Historical Events
- Jan 12 Brazilian city Belem (the entrance gate to the Amazon) founded by Captain Major Francisco Branco
- Jan 24 Dutch mariners Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten are the first Europeans to discover Le Maire Strait, Tierra del Fuego - go on to round Cape Horn
- Jan 31 Rounding of Cape Horn for the first time by Dutch expedition of Jacques Le Maire and Willem Corneliszoon Schouten (they name Cape Hoorn after Schouten’s hometown) [1]
Famous Birthdays
Famous Deaths
- Jan 6 Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur during Elizabethan age, dies at about 65
