Historical Events
- Jan 4 Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas, laden with gold and jewellery bound for Spain, sinks off the coast of the Bahamas, only 45 of 650 people survive (most eaten by sharks) [1]
- Jan 8 Oldest surviving commercial newspaper, "Weeckelycke Courante van Europa", now known as "Haarlems Dagblad", still in printed circulation begins publication in Haarlem, Netherlands
- Jan 17 Brandenburg & Sweden sign Treaty of Königsberg
Lettres provinciales
Jan 23 French philosopher and theologian Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his "Lettres provinciales"
- Jan 24 1st Jewish doctor in North American colonies, Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland
Famous Deaths
- Jan 3 Mathieu Molé, French statesman (b. 1584)
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