January 2002 - January 2002 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for January, 2002. See also: Afghanistan timeline January 1-16, 2002 Afghanistan timeline January 17-31, 2002 Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 January 29, 2002 2 January 24, 2002 3 January 23, 2002 4 January 20, 2002 5 January 8, 2002 6 January 4, 2002 7 January 4, 2002 8 January 3, 2002 9 January 1, 2002 10 Topics in the news in January 2002 11 Background for events in January 2002 January 29, 2002 George W. Bush delivered his State of the Union Address to Congress. January 24, 2002 Enron hearings begin. Terrorist.
January 1 - January 1 January 1 is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining (365 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 153 BC - New Year's Day first celebrated 45 BC - Julian calendar goes into effect 404 - Last gladiator competition in Rome 1438 - Albert II of Habsburg becomes King of Hungary 1502 - Rio de Janeiro discovered 1622 - In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of for example March 25 in England 1651 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland 1700 - Russia accepts Julian calendar 1707 - John V becomes King of Portugal 1738.
January 3 - January 3 January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 362 days remaining (363 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1496 - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine 1521 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther. 1777 - Battle of Princeton. American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis. 1815 - Austria, Britain, and France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia. 1823 - Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico 1833 - Britain seizes control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. 1834 - The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F..
January 28 - January 28 January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 337 days remaining (338 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1521 - Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25. 1547 - Edward VI becomes King of England. 1573 - articles of Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland 1788 - The first penal colony is founded at Botany Bay, Australia. 1855 - first locomotive runs from the Atlantic to the Pacific on the Panama Railway 1871 - France surrenders to end the Franco-Prussian War. 1878 - The Yale News becomes the first daily, college newspaper in the United States. 1902 - The Carnegie Institution.
January 30 - January 30 January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 335 days remaining, (336 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1595 - William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is performed for the first time. 1649 - King Charles I of England is beheaded. 1781 - Articles of Confederation ratified by 13th state, Maryland. 1790 - The first boat specialized as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne. 1820 - Edward Bransfield discovers Antarctica. 1835 - Unsuccessful assassination attempt against President Andrew Jackson in the United States Capitol -- first assassination attempt against a President. 1847 - Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco. 1862 - The first.
January 29 - January 29 January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 336 days remaining, (337 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1676 - Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia 1845 - The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is published for the first time (New York Evening Mirror). 1850 - Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the United States Congress 1856 - Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross 1861 - Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state. 1886 - Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. 1891 - Liliuokalani proclaimed Queen of Hawaii 1900 - The American League is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with 8.
January 25 - January 25 January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 340 days remaining (341 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1327 - Edward III becomes King of England. 1494 - Alfonso II becomes King of Naples. 1533 - Henry VIII of England marries his second wife Anne Boleyn. 1554 - Foundation of Sao Paulo city, Brazil. 1791 - The British Parliament splits the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada. 1858 - The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the (marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter and the Crown Prince of Prussia). 1881 -.
January 27 - January 27 January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 338 days remaining (339 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1606 - The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begin and later ends in their execution on January 31. 1785 - The University of Georgia Founded 1870 - First college sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, is formed at DePauw University. 1880 - Thomas Edison files a patent for his electric incandescent lamp. 1888 - In Washington, DC the National Geographic Society is founded. 1900 - Boxer rebellion: Foreign diplomats in Peking China demand that the Boxer rebels be disciplined. 1915 - United States Marines occupy Haiti. 1926.
January 17 - January 17 January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 348 days remaining (349 in leap years) Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1562 - Huguenots were recognized under the Edict of St. Germain. 1773 - Captain James Cook becomes the first explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle. 1781 - Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the Battle of Cowpens in South Carolina. 1819 - Simon Bolivar proclaims the Republic of Colombia. 1852 - United Kingdom recognizes independence of the Transvaal. 1873 - First Battle of the Stronghold in the US Modoc War 1893 - American sugar planters overthrow the.
January 22 - January 22 January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 343 days remaining (344 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1771 - Spain cedes Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands to England. 1824 - Ashantis crush British forces in the Gold Coast. 1840 - British colonists reach New Zealand. 1863 - The January Uprising broke out in Poland, Lithunania and Belorussia. The aim of the national movement was to regain Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation of Russia. 1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: Zulu troops massacre British troops at Isandhlwana. 1889 - Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, DC. 1899 - Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to.
January 24 - January 24 January 24 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 341 days remaining (342 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1458 - Matthias I Corvinus becomes king of Hungary. 1679 - King Charles II of England disbands Parliament. 1742 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. 1848 - California gold rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento. 1859 - Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza under the name Romania (see December 1 1918 for the final unification, Transylvania and other regions were still missing at this time). 1888 - Jacob L. Wortman patents the typewriter ribbon. 1908 - Robert.
January 21 - January 21 January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 344 days remaining (345 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade 1276 - Innocent V becomes Pope 1643 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga 1789 - The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts 1793 - After being found guilty for treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is guillotined. 1793 - Russia and Prussia partition Poland 1853 - Russell L. Hawes patents the.
January 4 - January 4 January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 361 days remaining (362 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 871 - Battle of Reading - Ethelred of Wessex defeats Danish invasion army 1493 - Christopher Columbus leaves the New World, ending his first journey 1642 - English Civil War: King Charles I of England attacks Parliament 1717 - The Netherlands, England and France sign the Triple Alliance 1762 - England declares war on Spain and Naples 1847 - Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government 1850 - The first American ice-skating club is formed (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). 1884 - The Fabian Society.
January 5 - January 5 January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 360 days remaining (361 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1463 - Poet François Villon is banned from Paris. 1500 - Duke Ludovico Sforza conquers Milan. 1781 - American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold. 1846 - The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom. 1895 - Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. 1896 - An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Roentgen discovered a type of radiation.
January 8 - January 8 January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 357 days remaining (358 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats Danish invasion army. 1198 - Innocentius III becomes Pope. 1734 - Premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. 1746 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling. 1806 - Cape Colony becomes a British colony. 1815 - War of 1812: In the Battle of New Orleans Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British. 1838 - Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse.
January 23 - January 23 January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 342 days remaining, 343 in leap years. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1556 - The deadliest earthquake in history kills 830,000 people in Shanxi Province, China. 1570 - The assassination of regent James Stewart, Earl of Moray throws Scotland into civil war. 1571 - The Royal Exchange opens in London. 1579 - The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands. 1719 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire. 1789 - Georgetown College becomes the first Catholic college in the United States (Washington, DC). 1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her MD.
January 16 - January 16 January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 349 days remaining (350 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1362 - One of the North Sea's greatest stormtides ever destroys the island of Strand with the city of Rungholt. 1547 - Ivan the Terrible becomes Tsar of Russia. 1556 - Philip II becomes King of Spain. 1572 - The Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. 1581 - English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism. 1761 - British capture Pondicherry, India from the French. 1777 - Vermont declares its independence from New York. 1780 - American.
January 20 - January 20 January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 345 days remaining (346 in leap years). In astrology, it is the cusp day, between Aquarius and Capricorn. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1156 - According to legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of the lake Köyliönjärvi in Finland. 1265 - In Westminster, the first English parliament conducts its first meeting. 1320 - Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland 1356 - Edward Balliol resigns as King of Scotland 1513 - Christian II becomes King of Denmark and Norway 1667 - Poland cedes Kiev, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia 1801.
January 9 - January 9 January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 356 days remaining (357 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1760 - Afghans defeat Marathas in Battle of Barari Ghat. 1768 - Philip Astley stages the first modern circus (London). 1788 - Connecticut becomes the fifth state to join the United States. 1793 - Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a balloon in the United States. 1806 - Lord Horatio Nelson is buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. 1839 - The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process. 1861 - Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union, preceding the American Civil.
January 10 - January 10 January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 355 days remaining (356 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon which signaled civil war. 1072 - Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo. 1776 - Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense. 1806 - Dutch in Cape Town surrender to the British. 1810 - Marriage of Napoleon and Josephine is annulled. 1861 - Florida secedes from the United States. 1863 - The first section of the London Underground Railway opens (Paddington to Farringdon Street). 1870 - John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. 1901 - The first great Texas gusher, oil discovered at Spindletop in.
