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 16, 1362 | Saint Marcellus's flood kills at least 25,000 people on the shores of the North Sea. |
| January 21, 1925 | Albania declares itself a republic. |
| January 18, 1886 | Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. |
| January 3, 1777 | American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton. |
| January 20, 1945 | World War II: The provisional government of Béla Miklós in Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies. |
| January 30, 1889 | Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling. |
| January 2, 1492 | Reconquista: The Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders. |
| January 5, 1968 | Alexander Dubček comes to power in Czechoslovakia, effectively beginning the "Prague Spring". |
| January 12, 1872 | Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years. |
| January 22, 1890 | The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio. |
| January 27, 1776 | American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
| January 8, 2021 | Twenty-three people are killed in what is described as a police ″massacre″ in La Vega, Caracas, Venezuela. |
| January 31, 1961 | Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: The chimpanzee Ham travels into outer space. |
| January 21, 2011 | Anti-government demonstrations take place in Tirana, Albania. Four people lose their lives from gunshots, allegedly fired from armed police protecting the Prime Minister's office. |
| January 13, 1964 | In Manchester, New Hampshire, fourteen-year-old Pamela Mason is murdered. Edward Coolidge is tried and convicted of the crime, but the conviction is set aside by the landmark Fourth Amendment case Coolidge v. New Hampshire (1971). |
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