Historical Events
Hungarian Aristocrat Murder Torture Trial
Jan 7 Trial of Hungarian aristocrat Elizabeth Báthory for killing and torturing hundreds of young women, later sentenced to house arrest for the rest of her life
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 7 James Harrington, English author and political theorist of classical republicanism (The Commonwealth of Oceana), born in Upton, England (d. 1677)
- Jan 28 Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer who pioneered lunar topography (Prodromus Astronomiae - catalogue of over 1500 stars), born in Danzig (d. 1687)
