Matthias Stoius, German mathematician and physician
- 1623: Paolo Sarpi, Italian monk and historian
- 1633: Polycarp Leyser II, German Lutheran theologian
- 1659: George of Frantzke, German lawyer and court official
- 1775: Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian composer
- 1781: Maria Anna Victoria of Spain, Princess of Spain and Queen of Portugal
- 1784: Anton Jobst von Hinüber, German lawyer, postmaster and Klosteramts tenant
- 1789: Johann Baptist Wenzel Bergl, Czech- Austrian painter
- 1793: Johann Matthias Menninger, Austrian actor
19th century
20th century
21st Century
- 2003: Milan Machovec, Czech philosopher and dissident
- 2004: Olivia Goldsmith, American writer
- 2005: Victoria de los Angeles, Spanish soprano
- 2005: Felix Aprahamian, music critic and author
- 2005: Walter Ernsting, German science fiction writers
- 2005: Fred Julsing, Dutch cartoonist
- 2005: Dan Lee, Canadian animator ( Finding Nemo )
- 2005: Werner Lesser, German ski jumper
- 2005: Henk Molleman, Dutch politician
- 2005: Ruth Warrick, American actress
- 2006: Jabir al -Ahmad al - Jabir al- Sabah, Kuwaiti Sheikh and head of state
- 2006: Inge Merkel, Austrian writer
- 2008: Brad Renfro, American actor
- 2009: Maurice Chappaz, Swiss writer
- 2011: Patrick Leclercq, German journalist
- 2011: Pierre Louis -Dreyfus, a French banker, resistance fighters and race car driver
- 2011: Hilde Zach, Austrian politician
- 2012: Mika Ahola, Finnish Enduro athletes
- 2012: Carlo Fruttero, Italian writer
- 2013: Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director
- 2013: Michel Pollien, French bishop
- 2013: Jean -Bertrand Pontalis, French philosopher and psychoanalyst
- 2014: John Dobson, American astronomer
Holidays and observances
- Religious observances Traugott Hahn, Baltic German pastor and martyr ( Protestant)
- St. Paul of Thebes, Egyptian hermit, Desert Father and Patron ( Orthodox)
- Name Days Arnold, Gabriel
More entries contains the list of commemorative and action days.
- Day
- Day in January