Historical Events
"The Age of Louis the Great"
Jan 27 Charles Perrault's poem "The Age of Louis the Great" read out at the French Academy, part of the literary quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 30 Balthasar Neumann, German Baroque architect (pilgrimage church at Vierzehnheiligen), born in Eger, Bohemia (d. 1753) [date baptized]
Famous Deaths
- Jan 28 Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer who pioneered lunar topography (Prodromus Astronomiae - catalogue of over 1500 stars), dies on 76th birthday
