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?

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January 16, 1757 Forces of the Maratha Empire defeat a 5,000-strong army of the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Narela.
January 11, 1779 Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
January 14, 1972 Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513.
January 26, 1855 Point No Point Treaty is signed in Washington Territory.
January 11, 1942 World War II: Japanese forces capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States.
January 1, 1860 The first Polish stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use.
January 19, 1764 Bolle Willum Luxdorph records in his diary that a mail bomb, possibly the world's first, has severely injured the Danish Colonel Poulsen, residing at Børglum Abbey.
January 18, 1126 Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong.
January 18, 1977 Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney, killing 83.
January 8, 2016 Joaquín Guzmán, widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico.
January 23, 1846 Slavery in Tunisia is abolished.
January 1, 1810 Major-General Lachlan Macquarie officially becomes Governor of New South Wales.
January 13, 1842 Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
January 22, 1879 The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.
January 18, 1778 James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".

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