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* '''9 January''' - Trail of '''[[Joan of Arc]]''' begins in Rouen, France. ''(1431)'' | * '''9 January''' - Trail of '''[[Joan of Arc]]''' begins in Rouen, France. ''(1431)'' | ||
* '''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''' - British peer, '''[[James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry]]''', murders and cannibalizes a cook in Holyrood Palace. ''(1707)'' | * '''16 January''' - British peer, '''[[James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry]]''', murders and cannibalizes a cook in Holyrood Palace. ''(1707)'' | ||
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File:Vlad-Woodcut.jpg
Woodcut of Vlad the Impaler
- 3 January - British Egyptologist Howard Carter found the sarcophagus of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor after several years of searching. (1924)
- 3/4 January - Earth-Sun Perihelion, when the earth is closest to the sun.
- 5 January - Jeane Dixon, American astrologer and psychic is born. (1904)
- 6 January - Gertrude the Great, a German mystic is born. (1256)
- 8 January - Samuel L. MacGregor Mathers is born. (1854)
- 9 January - Trail of Joan of Arc begins in Rouen, France. (1431)
- 10 January - Probable date of Vlad the Impaler's death. (1477)
- 16 January - Ivan the Terrible is crowned Tsar of Russia. (1547)
- 16 January - British peer, 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)
- 28 January - Execution of Agnes Sampson, accused of witchcraft in Edinburgh. (1591)
- 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)