Historical Events
Portuguese Name Rio de Janeiro
Jan 1 Portuguese expedition under Pedro Álvares Cabral are first Europeans to discover Bay of Guanabara naming it Rio de Janeiro after mistaking it for a river entrance
- Jan 20 The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro is first explored
Famous Birthdays
Gregory XIII (1502-1585)
Jan 7 Italian pope (1572-85) who introduced the Gregorian (New Style) calendar in 1582, born in Bologna, Papal States
- Jan 10 Hendrik Niclaes, German mystic and founder of Christian sect "Familia Caritatis", born in Münster, Germany (d. 1570)
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