Historical Events
- Jan 11 Most powerful earthquake in Italian recorded history strikes Sicily and Southern Italy with an estimated magnitude of 7.4. Tsunamis followed and devastated coastal villages on the Ionian Sea and the Straits of Messina.
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 28 Gregor Werner, Austrian Baroque composer and kapellmeister, born in Ybbs an der Donau, Austria (d. 1766)
Famous Deaths
- Jan 6 Mehmed IV, Turkish Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1648-87), dies at 51
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