Historical Events
- Jan 25 Duchy of Savoy orders expulsion or conversion of non-Catholic householders in Waldensian communities in Piedmont
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 1 Christian Thomasius, German jurist (d. 1728)
- Jan 6 Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empire Empress, born in Düsseldorf, Germany (d. 1720)
- Jan 6 Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1705)
- Jan 14 Angelo Predieri, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1731)
- Jan 22 Geleyn Evertsen, Dutch admiral (Commander of Zealand) (d. 1721)
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