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Wed, January 27, 2021 | 03:18
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2021
1736-Abdication of Stanislas, last king of Poland 1823-President Monroe appoints first U.S. ambassadors to South America
2021-01-26 16:00
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2021
1841 - Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain, 1905 - Han Yong-woon [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea
2021-01-25 17:05
MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021
1579-Treaty of Utrecht signed, marks beginning of Dutch Republic 1924-First Winter Olympic games open in Chamonix, France
2021-01-24 12:18
FRIDAY, JANUARY, 22, 2021
1817 - English freighter Diana sinks off Malaysia 1918 - Ukraine proclaimed a free republic (German puppet)
2021-01-21 12:24
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2021
1324-Zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai & Shingon 1853-Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes, Worcester MA
2021-01-20 16:00
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2021
1841-China cedes Hong Kong to the British 1887-U.S. Senate approves the naval base lease of Pearl Harbor
2021-01-19 17:00
TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2021
1806-Britain occupies the Cape of Good Hope 1840-Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (U.S. claim)
2021-01-18 17:00
MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 2021
1733 - First polar bear exhibited in America (Boston) 1778 - Captain James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)
2021-01-17 16:00
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2021
1535-Henry VIII declares himself head of English Church 1552-France signs secret treaty with German Protestants
2021-01-14 17:00
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2021
1601-Church authorities burn Hebrew books in Rome 1690-Clarinet is invented, in Nuremberg, Germany
2021-01-13 16:52
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