Historical Events
- Jan 5 Francesco Cavalli's opera "Giasone" premieres in Venice (the most popular opera of the 17th century)
- Jan 27 English High Court of Justice finds King Charles I "guilty of the crimes of which he had been accused, did judge him tyrant, traitor, murderer, and public enemy to the good people of the nation, to be put to death by the severing of his head from his body"
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 22 Pascal Collasse, French Baroque theatre composer, born in Rheims, France (d. 1709)
Famous Deaths
Charles I (1600-1649)
Jan 30 King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1625-49), beheaded for treason by Parliament at 48
