Events & Holidays In January - 20

Army Day (Laos Lesotho Mali)

Chiaraque en Canas (Peru)

Day of the Martyrs (Day of Sorrow) (Azerbaijan)

Death of Amilca Cabral (Guinea Bissau)

Foundation Day (Rio de Janeiro) (Brazil)

Inauguration Day (United States of America)

National Heroes Day (Cape Verde Islands Guinea Bissau)

0225  On this day in history birth of gordian III, Roman Emperor (d. 244)   

1292  On this day in history birth of elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330)   

1358  Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (d. 1382) was born on this day in history.   

1435  Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490) was born on this day in history.   

1554  On this day in history birth of king Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578)   

1586  On this day in history birth of johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel)   

1622  Susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns was born on this day in history.   

1654  On this day in history birth of michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet   

0250  On this day in history fabianus, Pope (236-50)/saint, dies   

0287  On this day in history death of st. Sebastian   

0820  Abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i, islamic (Book of Mother), dies on this day in history.   

0842  Theophilus, Byzantine kaiser (829-42), dies on this day in history.   

0882  Louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies on this day in history.   

1156  On this day in history death of bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland   

1191  On this day in history death of frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (b. 1167)   

1479  John II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81 on this day in history.