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Day Of The Week: January 1
January 1, 2025 is the 1st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Day In History: January 1
The preceding day is December 31 of the previous year.
During the Middle Ages under the influence of the Christian Church, many countries moved the start of the year to one of several important Christian festivals — December 25 (the Nativity of Jesus), March 1, March 25 (the Annunciation), or even Easter. Eastern European countries (most of them with populations showing allegiance to the Orthodox Church) began their numbered year on September 1 from about 988.
In England, January 1 was celebrated as the New Year festival, but from the 12th century to 1752 the year in England began on March 25 (Lady Day). So, for example, the Parliamentary record records the execution of Charles I occurring in 1648 (as the year did not end until March 24), although modern histories adjust the start of the year to January 1 and record the execution as occurring in 1649.
Most western European countries changed the start of the year to January 1 before they adopted the Gregorian calendar. For example, Scotland changed the start of the Scottish New Year to January 1 in 1600. England, Ireland and the British colonies changed the start of the year to January 1 in 1752. Later that year in September, the Gregorian calendar was introduced throughout Britain and the British colonies. These two reforms were implemented by the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750.
January 1 became the official start of the year as follows:
- 1522 The Republic of Venice
- 1544 Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
- 1556 Spain, Portugal
- 1559 Prussia, Sweden
- 1564 France
- 1576 Southern Netherlands
- 1579 Lorraine
- 1583 United Provinces of the Netherlands (northern)
- 1600 Scotland
- 1700 Russia
- 1721 Tuscany
- 1752 Great Britain (excluding Scotland) and its colonies
Historical Events: January 1
- 1781 –American Revolutionary War: 1,500 soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne’s command rebel against the Continental Army’s winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.
- 1845 –The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is completed.
- 1890 –Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
- 1898 –New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
- 1929 –The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.
- 1934 –Alcatraz Island becomes a United States federal prison.
- 1937 –Safety glass in vehicle windscreens becomes mandatory in the United Kingdom.
- 1978 –The Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands becomes effective.
- 1995 –Sweden, Austria, and Finland are admitted into the European Union.
- 1996 –Curaçao gains limited self-government, though it remains within free association with the Netherlands.
Who were born on January 1?
- 766 –Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)
- 1745 –Anthony Wayne, American general and statesman (d. 1796)
- 1876 –Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (d. 1933)
- 1879 –William Fox, Hungarian-born American film producer (d. 1952)
- 1917 –Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)
- 1950 –Wayne Bennett, Australian rugby league coach
- 1953 –Gary Johnson, American politician and 29th Governor of New Mexico
- 1967 –Gorsha Sur, Russian ice dancer
- 1977 –Robert Roode, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1978 –Nina Bott, German actress
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