Editing January 25 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 41|41]] &ndash; After a night of negotiation, [[Claudius]] is accepted as [[Roman emperor]] by the [[Roman Senate|Senate]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jerome|last=Murphy-O'Connor|author-link=Jerome Murphy-O'Connor|title=St. Paul's Corinth: Texts and Archaeology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j8QPUES_C34C&pg=PA152|year=2002|publisher=Liturgical Press|isbn=978-0-8146-5303-6|pages=152}}</ref>
* [[750]] &ndash; In the [[Battle of the Zab]], the [[Abbasid]] rebels defeat the [[Umayyad Caliphate]], leading to the overthrow of the dynasty.<ref>{{cite book|first=Moshe|last=Sharon|author-link=Moshe Sharon|title=Black Banners from the East: The Establishment of the Abbāsid State: Incubation of a Revolt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NPvZoG6NtLkC&pg=PA13|year=1983|publisher=JSAI|isbn=978-965-223-501-5|pages=13}}</ref>
*[[1327]] &ndash; Fourteen-year-old [[Edward III of England|Edward III]] ascends the throne of England after [[Edward II of England|his father the king]] is forced to abdicate by [[Isabella of France|Queen Isabella]] and her lover, [[Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March|Roger Mortimer]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Ormrod|first=W.M.|title=Edward III|location=New Haven, Conn.|publisher=Yale University Press|date=2012|isbn=9780300119107|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iqDTn2qmiNAC|page=86}}</ref>
*[[1348]] &ndash; A [[1348 Friuli earthquake|strong earthquake]] strikes the South Alpine region of [[Friuli]] in modern [[Italy]], causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Pierre|last1=Pichard|first2=N. N.|last2=Ambraseys|author-link2=Nicholas Ambraseys|first3=G. N.|last3=Ziogas|title=The Gemona Di Friuli Earthquake of 6 May 1976|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l0xRAAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Unesco|page=4}}</ref>
*[[1479]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Constantinople (1479)|Treaty of Constantinople]] ends the 16-year-long [[First Ottoman–Venetian War]].<ref>{{The Papacy and the Levant|volume=2|page=328}}</ref>
*[[1494]] &ndash; [[Alfonso II of Naples|Alfonso II]] becomes King of [[Kingdom of Naples|Naples]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Johann Karl Ludwig|last=Gieseler|author-link=Johann Karl Ludwig Gieseler|title=Text-book of Ecclesiastical History|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_g0cNAAAAYAAJ|year=1836|publisher=Carey, Lea, and Blanchard|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_g0cNAAAAYAAJ/page/n250 238]}}</ref>
*[[1515]] &ndash; [[Coronation of the French monarch|Coronation]] of [[Francis I of France]] takes place at [[Reims Cathedral]], where the new monarch is anointed with the oil of Clovis and girt with the sword of [[Charlemagne]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/francis-i-france-dies-rambouillet|title=Francis I of France dies at Rambouillet|first=Richard|last=Cavendish|author-link=Richard Cavendish (occult writer)|date=March 1997|journal=[[History Today]]|volume=47|issue=3|access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[1533]] &ndash; [[Henry VIII of England]] secretly marries his second wife [[Anne Boleyn]].<ref>{{cite book|first=George Henry|last=Townsend|author-link=George Henry Townsend|title=The Manual of Dates: A Dictionary of Reference to All the Most Important Events in the History of Mankind to be Found in Authentic Records|url=https://archive.org/details/manualofdatesdic00town|year=1862|pages=[https://archive.org/details/manualofdatesdic00town/page/323 323]}}</ref>
*[[1554]] &ndash; [[São Paulo]], Brazil, is founded by [[Jesuit]] priests.<ref>{{cite book|title=Mid-America: An Historical Review|url=https://archive.org/details/midamericahistor26unse|year=1943|publisher=Loyola University [Institute of Jesuit History]|page=[https://archive.org/details/midamericahistor26unse/page/263 263]}}</ref>
*[[1573]] &ndash; [[Battle of Mikatagahara]]: In Japan, [[Takeda Shingen]] defeats [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jeroen Pieter|last=Lamers|title=Japonius Tyrannus: The Japanese Warlord, Oda Nobunaga Reconsidered|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2-CIg2yGJx8C|year=2000|publisher=Hotei Publishing|isbn=978-90-74822-22-0}}</ref>
*[[1575]] &ndash; [[Luanda]], the capital of [[Angola]], is founded by the Portuguese navigator [[Paulo Dias de Novais]].<ref>{{cite book|last=James|first=W. Martin|title=Historical Dictionary of Angola|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Scarecrow Press|date=2004|isbn=9780810849402|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtJKDwAAQBAJ|page=209}}</ref>
*[[1585]] &ndash; [[Walter Raleigh]] is knighted, shortly after renaming North America region "Virginia", in honor of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen".<ref>{{cite book|first=Clifton|last=Daniel|title=Chronicle of America|publisher=Chronicle publication|year=1989|page=36|isbn=0-13-133745-9}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1704]] &ndash; The [[Apalachee massacre]]: A combined British and [[Muscogee]] force from the [[Province of Carolina]] destroys the main fortified [[Christian mission|mission]] of Ayubale, breaking Spain's hold on [[Spanish Florida]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Marley|first=David|title=Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=1998|isbn=9780874368376|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VafOEAAAQBAJ|page=346}}</ref>
*[[1787]] &ndash; [[Shays' Rebellion]]: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the [[Springfield Armory]], results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
*[[1791]] &ndash; The [[Parliament of Great Britain|British Parliament]] passes the [[Constitutional Act of 1791]] and splits the old [[Province of Quebec (1763–91)|Province of Quebec]] into [[Upper Canada]] and [[Lower Canada]].
*[[1792]] &ndash; The [[London Corresponding Society]] is founded.
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[University of Virginia]] chartered by Commonwealth of Virginia, with [[Thomas Jefferson]] one of its founders.<ref>{{cite web |title = History |url = https://bicentennial.virginia.edu/history |website = University of Virginia Bicentennial |publisher = Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia |access-date = March 3, 2020 |archive-date = March 3, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200303182031/https://bicentennial.virginia.edu/history |url-status = dead }}</ref>
*[[1858]] &ndash; The ''[[Wedding March (Mendelssohn)|Wedding March]]'' by [[Felix Mendelssohn]] is played at the marriage of [[Queen Victoria]]'s daughter, [[Victoria, Princess Royal|Victoria]], and [[Frederick III, German Emperor|Friedrich of Prussia]], and becomes a popular [[wedding procession]]al.
*[[1879]] &ndash; The [[Bulgarian National Bank]] is founded.
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Thomas Edison]] and [[Alexander Graham Bell]] form the [[Oriental Telephone Company]].
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Nellie Bly]] completes her [[Circumnavigation|round-the-world journey]] in 72 days.

===1901–present===
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Richard Strauss]]'s opera ''[[Elektra (opera)|Elektra]]'' receives its debut performance at the [[Semperoper|Dresden State Opera]].
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Alexander Graham Bell]] inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to [[Thomas A. Watson|Thomas Watson]] in San Francisco.
*[[1917]] &ndash; Sinking of the [[SS Laurentic (1908)|SS ''Laurentic'']] after hitting two German mines off the coast of northwest Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://coastmonkey.ie/ss-laurentic/ | title=Remembering the SS Laurentic | website=Coastal Monkey |date=25 January 2021 |access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; The [[Ukrainian People's Republic]] declares independence from [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Soviet Russia]].
*  1918   &ndash; The [[Finnish Defence Forces]] (The [[White Guard (Finland)|White Guards]]) are established as the official army of [[Finland|independent Finland]], and Baron [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim|C. G. E. Mannerheim]] is appointed its Commander-in-Chief.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mannerheim.fi/06_vsota/e_suojku.htm|title=War of Independence: Civil Guards|website=Mannerheim.fi|access-date=January 21, 2022}}</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; The [[1924 Winter Olympics]] opens in [[Chamonix]], in the [[French Alps]], inaugurating the [[Winter Olympic Games]].
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]: The [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Chinese]] [[National Revolutionary Army]] begins the [[defense of Harbin]].
*  1932   &ndash; [[Alt Llobregat insurrection]] suppressed in [[Central Catalonia]], [[Second Spanish Republic|Spain]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Casanova|first=Julián|author-link=Julián Casanova|year=2005|chapter=On the road to insurrection|title=Anarchism, the Republic and Civil War in Spain: 1931–1939|publisher=[[Routledge]]|translator-first1=Andrew|translator-last1=Dowling|translator-first2=Graham|translator-last2=Pollok|editor-first=Paul|editor-last=Preston|editor-link=Paul Preston|page=65|isbn=0-415-32095-X}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; ''[[The Guiding Light]]'' debuts on [[NBC]] radio from [[Chicago]]. In 1952 it moves to [[CBS]] television, where it remains until September 18, 2009.
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius XII]] elevates the [[Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands]] to the dignity of a [[diocese]]. It becomes the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Thailand in World War II|Thailand declares war]] on the United States and United Kingdom.
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Battle of the Bulge]] ends.
*[[1946]] &ndash; The [[United Mine Workers]] rejoins the [[American Federation of Labor]].
*  1946   &ndash; [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1]] relating to [[Military Staff Committee]] is adopted.
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr.|Thomas Goldsmith Jr.]] files a patent for a "[[Cathode Ray Tube]] Amusement Device", the first ever [[electronic game]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office.|publisher=U.S. Patent Office|year=1949|page=445}}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; The first [[Emmy Award]]s are presented in the United States; the venue is the [[Hollywood Athletic Club]].
*[[1960]] &ndash; The [[National Association of Broadcasters]] in the United States reacts to the "[[payola]]" scandal by threatening fines for any [[disc jockey]]s who accept money for playing particular records.
*[[1961]] &ndash; In Washington, D.C., US President [[John F. Kennedy]] delivers the first live presidential television [[news conference]].
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Blue Ribbon Sports]], which would later become [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]], is founded by [[University of Oregon]] track and field athletes.
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[South Vietnam]]ese junta leader and Prime Minister [[Nguyen Cao Ky]] fires rival, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister [[Nguyen Huu Co]], while the latter is overseas on a diplomatic visit.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[New York Times]]|last=Randal|first=Jonathan|author-link=Jonathan Randal|title=Saigon Government Dismisses Deputy Premier|page=3|date=26 January 1967}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Brazilian Army]] captain [[Carlos Lamarca]] deserts in order to fight against the [[Brazilian military government|military dictatorship]], taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles.
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Charles Manson]] and four "[[Manson Family|Family]]" members (three of them female) are found guilty of the 1969 [[Tate–LaBianca murders]].
*  1971   &ndash; [[Idi Amin]] leads a [[1971 Ugandan coup d'état|coup]] deposing [[Milton Obote]] and becomes [[Uganda]]'s president.
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Pope John Paul II]] starts his first official [[List of pastoral visits of Pope John Paul II|papal visits]] outside Italy to [[The Bahamas]], [[Dominican Republic]], and [[Mexico]].
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Mother Teresa]] is honored with India's highest civilian award, the [[Bharat Ratna]].
*[[1986]] &ndash; The [[National Resistance Movement]] topples the government of [[Tito Okello]] in [[Uganda]].
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Avianca Flight 052]] crashes in [[Cove Neck, New York]], killing 73.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-321B HK-2016 Cove Neck, NY|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19900125-0|access-date=2022-01-22|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[1993 shootings at CIA Headquarters|Five people are shot]] outside the [[CIA Headquarters]] in [[Langley, Virginia]]. Two are killed and three wounded.
*[[1994]] &ndash; The spacecraft ''[[Clementine (spacecraft)|Clementine]]'' by [[BMDO]] and [[NASA]] is launched.
*[[1995]] &ndash; The [[Norwegian rocket incident]]: Russia almost launches a [[nuclear weapon|nuclear]] attack after it mistakes [[Black Brant XII]], a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[research rocket]], for a US [[Trident (missile)|Trident missile]].
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Billy Bailey]] becomes the last person to be hanged in the United States.
*[[1998]] &ndash; During a historic visit to Cuba, [[Pope John Paul II]] demands political reforms and the release of political prisoners while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.
*  1998   &ndash; A suicide attack by the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] on [[Sri Lanka]]'s [[Temple of the Tooth]] kills eight and injures 25 others.
*[[1999]] &ndash; A 6.0 [[Moment magnitude|magnitude]] [[1999 Armenia, Colombia earthquake|earthquake]] hits western [[Colombia]] killing at least 1,000.
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Invasion of Iraq]]: A group of people leave London, England, for [[Baghdad]], Iraq, to [[Human shield action to Iraq|serve as human shields]], intending to prevent the U.S.-led [[coalition of the willing|coalition]] troops from bombing certain locations.
*[[2005]] &ndash; A [[Mandher Devi temple stampede|stampede]] at the [[Mandhradevi]] temple in [[Maharashtra]], India kills at least 258.
*[[2006]] &ndash; Mexican [[lucha libre|professional wrestler]] [[Juana Barraza]] is arrested in connection with the [[serial killer|serial killing]] of at least ten elderly women.
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409]] crashes into the [[Mediterranean Sea]] off the coast of [[Haret en Naameh|Na'ameh]], Lebanon, killing 90.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20100125-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-8AS (WL) ET-ANB Beirut International Airport (BEY)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2020-01-18}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; The [[Timeline of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011|first wave]] of the [[Egyptian Revolution of 2011|Egyptian revolution]] begins throughout the country, marked by street demonstrations, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labour strikes, and violent clashes.
*[[2013]] &ndash; At least 50 people are killed and 120 people are injured in a [[2013 Uribana prison riot|prison riot]] in [[Barquisimeto]], Venezuela.
*[[2015]] &ndash; A [[2015 Mamasapano clash|clash]] in [[Mamasapano, Maguindanao]] in the Philippines kills 44 members of [[Special Action Force]] (SAF), at least 18 from the [[Moro Islamic Liberation Front]] and five from the [[Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters]].
*[[2019]] &ndash; A mining company's dam [[Brumadinho dam disaster|collapses]] in [[Brumadinho]], Brazil, a south-eastern city, killing 270 people.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kowsmann |first=Samantha Pearson, Luciana Magalhaes and Patricia |title=Brazil's Vale Vowed 'Never Again.' Then Another Dam Collapsed. |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/brazils-vale-vowed-never-another-dam-collapse-then-an-even-worse-one-11577809114 |access-date=2023-01-25 |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=31 December 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref>