Famous Birthdays
William Kidd (1645-1701)
Jan 22 Scottish pirate legend, born in Greenock (or Dundee), Scotland
- Jan 28 Gottfried Vopelius, German hymn composer, born in Herwigsdorf, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1715)
Famous Deaths
- Jan 10 William Laud, English Archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45), beheaded for treason in the Tower of London at 71
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