Historical Events
"Almira"
Jan 8 George Frideric Handel's 1st opera "Almira" premieres in Hamburg, Germany
Famous Birthdays
Famous Deaths
- Jan 4 Madame d'Aulnoy [Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville], French writer who coined the term fairytales, dies (d. 1650)
- Jan 12 Luca Giordano, Italian painter and printmaker, dies at 70
- Jan 15 Walraad, the Young, earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/gov of Nijmegen, dies
- Jan 17 John Ray, English naturalist (b. 1627)
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