Occult:This month in history/January

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)
15 January - Henry VIII became Supreme Head of the Church in England as a result of the Act of Supremacy following his break with Rome. (1435)
16 January - Ivan the Terrible is crowned Tsar of Russia. (1547)
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)