Historical Events
- Jan 26 Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 8 Ivan Gundulić, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka), born in Dubrovnik, Republic of Ragusa (d. 1638)
Famous Deaths
Catherine de' Medici (1519-1589)
Jan 5 Italian born Queen consort to Henry II of France and later regent to her sons, dies at 69