Historical Events
Cavalier Parliament Disbanded
Jan 24 King Charles II disbands the English Cavalier Parliament after 18 years - the longest of any English or British parliament
- Jan 31 Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon" premieres at the Palais-Royal in Paris
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 5 Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, Italian composer, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1750)
- Jan 19 Girolamo Chiti, Italian composer and music theorist, born in Siena, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1759)
- Jan 24 Christian von Wolff, German philosopher, born in Breslau, Silesia (d. 1754)
- Jan 27 Jean-François de Troy, French painter (Rococo style), born in Paris, France (d. 1752)
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