Events & Holidays In January - 02

2nd New Year's Day Holiday (Russia)

Ancestry Day / Forefather's Day (Haiti)

Bank Holiday (Scotland United Kingdom)

Berchtold's Day (Liechtenstein Switzerland)

Bridge Day (New Caledonia)

Kaapse Klopse (South Africa)

Labor Day (Ukraine)

New Year's Day 2nd Day (Romania Taiwan)

New Year's Day Holiday (Mauritius New Zealand North Korea South Korea)

Victory of the Armed Forces (Cuba)

1642  Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey) was born on this day in history.   

1647  On this day in history birth of nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676)   

1699  Osman III, sultan (Turkey) was born on this day in history.   

1713  On this day in history birth of marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)   

1719  Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.   

1727  On this day in history birth of james Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Quebec)   

1728  Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium was born on this day in history.   

1732  Franz Xaver Brixi, composer was born on this day in history.   

0017  On this day in history publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies   

1512  Death of Svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460) on this day in history.   

1514  Death of William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460) on this day in history.   

1557  Death of Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494) on this day in history.   

1685  Death of Harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603) on this day in history.   

1694  On this day in history death of henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651)   

1726  Domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1740  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.