Historical Events
Royal African Company
Jan 10 King Charles II affirms a new charter for the Royal African Company granting it a monopoly over trade along the west coast of Africa in "redwood, elephants' teeth, negroes, slaves, hides, wax, guinea grains, or other commodities of those countries"
Famous Deaths
- Jan 29 Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies
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