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 11, 947 | Emperor Tai Zong of the Khitan-led Liao Dynasty invades the Later Jin, resulting in the destruction of the Later Jin. |
| January 19, 1983 | The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Computer to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced. |
| January 28, 1754 | Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend. |
| January 7, 1980 | U.S. President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation. |
| January 29, 1963 | The first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced. |
| January 5, 2005 | The dwarf planet Eris is discovered by Palomar Observatory-based astronomers, later motivating the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to define the term planet for the first time. |
| January 6, 1449 | Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mystras. |
| January 12, 1916 | Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it. |
| January 3, 1870 | Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States. |
| January 12, 2015 | Government raids kill 143 Boko Haram fighters in Kolofata, Cameroon. |
| January 25, 1996 | Billy Bailey becomes the last person to be hanged in the United States. |
| January 13, 1435 | Sicut Dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the Guanche natives in Canary Islands by the Spanish, is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV. |
| January 9, 1788 | Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the United States Constitution. |
| January 1, 1773 | The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17, Faith's Review and Expectation", is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England. |
| January 1, 1822 | The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus. |
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