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 1, 1863 | American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory. |
| January 17, 1595 | During the French Wars of Religion, Henry IV of France declares war on Spain. |
| January 27, 2010 | Apple announces the iPad. |
| January 13, 1898 | Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair. |
| January 18, 474 | Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. |
| January 1, 1990 | David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City's first black mayor. |
| January 20, 1945 | World War II: The provisional government of Béla Miklós in Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies. |
| January 15, 1919 | Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising. |
| January 26, 1986 | The Ugandan government of Tito Okello is overthrown by the National Resistance Army, led by Yoweri Museveni. |
| January 16, 550 | Gothic War: The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison. |
| January 22, 1808 | The Portuguese royal family arrives in Brazil after fleeing the French army's invasion of Portugal two months earlier. |
| January 10, 1812 | The first steamboat on the Ohio River or the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, 82 days after departing from Pittsburgh. |
| January 5, 1968 | Alexander Dubček comes to power in Czechoslovakia, effectively beginning the "Prague Spring". |
| January 5, 1822 | The government of Central America votes for total annexation to the First Mexican Empire. |
| January 23, 1879 | Anglo-Zulu War: The Battle of Rorke's Drift ends. |
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