Editing January 27 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1606]] &ndash; [[Gunpowder Plot]]: The trial of [[Guy Fawkes]] and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.<ref>{{cite book|author=John William Willis Bund|title=A Selection of Cases from the State Trials ...: Trials for Treason|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F9MKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA373|year=1879|publisher=University Press|pages=373–|access-date=2021-01-27|archive-date=2023-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924131845/https://books.google.com/books?id=F9MKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA373|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1695]] &ndash; [[Mustafa II]] becomes the [[List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire|Ottoman sultan]] and [[Caliph of Islam]] in [[Istanbul]] on the death of [[Ahmed II]]. Mustafa rules until his abdication in [[1703]].
*[[1759]] &ndash; Spanish forces clash with indigenous [[Huilliche people|Huilliche]]s of southern Chile in the [[Battle of Río Bueno (1759)|battle of Río Bueno]].<ref>{{cite book |last = Barros Arana |first = Diego |author-link1 = Diego Barros Arana |title = Historia General de Chile |volume = VI |url = http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-9008.html |year = 2000 |orig-date = 1886 |edition = 2 |publisher = [[Editorial Universitaria]] |location = Santiago, Chile |language = es |page = 310 |access-date = 2020-08-16 |archive-date = 2022-08-19 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220819211356/http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-9008.html |url-status = live }}</ref>
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Henry Knox]]'s "[[noble train of artillery]]" arrives in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].
*[[1785]] &ndash; The [[University of Georgia]] is founded, the first state-chartered public university in the United States.
*[[1820]] &ndash; A [[Russian Empire|Russia]]n expedition led by [[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]] and [[Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev]] discovers the [[Antarctic]] continent, approaching the Antarctic coast.
*[[1825]] &ndash; The [[U.S. Congress]] approves [[Indian Territory]] (in what is present-day [[Oklahoma]]), clearing the way for forced relocation of the [[Five Civilized Tribes|Eastern Indians]] on the "[[Trail of Tears]]".
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Boshin War]]: The [[Battle of Toba–Fushimi]] begins, between forces of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] and pro-[[Emperor of Japan|Imperial]] factions; it will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the [[Meiji Restoration]].<ref>{{cite book|author=S. C. M. Paine|title=The Japanese Empire: Grand Strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-9YcDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA5|date=6 March 2017|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-01195-3|page=5|access-date=28 January 2019|archive-date=24 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924131845/https://books.google.com/books?id=-9YcDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA5|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1869]] &ndash; Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the [[Ezo Republic]] in [[Hokkaidō]].<ref>{{cite book|title=This is Japan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TDNQAQAAIAAJ|year=1962|publisher=Asahi Shimbun Newspaper Publishing Company|page=176|access-date=2019-01-28|archive-date=2023-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924131845/https://books.google.com/books?id=TDNQAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Modest Mussorgsky]]'s opera ''[[Boris Godunov (opera)|Boris Godunov]]'' premieres in [[Mariinsky Theatre]] in [[St.Petersburg]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Hostomska|first=Anna|title=Opera-průvodce operní tvorbou (in Czech)|location=Prague, Czech Republic|publisher=NS Svoboda, Prague|year=2018|isbn=978-80-205-0637-5|pages=1147–1150}}</ref>
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Thomas Edison]] receives a patent for his [[incandescent lamp]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=46|title=Thomas Edison's Patent Application for the Light Bulb (1880)|website=Our Documents  |publisher=US Government|access-date=28 January 2019|archive-date=3 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103225816/https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=46|url-status=dead }}</ref>