Historical Events in January, Month of January Events
Here is a list of some historical events in January. You can learn What major event happened in January?
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 17, 2002 | Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people. |
| January 3, 1913 | An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States. |
| January 16, 1919 | Nebraska becomes the 36th state to approve the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. With the necessary three-quarters of the states approving the amendment, Prohibition is constitutionally mandated in the United States one year later. |
| January 10, 2019 | A 13-year-old American girl, Jayme Closs, is found alive in Gordon, Wisconsin, having been kidnapped 88 days earlier from her parents' home whilst they were murdered. |
| January 6, 1893 | The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. |
| January 6, 1066 | Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England. |
| January 26, 1837 | Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state. |
| January 4, 1885 | Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam. |
| January 3, 1961 | The SL-1 nuclear reactor, near Idaho Falls, Idaho, is destroyed by a steam explosion in the only reactor incident in the United States to cause immediate fatalities. |
| January 18, 1919 | World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France. |
| January 21, 1535 | Following the Affair of the Placards, the French king leads an anti-Protestant procession through Paris.[3] |
| January 20, 1788 | The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay, beginning the British colonization of Australia. Arthur Phillip decides that Port Jackson is a more suitable location for a colony. |
| January 17, 1992 | During a visit to South Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II. |
| January 5, 1975 | The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people. |
| January 1, 1600 | Scotland recognises January 1 as the start of the year, instead of March 25. |
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