January 28

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Events

Pre-1600

98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession of his son Louis the Pious as ruler of the Frankish Empire.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1069 – Robert de Comines, appointed Earl of Northumbria by William the Conqueror, rides into Durham, England, where he is defeated and killed by rebels.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> This incident leads to the Harrying of the North.
1077 – Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, is lifted after he humbles himself before Pope Gregory VII at Canossa in Italy.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1393 – King Charles VI of France was nearly killed when several other dancers' costumes caught fire during a masquerade ball in Paris.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1521 – The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1547 – Edward VI, the nine-year-old son of Henry VIII, becomes King of England on his father's death.
1568 – The Edict of Torda prohibits the persecution of individuals on religious grounds in John Sigismund Zápolya's Eastern Hungarian Kingdom.
1573 – Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.
1591 – Execution of Agnes Sampson, accused of witchcraft in Edinburgh.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1624 – Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts.
1671 – Original city of Panama (founded in 1519) is destroyed by a fire when privateer Henry Morgan sacks and sets fire to it. The site of the previously devastated city is still in ruins (see Panama Viejo).
1724 – The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg, Russia, by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
1754 – Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
1813 – Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
1846 – The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1851 – Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
1855 – A locomotive on the Panama Canal Railway runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
1871 – Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1878 – Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1896 – Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at Template:Convert, thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of Template:Convert.

1901–present

1902 – The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C., with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
1908 – Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
1909 – United States troops leave Cuba, with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, after being there since the Spanish–American War.
1915 – An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
1916 – The Canadian province of Manitoba grants women the right to vote and run for office in provincial elections (although still excluding women of Indigenous or Asian heritage), marking the first time women in Canada are granted voting rights.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1918 – Finnish Civil War: The Red Guard rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki; members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
1919 – The Order of the White Rose of Finland is established by Baron Gustaf Mannerheim, the regent of the Kingdom of Finland.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1920 – Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
1922 – Knickerbocker Storm: Washington, D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes a disaster when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses, killing over 100 people.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1932 – Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
1933 – The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan and is accepted by Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.
1935 – Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
1938 – The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W125 Rekordwagen at a speed of Template:Convert.
1941 – Franco-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. A Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.
1945 – World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
1956 – Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance.
1958 – The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
1960 – The National Football League announces expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for the 1961 NFL season.
1964 – An unarmed United States Air Force T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.
1965 – The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament.
1977 – The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977, which dumps Template:Convert of snow in one day in Upstate New York. Buffalo, Syracuse, Watertown, and surrounding areas are most affected.
1980 – Template:USCGC collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa, Florida and capsizes, killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
1981 – Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States, helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
1982 – US Army General James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades.
1984 – Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.
1985 – Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
1986 – Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board.<ref name=challengercrew />
1988 – In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws.
2002 – TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100, crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia, killing 94.
2006 – The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair in Poland collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others.
2021 – A nitrogen leak at a poultry food processing facility in Gainesville, Georgia kills six and injures at least ten.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2023 – Protests begin after police beat and kill Tyre Nichols.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

598 – Taizong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (d. 649)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1312 – Joan II, queen of Navarre (d. 1349)<ref>The Flores historiarum of Bernard Gui records the birth "V Kal Feb" in 1311 of "Ludovicus rex...filiam Johannam". Recueil des historiens des Gaules et de la France, vol. XXI, Guigniaut, Wailly (dirs.) Paris, 1855: E floribus chronicorum auctore Bernardo Guidonis, p. 724.</ref>
1368 – Razadarit, king of Hanthawaddy (d. 1421)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1457 – Henry VII, king of England (d. 1509)<ref>Kisby, F. (1997). A mirror of monarchy: Music and musicians in the household chapel of the Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII. Early Music History, 16, 203-234. doi:10.1017/S0261127900001728</ref>
1533 – Paul Luther, German scientist (d. 1593)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1540 – Ludolph van Ceulen, German-Dutch mathematician and academic (d. 1610)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1582 – John Barclay, French-Scottish poet and author (d. 1621)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1600 – Clement IX, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1669)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

1608 – Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (d. 1679)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1611 – Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician (d. 1687)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1622 – Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and instrument maker (d. 1691)
1693 – Gregor Werner, Austrian composer (d. 1766)
1701 – Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774)
1706 – John Baskerville, English printer and typographer (d. 1775)
1712 – Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shōgun (d. 1761)
1717 – Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1774)
1719 – Johann Elias Schlegel, German poet and critic (d. 1749)
1726 – Christian Felix Weiße, German poet and playwright (d. 1802)
1755 – Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, Polish-German physician, anthropologist, and paleontologist (d. 1830)
1784 – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1860)
1797 – Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (d. 1867)
1818 – George S. Boutwell, American lawyer and politician, 28th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1905)
1822 – Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1892)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1833 – Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (d. 1885)
1853 – José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and theorist (d. 1895)
1853 – Vladimir Solovyov, Russian philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 1900)
1855 – William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (d. 1898)
1858 – Tannatt William Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (d. 1934)
1861 – Julián Felipe, Filipino composer and educator (d. 1944)
1863 – Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (d. 1918)
1864 – Charles W. Nash, American businessman, founded Nash Motors (d. 1948)
1865 – Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (d. 1928)
1865 – Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (d. 1952)
1873 – Colette, French novelist and journalist (d. 1954)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1873 – Monty Noble, Australian cricketer (d. 1940)
1874 – Alex Smith, Scottish golfer (d. 1930)
1875 – Julián Carrillo, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1965)
1878 – Walter Kollo, German composer and conductor (d. 1940)
1880 – Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach (d. 1970)
1884 – Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (d. 1962)
1885 – Vahan Terian, Armenian poet and activist (d. 1920)
1886 – Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet (d. 1973)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1886 – Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic (d. 1976)
1887 – Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist and educator (d. 1982)
1897 – Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright (d. 1986)
1900 – Alice Neel, American painter (d. 1984)

1901–present

1903 – Aleksander Kamiński, Polish author and educator (d. 1978)
1903 – Kathleen Lonsdale, Irish crystallographer and 1st female FRS (d. 1971)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1906 – Pat O'Callaghan, Irish athlete (d. 1991)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1906 – Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician (d. 1992)
1908 – Paul Misraki, Turkish-French composer and historian (d. 1998)
1909 – John Thomson, Scottish footballer (d. 1931)
1910 – John Banner, Austrian actor (d. 1973)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1911 – Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient (d. 2018)
1912 – Jackson Pollock, American painter (d. 1956)<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
1918 – Harry Corbett, English puppeteer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
1918 – Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (d. 2004)
1919 – Gabby Gabreski, American colonel and pilot (d. 2002)
1920 – Lewis Wilson, American actor (d. 2000)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1921 – Vytautas Norkus, Lithuanian–American basketball player (d. 2014)
1922 – Anna Gordy Gaye, American songwriter and producer, co-founded Anna Records (d. 2014)
1922 – Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
1924 – Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (d. 1976)
1925 – Raja Ramanna, Indian physicist and politician (d. 2004)
1926 – Jimmy Bryan, American race car driver (d. 1960)
1927 – Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1927 – Ronnie Scott, English saxophonist (d. 1996)
1927 – Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1927 – Vera Williams, American author and illustrator (d. 2015)
1929 – Acker Bilk, English singer and clarinet player (d. 2014)<ref name="UPI"/>
1929 – Edith M. Flanigen, American chemist
1929 – Nikolai Parshin, Russian footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1929 – Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1930 – Kurt Biedenkopf, German academic and politician, 54th President of the German Bundesrat (d. 2021)
1930 – Roy Clarke, English screenwriter, comedian and soldier
1933 – Jack Hill, American director and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1934 – Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1990)
1935 – David Lodge, English author and critic (d. 2025)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1935 – Nicholas Pryor, American actor (d. 2024)<ref name="AP"/>
1936 – Alan Alda, American actor, director, and writer<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
1936 – Ismail Kadare, Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1937 – Karel Čáslavský, Czech historian and television host (d. 2013)
1937 – John Normington, English actor (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1938 – Tomas Lindahl, Swedish-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1938 – Leonid Zhabotinsky, Ukrainian weightlifter and coach (d. 2016)
1939 – John M. Fabian, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1940 – Carlos Slim, Mexican businessman and philanthropist, founded Grupo Carso
1941 – Joel Crothers, American actor (d. 1985)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1942 – Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater (d. 2024)
1942 – Erkki Pohjanheimo, Finnish director and producer
1943 – Paul Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player and author<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1943 – Dick Taylor, English guitarist and songwriter
1944 – Susan Howard, American actress and writer<ref name="UPI"/>
1944 – Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (d. 2013)
1944 – John Tavener, English composer (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1945 – Marthe Keller, Swiss actress and director<ref name="AP"/>
1947 – Jeanne Shaheen, American educator and politician, 78th Governor of New Hampshire
1948 – Ilkka Kanerva, Finnish politician (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1948 – Bob Moses, American drummer
1948 – Charles Taylor, Liberian politician, 22nd President of Liberia<ref name="UPI"/>
1949 – Mike Moore, New Zealand union leader and politician, 34th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1949 – Gregg Popovich, American basketball player and coach<ref name="AP"/>
1949 – Jim Wong-Chu, Canadian poet (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1950 – Barbi Benton, American actress, singer and model<ref name="AP"/>
1950 – Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Bahraini king
1950 – David C. Hilmers, American colonel, physician, and astronaut
1950 – Naila Kabeer, Bangladeshi-English economist and academic
1951 – Brian Bilbray, American politician
1951 – Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2018)
1951 – Billy Bass Nelson, American R&B/funk bass player
1952 – Richard Glatzer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1953 – Colin Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1954 – Peter Lampe, German theologian and historian
1954 – Bruno Metsu, French footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1954 – Rick Warren, American pastor and author
1955 – Vinod Khosla, Indian-American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems
1955 – Nicolas Sarkozy, French lawyer and politician, 23rd President of France<ref name="AP"/>
1956 – Ruth Becher, Austrian politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1956 – Richard Danielpour, American composer and educator
1956 – Peter Schilling, German singer-songwriter
1957 – Mark Napier, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1957 – Nick Price, Zimbabwean-South African golfer
1957 – Frank Skinner, English comedian, actor, and author
1959 – Frank Darabont, American director and producer<ref name="AP"/>
1960 – Loren Legarda, Filipino journalist and politician
1961 – Mike Holoway, British musician and actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1961 – Normand Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1962 – Michael Cage, American basketball player and broadcaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1962 – Keith Hamilton Cobb, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1962 – Sam Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
1963 – Dan Spitz, American musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
1964 – David Lawrence, English cricketer
1966 – Seiji Mizushima, Japanese director and producer
1966 – Michal Pivoňka, Czech ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1967 – Billy Brownless, Australian footballer and sportscaster
1968 – Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
1968 – DJ Muggs, American DJ and producer<ref name="AP"/>
1968 – Rakim, American rapper<ref name=ALLMUSIC>Template:Cite web</ref>
1969 – Giorgio Lamberti, Italian swimmer
1969 – Kathryn Morris, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
1969 – Mo Rocca, American comedian and television journalist<ref name="AP"/>
1969 – Linda Sánchez, American lawyer and politician
1971 – Anthony Hamilton, American singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="AP"/>
1972 – Elena Baranova, Russian basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1972 – Amy Coney Barrett, American jurist, academic, attorney, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1972 – Mark Regan, English rugby player
1972 – Nicky Southall, English footballer and manager
1972 – Léon van Bon, Dutch cyclist
1972 – Gillian Vigman, American actress and comedian<ref name="AP"/>
1974 – Tony Delk, American basketball player and coach
1974 – Jermaine Dye, American baseball player
1974 – Ramsey Nasr, Dutch author and poet
1974 – Magglio Ordóñez, Venezuelan baseball player and politician
1975 – Pedro Pinto, Portuguese-American journalist
1975 – Junior Spivey, American baseball player and coach
1976 – Sireli Bobo, Fijian rugby player
1976 – Mark Madsen, American basketball player and coach
1976 – Rick Ross, American rapper and producer<ref name="AP"/>
1976 – Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer
1977 – Sandis Buškevics, Latvian basketball player and coach
1977 – Daunte Culpepper, American football player
1977 – Joey Fatone, American singer, dancer, and television personality<ref name="AP"/>
1977 – Takuma Sato, Japanese race car driver
1978 – Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
1978 – Jamie Carragher, English footballer and sportscaster
1978 – Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (d. 2020)
1978 – Big Freedia, American musician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1978 – Sheamus, Irish wrestler<ref name="slam">Template:Cite web</ref>
1979 – Angelique Cabral, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
1980 – Nick Carter, American singer-songwriter and actor<ref name="AP"/>
1980 – Yasuhito Endō, Japanese footballer
1980 – Brian Fallon, American singer-songwriter
1980 – Michael Hastings, American journalist and author (d. 2013)
1981 – Elijah Wood, American actor and producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1982 – Chad Aull, American politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1982 – Omar Cook, American-Montenegrin basketball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 – Ben Clucas, English race car driver
1984 – Stephen Gostkowski, American football player
1984 – Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
1984 – Anne Panter, English field hockey player
1985 – Daniel Carcillo, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – J. Cole, American rapper<ref name="AP"/>
1985 – Lauris Dārziņš, Latvian ice hockey player
1985 – Tom Hopper, English actor<ref name="AP"/>
1985 – Arnold Mvuemba, French footballer
1985 – Libby Trickett, Australian swimmer
1986 – Jessica Ennis-Hill, English heptathlete and hurdler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Nathan Outteridge, Australian sailor
1986 – Asad Shafiq, Pakistani cricketer
1988 – Paul Henry, English footballer
1988 – Alexandra Krosney, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
1988 – Sanada, Japanese wrestler
1989 – Siem de Jong, Dutch footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Carl Klingberg, Swedish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – Sergio Araujo, Argentinian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Will Poulter, English actor<ref name="AP"/>
1993 – Alan Williams, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Joel Bolomboy, Russian-American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Lin Zhu, Chinese tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Maluma, Colombian singer-songwriter, rapper, and actor<ref name="AP"/>
1995 – Mimi-Isabella Cesar, British rhythmic gymnast<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998 – Payton Pritchard, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998 – Ariel Winter, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2000 – Dušan Vlahović, Serbian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2002 – Yoo Seon-ho, South Korean actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003 – Whitney Peak, Ugandan-Canadian actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 – Emoni Bates, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 – Liam Öhgren, Swedish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

724 – Yazid II, Umayyad caliph (b. 687)<ref>Template:The History of al-Tabari</ref>
814 – Charlemagne, Holy Roman emperor (b. 742)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
919 – Zhou Dewei, Chinese general
929 – Gao Jixing, founder of Chinese Jingnan (b. 858)
947 – Jing Yanguang, Chinese general (b. 892)
1061 – Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1031)
1142 – Yue Fei, Chinese general (b. 1103)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1256 – William II, Count of Holland, King of Germany (b. 1227)
1271 – Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France (b. 1247)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1290 – Dervorguilla of Galloway, Scottish noble, mother of king John Balliol of Scotland (b. c. 1210)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1443 – Robert le Maçon, French diplomat (b. 1365)
1501 – John Dynham, 1st Baron Dynham, English baron and Lord High Treasurer (b. 1433)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1547 – Henry VIII, king of England (b. 1491)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

1613 – Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library (b. 1545)
1621 – Pope Paul V (b. 1550)
1666 – Tommaso Dingli, Maltese architect and sculptor (b. 1591)
1672 – Pierre Séguier, French politician, Lord Chancellor of France (b. 1588)
1681 – Richard Allestree, English priest and academic (b. 1619)
1687 – Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician (b. 1611)
1688 – Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (b. 1623)
1697 – Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet, English general and politician (b. 1645)
1754 – Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian-Danish historian and philosopher (b. 1684)
1782 – Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer and cartographer (b. 1697)
1832 – Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)
1859 – F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)
1864 – Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (b. 1799)
1873 – John Hart, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of South Australia (b. 1809)<ref>Sally O'Neill, 'Hart, John (1809–1873)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4, Melbourne University Press, 1972, pp 355–356. Retrieved 29 January 2018</ref>

1901–present

1903 – Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (b. 1847)
1912 – Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819).
1912 – Eloy Alfaro, former president of Ecuador (b. 1842)
1918 – John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)
1921 – Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)
1930 – Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)
1935 – Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)
1937 – Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862)
1938 – Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (b. 1909)
1939 – W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
1942 – Edward Siegler, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1881)
1945 – Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1924)
1947 – Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1875)
1948 – Hans Aumeier, German SS officer (b. 1906)
1949 – Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908)
1950 – Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1883)
1953 – James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
1953 – Neyzen Tevfik, Turkish philosopher and poet (b. 1879)
1959 – Walter Beall, American baseball player (b. 1899)
1960 – Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (b. 1891)
1963 – Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884)
1965 – Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b. 1888)
1965 – Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (b. 1867)
1971 – Donald Winnicott, English paediatrician and psychoanalyst (b. 1896)
1973 – John Banner, Austrian actor (b. 1910)
1976 – Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (b. 1924)
1978 – Ward Moore, American author (b. 1903)
1983 – Billy Fury. English pop star (b. 1940)
1983 – Frank Forde, Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1890)
1986 – Space Shuttle Challenger crew
- Gregory Jarvis, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1944)<ref name=challengercrew>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Christa McAuliffe, American educator and astronaut (b. 1948)<ref name=challengercrew />
- Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut (b. 1950)<ref name=challengercrew />
- Ellison Onizuka, American engineer and astronaut (b. 1946)<ref name=challengercrew />
- Judith Resnik, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1949)<ref name=challengercrew />
- Dick Scobee, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1939)<ref name=challengercrew />
- Michael J. Smith, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1945)<ref name=challengercrew />
1988 – Klaus Fuchs, German physicist, politician, and atomic spy (b. 1911)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1989 – Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (b. 1938)
1993 – Helen Sawyer Hogg, Canadian astronomer and academic (b. 1905)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1996 – Joseph Brodsky, Russian-American poet and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1940)
1996 – Burne Hogarth, American cartoonist and author (b. 1911)
1996 – Jerry Siegel, American author and illustrator, co-created Superman (b. 1914)
1998 – Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1938)
1999 – Valery Gavrilin, Russian composer (b. 1939)
2001 – Ranko Marinković, Croatian author and playwright (b. 1913)
2002 – Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist and soldier (b. 1913)
2002 – Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author and screenwriter (b. 1907)
2002 – Ayşe Nur Zarakolu, Turkish author and activist (b. 1946)
2003 – Mieke Pullen, Dutch runner (b. 1957)
2004 – Lloyd M. Bucher, American captain (b. 1927)
2005 – Jim Capaldi, English singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1944)
2007 – Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (b. 1929)
2007 – Robert Drinan, American priest, lawyer, and politician (b. 1920)
2007 – Yelena Romanova, Russian runner (b. 1963)
2007 – Karel Svoboda, Czech composer (b. 1938)
2009 – Werner Flume, German jurist (b. 1908)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2009 – Billy Powell, American keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1952)
2012 – Roman Juszkiewicz, Polish astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1952)
2012 – Don Starkell, Canadian adventurer and author (b. 1932)
2013 – Florentino Fernández, Cuban-American boxer and coach (b. 1936)
2013 – Hattie N. Harrison, American educator and politician (b. 1928)
2013 – Oldřich Kulhánek, Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer (b. 1940)
2014 – John Cacavas, American composer and conductor (b. 1930)
2014 – Harry Gamble, American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1930)
2014 – Dwight Gustafson, American composer and conductor (b. 1930)
2014 – Nigel Jenkins, Welsh poet, journalist, and geographer (b. 1949)
2014 – Jorge Obeid, Argentinian engineer and politician, Governor of Santa Fe (b. 1947)
2015 – Suraj Abdurrahman, Nigerian general, architect, and engineer (b. 1954)
2015 – Yves Chauvin, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1930)
2015 – Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian, author, and academic (b. 1924)
2016 – Signe Toly Anderson, American singer (b. 1941)
2016 – Paul Kantner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
2016 – Franklin Gene Bissell, American football player and coach (b. 1926)
2016 – Buddy Cianci, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Mayor of Providence (b. 1941)
2016 – Bob Tizard, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1924)
2017 – Alexander Chancellor, British journalist (b. 1940)
2017 – Geoff Nicholls, British musician (b. 1948)
2019 – Pepe Smith, Filipino rock musician (b. 1947)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2021 – Cicely Tyson, American actress (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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