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* '''19 January''' - '''[[Edgar Allan Poe]]''', American short story writer, poet, and critic is born. ''(1809)''
* '''19 January''' - '''[[Edgar Allan Poe]]''', American short story writer, poet, and critic is born. ''(1809)''
* '''28 January''' - Execution of '''[[Agnes Sampson]]''', accused of [[witchcraft]] in Edinburgh. ''(1591)''
* '''28 January''' - Execution of '''[[Agnes Sampson]]''', accused of [[witchcraft]] in Edinburgh. ''(1591)''
* '''28 January''' - '''[[Colin de Plancy]]''', an [[occultist]] and author is born. ''(1793)''
* '''28 January''' - '''[[Collin de Plancy]]''', an [[occultist]] and author is born. ''(1793)''
* '''31 January''' - Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of '''[[Sirius]]''', through an 18.5-inch (47 cm) telescope now located at Northwestern University. ''(1862)''
* '''31 January''' - Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of '''[[Sirius]]''', through an 18.5-inch (47 cm) telescope now located at Northwestern University. ''(1862)''

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