January 2003 - January 2003 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for January, 2003. See also: Preparations for 2003 invasion of Iraq for events leading up to the 2003 Iraq War Afghanistan timeline January 2003 January 31, 2003 January 30, 2003 Would-be shoe-bomber Richard Reid is sentenced to life in prison for trying to down American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami. Reid had previously pleaded guilty. [1] January 29, 2003 A false rumor that Thai actress Suvanant Kongying.
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 15 - January 15 January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 350 days remaining (351 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1559 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. 1582 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland. 1759 - The British Museum opens. 1777 - American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declares its independence. 1782 - Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the United States Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage. 1844 - University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana. 1870 - A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic.
January 26 - January 26 January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 339 days remaining (340 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. 1500 - Vicente Yáñez Pinzón become the first European to discover Brazil. 1531 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake-- thousands die. 1699 - Treaty of Carlowitz signed. 1736 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. 1788 - The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, land at Botany Bay just outside present-day Sydney. They would establish the first permanent European settlement on the continent. Celebrated as Australia Day, the country's national day..
January 31 - January 31 January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 334 days remaining, (335 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for his plotting against Parliament and James I of England. 1747 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital. 1849 - Corn Laws abolished in the United Kingdom. 1865 - American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief. 1876 - The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations. 1814 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina. 1915 - World War I:.
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 6 - January 6 January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 359 days remaining (360 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 871 - Alfred of England defeats the Danes in the Battle of Ashdown 1066 - Harold Godwinson crowned King of England 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans 1540 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves. 1661 - The fifth monarchy men unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London. 1690 - Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I becomes King of the Romans 1720 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings 1838 - Samuel Morse first.
January 19 - January 19 January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 346 days remaining (347 in leap years) Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England which makes Normandy a part of England. 1764 - John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel. 1806 - The United Kingdom occupies the Cape of Good Hope. 1829 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres. 1839 - British East India Company captures Aden. 1840 - Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what became known as Wilkes Land for the United States. 1853 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore premieres.
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 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.
