Historical Events
Gregory Conquers Julius Caesar
Jan 12 Frisia & Groningen (Netherlands) begin use of Gregorian calendar
- Jan 18 Frederick I and Sophie Charlotte of Hanover crowned king and queen of Prussia
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 10 Johann Caspar Simon, German organist and composer, born in Schmalkalden, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1776)
- Jan 27 Johann Nicholas von Hontheim, German church historian and theologian (febronianism), born in Trier (d. 1790)
- Jan 28 Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774)
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