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 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 11, 2013 | One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia. |
| January 15, 1818 | A paper by David Brewster is read to the Royal Society, belatedly announcing his discovery of what we now call the biaxial class of doubly-refracting crystals. |
| January 1, 1995 | The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves. |
| January 1, 1927 | A new Mexican oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the Cristero War. |
| January 9, 1792 | Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed, ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–92. |
| January 21, 1931 | Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. |
| January 15, 1975 | The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal. |
| January 14, 1972 | Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513. |
| January 20, 1954 | In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations. |
| January 12, 2010 | An earthquake in Haiti occurs, killing between 220,000 and 300,000 people and destroying much of the capital Port-au-Prince. |
| January 28, 1573 | Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland. |
| January 11, 1949 | The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming. |
| January 14, 1858 | Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt made by Felice Orsini and his accomplices in Paris. |
| January 13, 1958 | The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera. |
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