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* '''10 January''' - Probable date of '''[[Vlad the Impaler]]'s''' death. ''(1477)'' | * '''10 January''' - Probable date of '''[[Vlad the Impaler]]'s''' death. ''(1477)'' | ||
* '''16 January''' - '''[[Ivan the Terrible]]''' is crowned Tsar of Russia. ''(1547)'' | * '''16 January''' - '''[[Ivan the Terrible]]''' is crowned Tsar of Russia. ''(1547)'' | ||
* '''16 January''' - | * '''16 January''' - '''[[James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry]]''', murders and cannibalizes a cook in Holyrood Palace. ''(1707)'' | ||
* '''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''' - '''[[Collin 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)'' | ||