Editing January 28 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 98|98]] &ndash; On the death of [[Nerva]], [[Trajan]] is declared Roman emperor in [[Cologne]], the seat of his government in lower Germany.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=222|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> 
* [[814]] &ndash; The death of [[Charlemagne]], the first [[Holy Roman Emperor]], brings about the accession of his son [[Louis the Pious]] as ruler of the [[Carolingian Empire|Frankish Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|first=John J.|last=Butt|title=Daily Life in the Age of Charlemagne|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bQlJP9O9hKkC&pg=PR13|year=2002|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31668-5|pages=13}}</ref>
*[[1069]] &ndash; [[Robert de Comines]], appointed [[Earl of Northumbria]] by [[William the Conqueror]], rides into [[Durham, England]], where he is defeated and killed by rebels.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Stenton|first=Frank|author-link=Frank Stenton|title=Anglo-Saxon England Third Edition|publisher= [[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford|year= 1971|isbn=0-19-821716-1|page=602}}</ref> This incident leads to the [[Harrying of the North]].
*[[1077]] &ndash; [[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>{{Cite news |last=Konieczny |first=Peter |date=4 August 2017 |title=The Walk to Canossa: The Tale of an Emperor and a Pope |url=http://www.medievalists.net/2017/08/walk-canossa-tale-emperor-pope/ |access-date=28 January 2018 |work=Medievalists.net}}</ref>
*[[1393]] &ndash; [[Charles VI of France|King Charles VI of France]] was nearly killed when [[Bal des Ardents|several other dancers' costumes caught fire]] during a [[masquerade ball]] in Paris.<ref>{{cite book|last=Taylor|first=Craig|title=A Virtuous Knight: Defending Marshal Boucicaut (Jean II Le Meingre, 1366-1421)|location=Suffolk, UK|publisher=York Medieval Press|date=2019|isbn=9781903153918|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BAo7EAAAQBAJ|page=20}}</ref>
*[[1521]] &ndash; The [[Diet of Worms]] begins, lasting until [[May 25]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Johann Heinrich|last=Kurtz|author-link=Johann Heinrich Kurtz|title=Text Book of Church History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2yo_AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA39|year=1875|publisher=Smith, English & Company|pages=39}}</ref>
*[[1547]] &ndash; [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]], the nine-year-old son of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], becomes King of England on his father's death.
*[[1568]] &ndash; The [[Edict of Torda]] prohibits the persecution of individuals on religious grounds in [[John Sigismund Zápolya]]'s [[Eastern Hungarian Kingdom]].
*[[1573]] &ndash; Articles of the [[Warsaw Confederation]] are signed, sanctioning [[freedom of religion]] in Poland.
*[[1591]] &ndash; Execution of [[Agnes Sampson]], accused of [[witchcraft]] in Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite book |title=Calendar State Papers Scotland |volume=10 |location=Edinburgh |year=1936 |page=464}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1624]] &ndash; [[Thomas Warner (explorer)|Sir Thomas Warner]] founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of [[Saint Kitts]].
*[[1671]] &ndash; Original city of [[Panama]] (founded in 1519) is destroyed by a fire when privateer [[Henry Morgan]] [[Henry Morgan's Panama expedition|sacks and sets fire to it]]. The site of the previously devastated city is still in ruins (see [[Panama Viejo]]).
*[[1724]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; Sir [[Horace Walpole]] coins the word ''[[serendipity]]'' in a letter to a friend. 
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Jane Austen]]'s ''[[Pride and Prejudice (novel)|Pride and Prejudice]]'' is first published in the [[United Kingdom]]. 
*[[1846]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Aliwal]], [[India]], is won by British troops commanded by [[Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet|Sir Harry Smith]].<ref>{{cite book|first=James|last=Lunt|author-link=James Lunt|title=Scarlet Lancers: The story of the 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers 1689-1992|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=80p-AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA85|date=1 March 1993|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=978-0-85052-321-8|pages=85}}</ref>
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Northwestern University]] becomes the first chartered university in [[Illinois]].
*[[1855]] &ndash; A locomotive on the [[Panama Canal Railway]] runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Franco-Prussian War]]: The [[Siege of Paris (1870–71)|Siege of Paris]] ends in French defeat and an [[armistice]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and London Edition of Chambers's Encyclopaedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9W5LAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA230|year=1882|publisher=S.W. Green's Son|pages=230}}</ref>
*[[1878]] &ndash; ''[[Yale Daily News]]'' becomes the first independent daily [[Student newspaper|college newspaper]] in the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Sara|last=Schwebel|title=Kaplan Yale Daily News Guide to Summer Programs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VFOZn5o5myAC|date=30 October 2001|publisher=Kaplan|isbn=978-0-7432-1426-1|page=x}}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; Walter Arnold of [[East Peckham]], Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of [[speed limit|speeding]]. He was fined one [[shilling (British coin)|shilling]], plus costs, for speeding at {{convert|8|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}, thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of {{convert|2|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}.

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; The [[Carnegie Institution for Science|Carnegie Institution of Washington]] is founded in Washington, D.C., with a $10 million gift from [[Andrew Carnegie]].
*[[1908]] &ndash; Members of the [[Portuguese Republican Party]] fail in their [[Municipal Library Elevator Coup|attempted coup d'état]] against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister [[João Franco]].
*[[1909]] &ndash; United States troops leave [[Cuba]], with the exception of [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base]], after being there since the [[Spanish–American War]].
*[[1915]] &ndash; An act of the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] creates the [[United States Coast Guard]] as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
*[[1916]] &ndash; 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's suffrage in Canada|women in Canada are granted voting rights]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 4, 2019 |title=Women's Suffrage in Manitoba |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/womens-suffrage-in-manitoba |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Finnish Civil War]]: The [[Red Guards (Finland)|Red Guard rebels]] seize control of the capital, [[Helsinki]]; members of the [[Senate of Finland]] go underground.
*[[1919]] &ndash; The [[Order of the White Rose of Finland]] is established by Baron [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim|Gustaf Mannerheim]], the [[regent]] of the [[Kingdom of Finland (1918)|Kingdom of Finland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tallinnmuseum.com/2017/12/06/finnish-orders-and-where-to-find-them/|title=Finnish Orders and Where to Find Them|work=[[Tallinn Museum of Orders of Knighthood]]|date=December 6, 2017|access-date=January 23, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.presidentti.fi/ahtisaari/eng/institution/order_of_the_white_rose.html|title=The Order of the White Rose of Finland|website=Presidentti.fi|access-date=January 23, 2022}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; Foundation of the [[Spanish Legion]].
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Knickerbocker Storm]]: Washington, D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes a disaster when the roof of the [[Knickerbocker Theatre (Washington, D.C.)|Knickerbocker Theatre]] collapses, killing over 100 people.<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Weather Bureau|author-link=National Weather Service|title=The Climatic Handbook for Washington, D.C.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EaQvAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA16|year=1949|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=16}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; Japanese forces [[January 28 Incident|attack Shanghai]].
*[[1933]] &ndash; The name [[Pakistan]] is [[Neologism|coined]] by [[Choudhry Rahmat Ali|Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan]] and is accepted by [[Indian Muslims]] who then thereby adopted it further for the [[Pakistan Movement]] seeking independence.
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Iceland]] becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic [[abortion]].
*[[1938]] &ndash; The [[World Land Speed Record]] on a [[public road]] is broken by [[Rudolf Caracciola]] in the [[Mercedes-Benz W125 Rekordwagen]] at a speed of {{convert|432.7|km/h|mph}}.
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Franco-Thai War]]: Final air battle of the conflict. A Japanese-mediated [[armistice]] goes into effect later in the day.
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Supplies begin to reach the [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Republic of China]] over the newly reopened [[Burma Road]].
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Elvis Presley]] makes his first national television appearance.
*[[1958]] &ndash; The [[Lego]] company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
*[[1960]] &ndash; The [[National Football League]] announces expansion teams for [[Dallas Cowboys|Dallas]] to start in the 1960 NFL season and [[Minnesota Vikings|Minneapolis-St. Paul]] for the 1961 NFL season.
*[[1964]] &ndash; An unarmed [[United States Air Force]] [[T-39 Sabreliner]] on a training mission is [[1964 T-39 shootdown incident|shot down]] over [[Erfurt]], [[East Germany]], by a [[Soviet Air Forces|Soviet]] [[MiG-19]].
*[[1965]] &ndash; The current design of the [[Flag of Canada]] is chosen by an act of [[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]].
*[[1977]] &ndash; The first day of the [[Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977]], which dumps {{convert|10|ft|m|order=flip|0}} of snow in one day in [[Upstate New York]]. [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]], [[Watertown, New York|Watertown]], and surrounding areas are most affected.
*[[1980]] &ndash; {{USCGC|Blackthorn|WLB-391|6}} collides with the tanker ''Capricorn'' while leaving [[Tampa, Florida]] and capsizes, killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[United States Army|US Army]] General [[James L. Dozier]] is rescued by Italian anti-[[terrorism]] forces from captivity by the [[Red Brigades]].
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; Supergroup [[USA for Africa]] (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single ''[[We Are the World]]'', to help raise funds for [[Ethiopia]]n [[famine relief]].
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle program]]: [[STS-51-L]] mission: [[Space Shuttle Challenger|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'']] [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|disintegrates after liftoff]], killing all seven astronauts on board.<ref name=challengercrew />
*[[1988]] &ndash; In ''[[R v Morgentaler]]'' the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-[[abortion law]]s.
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[TAME Flight 120]], a [[Boeing 727]]-100, crashes in the [[Andes]] mountains in southern [[Colombia]], killing 94.
*[[2006]] &ndash; The roof of one of the buildings at the [[Katowice International Fair]] in Poland [[Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse|collapses]] due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others.
*[[2021]] &ndash; A [[2021 Georgia poultry plant accident|nitrogen leak]] at a poultry food processing facility in [[Gainesville, Georgia]] kills six and injures at least ten.<ref>{{cite web |title=Georgia nitrogen deaths: Leak kills six at Gainesville poultry plant |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55847100 |website=BBC News |access-date=29 January 2021 |date=28 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Tyre Nichols protests|Protests]] begin after [[Memphis Police Department|police]] beat and [[Killing of Tyre Nichols|kill Tyre Nichols]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 January 2023 |title=Harrowing videos show police fatally beat Tyre Nichols, who cries out for his mother |work=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/memphis-police-set-release-video-showing-fatal-beating-tyre-nichols-rcna67710}}</ref>