Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 5 Antonio Lotti, Italian Baroque composer, born in Venice, Republic of Venice (d. 1740)
- Jan 5 Simon Fraser, 12th baron Lovat, Scottish Jacobite among those defeated at Culloden (last man beheaded in England), (d. 1747)
- Jan 26 Henricus Zwaardecroon, Dutch Governor-General of Dutch East Indies (1718-25) who introduced coffee crop to Java, born in Rotterham, Dutch Republic (d. 1728)