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 10, 9 | The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the beginning of his own, the Xin dynasty. |
| January 29, 1918 | Ukrainian–Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later. |
| January 25, 1348 | A strong earthquake strikes the South Alpine region of Friuli in modern Italy, causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome. |
| January 20, 1841 | Hong Kong Island is occupied by the British during the First Opium War. |
| January 20, 2021 | Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States of America. At 78, he becomes the oldest person ever inaugurated. Kamala Harris becomes the first female Vice President of the United States. |
| January 14, 1301 | Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. |
| January 30, 1945 | World War II: The Wilhelm Gustloff, overfilled with German refugees, sinks in the Baltic Sea after being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, killing approximately 9,500 people. |
| January 6, 1893 | The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. |
| January 5, 1968 | Alexander Dubček comes to power in Czechoslovakia, effectively beginning the "Prague Spring". |
| January 27, 1880 | Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp. |
| January 7, 1954 | Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York at the head office of IBM. |
| January 11, 1055 | Theodora is crowned empress of the Byzantine Empire. |
| January 24, 1438 | The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV. |
| January 8, 2021 | Twenty-three people are killed in what is described as a police ″massacre″ in La Vega, Caracas, Venezuela. |
| January 18, 1977 | SFR Yugoslavia's Prime minister, Džemal Bijedić, his wife and six others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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