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 13, 1847 | The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican–American War in California. |
| January 8, 1735 | The premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante takes place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. |
| January 17, 1961 | U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex" as well as the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending. |
| January 25, 2019 | A mining company's dam collapses in Brumadinho, Brazil, a south-eastern city, killing at least seven people and leaving 200 missing. |
| January 9, 1997 | Comair Flight 3272 crashes in Raisinville Township in Monroe County, Michigan, killing 29 people. |
| January 3, 1961 | Cold War: After a series of economic retaliations against one another, the United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba. |
| January 15, 1822 | Greek War of Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected president of the legislative assembly. |
| January 1, 1957 | George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. |
| January 13, 1978 | United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors. |
| January 25, 1573 | Battle of Mikatagahara: In Japan, Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu. |
| January 22, 1915 | Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon. |
| January 12, 1848 | The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. |
| January 28, 1813 | Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom. |
| January 9, 1822 | The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese King João VI, beginning the Brazilian independence process. |
| January 21, 1525 | The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. |
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