| january 1 | ['Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)', 'Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish born Pope controversial for acknowledging his children (1492-1503), born in Xàtiva, Spain (d. 1503)', 'Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-48), born in Kozienice, Poland (d. 1548)', 'Huldryc… | 354 |
1 | january 2 | ['Mehmed IV, Turkish Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1648-87), born in Topkapı Palace, Constantinople (d. 1693)', "Nathaniel Bacon, British-born American colonist (leader of 1676 Bacon's Rebellion, Virginia), born in Suffolk, England (d. 1676)", 'Osman III, sultan of Turkey (1754-57), born in Edirne P… | 225 |
2 | january 3 | ['Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231)', 'William Tucker, 1st known African American child born in America, born in Jamestown, Virginia [1]', 'Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German painter and stucco worker, born in Gaispoint, Wessobrunn (d. 1758)', 'Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782)', 'Richa… | 240 |
3 | january 4 | ['Emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty in China (d. 1100)', 'Amadeus VI [Green Count], Count of Savoy (d. 1383)', "Muhammad V of Granada [al-Ghani bi'llah], Ruler of Granada (1354-59, 1362-91), completed the Alhambra, (d. 1391)", 'Franciscus Aguilon, Belgian Jesuit physicist, mathematician and architect … | 225 |
4 | january 5 | ['Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, born in Winchester Castle (d. 1272)', 'Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian, born in Granada, Spain (d. 1617)', 'William Cobbold, British organist and composer (Chapel Royal), born in the UK (d. 1639)', 'Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer, born in Jiangsu, China (d. 1641)'… | 251 |
5 | january 6 | ['Marcellus I, Roman Catholic Pope (308-09), and saint, born in Rome (d. 309)', 'Martin Agricola [Sohr], German Renaissance composer, cantor, and music theorist, born in Świebodzin, Bohemian Silesia (now Poland) (d. 1556)', 'Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae), born in Haina, Germany (d. 154… | 285 |
6 | january 7 | ['Abd al-Rahman III, Umayyad Emir (912-29) and 1st Caliph of Córdoba (929-961) [birthdate disputed], born in Córdoba (d. 961)', 'Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III of England (d. 1397)', 'Sebastian de Covarrubias Horozco, Spanish lexicographer (Treasury of Castilian or Sp… | 266 |
7 | january 8 | ['Su Shi [Zizhan], Chinese poet, artist and important figure in Song Dynasty politics, born in Meishan, Sichuan, Northern Song Dynasty (d. 1101)', 'Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai daimyō, born in Echigo Province (d. 1623)', 'Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1… | 251 |
8 | january 9 | ['Gregory XV [Alessandro Ludovisi], Italian Catholic pope (1621-23) and Archbishop of Bologna, born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1623)', 'Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (d. 1621)', 'Christoph Buel, German composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire … | 233 |
9 | january 10 | ['Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1530)', 'Hendrik Niclaes, German mystic and founder of Christian sect "Familia Caritatis", born in Münster, Germany (d. 1570)', 'Simon Marius, German astronomer, born in Gunzenhausen, Germany (d. 1624)', 'Isaac Jogues, F… | 236 |