Monday January 1, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

January 1: Day of the Week

January 1, 2024 was the 1st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 365 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is lundi.

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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

January 1: This Day in History

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

January 1 Historical Event(s)

1804
French rule ends in Haiti. Haiti becomes the first black republic and second independent country in North America after the United States
1833
The United Kingdom claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
1942
The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
1948
The British railway network is nationalised to form British Railways.
1964
The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
1978
Air India Flight 855 Boeing 747 crashes into the sea, due to instrument failure and pilot disorientation, off the coast of Bombay, India, killing 213.
1981
Palau achieves self-government though it is not independent from the United States.
1995
The Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe becomes the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
2007
Adam Air Flight 574 disappears over Indonesia with 102 people on board.
2011
Estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the seventeenth eurozone country.

Who were born on January 1?

1879
William Fox, Hungarian-born American film producer (d. 1952)
1892
Artur Rodziński, Croatian conductor (d. 1958)
1917
Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)
1927
Doak Walker, American football star (d. 1998)
1933
Frederick Lowy, Canadian educator
1944
Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani politician
1957
Ewa Kasprzyk, Polish actress
1959
Panagiotis Giannakis, Greek basketball player and coach
1963
Jean-Marc Gounon, French race car driver
1971
Fredro Starr, American rapper (Onyx)

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