Historical Events
- Jan 21 Count Miklos of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 4 Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (d. 1742)
- Jan 14 Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1736)
- Jan 20 Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (d. 1718)
- Jan 24 John Vanbrugh, Dutch-English playwright (The Provoked Wife), born in London (d. 1726)
Famous Deaths
- Jan 18 Moses Amyraut, French theologian (b. 1596)
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