Historical Events
- Jan 22 Pope Sixtus V decrees "Immense aeterni" (Reformed curia)
Famous Birthdays
John Winthrop (1588-1649)
Jan 12 English Puritan lawyer and 1st governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, born in Edwardstone, England
Famous Deaths
- Jan 17 Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (Ming Dynasty general who led defense against Wokou pirates and the Great Wall), dies at 59
