05 January - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, January 05 is the day number 5 in a given year. January 05 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
January 05 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1592 | Mughal emperor Shahabuddin Mohammad Shah Jahan was born in Lahore (now Pakistan). |
| 1659 | Aurangzegb defeated Shah Shuja in the Battle of Khajwah. |
| 1671 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj captured the Salhar region from the Mughals. |
| 1691 | The bank of Sweden first issued paper currency in Europe. Earlier in Sweden, coinage used to be square and big size. |
| 1757 | Louis XV of France survived an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, who later became the last person to be executed in the country by drawing and quartering. |
| 1781 | The British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Virginia. |
| 1809 | The Treaty of Dardanelle was signed between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1827 | The first regatta was held in Australia on the river Derwent in Hobart, Tasmania at the time called the "Land of Van Diemen". |
| 1889 | Preston North and FC were inaugurated in England when the Football League was declared the winner. |
| 1905 | Chals Perrin announced the discovery of Jupiter's seventh satellite, Ilara. |
| 1909 | Colombia accepted the independence of Panama. |
| 1912 | Vladimir Lenin and the Bolshevik Party split from the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party at a conference in Prague. |
| 1914 | For the first time, the American company Ford set the example of the minimum wage to the world by setting a limit of five dollars a day for employees. |
| 1914 | Ford Motor Company announced an eight-hour workday with a daily wage of 5. |
| 1919 | The German Workers' Party, the forerunner to the Nazi Party, was founded by Anton Drexler. |
| 1919 | Ireland's famous sailor Ernest Henry Shackleton died. |
| 1925 | Nellie Tayloe Ross was inaugurated as Governor of Wyoming, the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state. |
| 1934 | The drama film Eight Girls was published in a boat. |
| 1935 | Walt Disney inaugurated the animated short films The Turtoise and the Hare. |
| 1939 | The Battle of Vallisil began. |
| 1941 | Second World War-Australian and British troops defeated Italian forces in Bardia, Libya, the first battle of the war in which an Australian Army formation took part. |
| 1955 | West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata). |
| 1957 | The Central Sales Tax Act came into effect. |
| 1968 | Alexander Dub?ek came to power in Czechoslovakia, beginning aperiod of political liberalization known as the Prague Spring that ended with a military intervention by the War saw Pact nations to halt reform. |
| 1970 | A 7.7-magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale killed 15,000 people in China's Yunnan province. |
| 1975 | The Tasman Bridge, crossing the Derwent River in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, was struck by the bulk carrier LakeIllawarra, killing seven of the ship's crewmen and five motorists on thebridge. |
| 1976 | The Troubles: In response to the killings of six Catholics the night before, the South Armagh Republican Action Force killed ten Protestants in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. |
| 1981 | A 35-year-old driver suspected for the serial murders of 13 women over five years was arrested and presented in a court in the Bradford area of eastern Britain. |
| 1981 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the first TV adaptation of Douglas Adams book, was launched on BBC Two. |
| 1991 | Georgian troops attacked Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, opening the 1991–92 South Ossetia War. |
| 1991 | The United States Embassy to Somalia in Mogadishu was evacuated by helicopter airlift days after violence enveloped Mogadishu during the Somali Civil War. |
| 1993 | Brian Lara of West Indies completed 277 vs. Australia at cricket SCG. |
| 1993 | An oil tanker named MV Brear ', carrying around 85,000 tonnes of crude oil, crashed near Shetland Island after being trapped in a storm. |
| 1994 | Alexander Popov swum the world record 100m in freestyle (47.82). |
| 1996 | Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash was assassinated by a bomb-ladencell phone, planted by Israel's Shin Bet. |
| 1997 | The famous show “Show Boat” closed at Gershurin Theatre New York city. |
| 1998 | An Ice Storm knocked out electricity in Quebec and Ontario. |
| 2003 | London police arrested six people in conjunction with analleged terrorist plot to release ricin on the London Underground,although only one was eventually convicted. |
| 2005 | Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System, was discovered by a team led by Michael E. Brown using images originally taken on October 21, 2003, at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California. |
| 2008 | Mikheil Saakashvili was decisively re-elected as President of Georgia in 'the first genuinely competitive presidential election' inthe history of the country. |
| 2009 | National Conference President Omar Abdullah took the oath of office of the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. |
| 2010 | The World Food Program announced as it will suspend operations in Somalia due to increased instability in the region. |
| 2011 | The 112th US congress has been convened. John Boehner of Ohio who is the representative of Republican Party will assume his new position as speaker of the house. |
| 2011 | According to Clarence House, Prince William and his bride-to-be Kate Middleton, will be married by the Archbishop of Canterbury. |
| 2012 | William Hague begins a 2 day tour of Myanmar. It is believed that the visit of the UK secretary of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs will be historic. |
| 2012 | US President Barack Obama dramatically cut the defence expenses. |
| 2014 | ISRO launches the Geosynchronous satellite launch Vehicle (GSLV-PS). It has been placed 1982 kg. GSAT-14 communication satellite into orbit in 17 min. |
| 2014 | The Indian communication satellite GSAT-14 was successfully placed into orbit. GSAT-14 used a cryogenic engine manufactured in India. |
Famous Birthdays of January 05:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1735 | Claude Martin / General / United Kingdom |
| 1926 | Hosea Williams / Business Man / United States of America |
| 1984 | Derrick Atkins / Sprinter / Bahamas |
| 1950 | Peter Goldsmith / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1988 | Azizulhasni Awang / Cyclist / Malaysia |
| 1909 | Stephen Cole Kleene / Scientist / United States of America |
| 1838 | Camille Jordan / Academic / France |
| 1971 | Stian Carstensen / Composer / Norway |
| 1914 | George Reeves / Actor / United States of America |
| 1950 | Krzysztof Wielicki / Mountaineer / Poland |
| 1942 | Maurizio Pollini / Pianist / Italy |
| 1965 | Patrik Sjöberg / Jumper / Sweden |
| 1926 | Veikko Karvonen / Runner / Finland |
| 1911 | Jean-Pierre Aumont / Actor / France |
| 1587 | Xu Xiake / Geographer / China |
| 1679 | Pietro Filippo Scarlatti / Composer / Italy |
| 1962 | Danny Jackson / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1881 | Pablo Gargallo / Painter / Spain |
| 1953 | George Tenet / Academic / United States of America |
| 1950 | Charlie Richmond / Engineer / Canada |
| 1980 | Brad Meyers / Rugby Player / Australia |
| 1931 | Robert Duvall / Actor / United States of America |
| 1927 | Sivaya Subramuniyaswami / Author / United States of America |
| 1909 | Lucienne Bloch / Painter / United States of America |
| 1954 | László Krasznahorkai / Author / Hungary |
| 1846 | Mariam Baouardy / Nun / Syria |
| 1985 | Diego Vera / Footballer / Uruguay |
| 1892 | Agnes von Kurowsky / Nurse / United States of America |
| 1972 | Sakis Rouvas / Singer / Greece |
| 1932 | Kalyan Singh / Politician / India |
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Read in Hindi : 05 जनवरी की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं