Editing January 4 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1642]] &ndash; English Civil War: King [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], accompanied by 400 soldiers, attempts to arrest five members of [[Parliament of England|Parliament]] for treason, only to discover the men had been tipped off and fled.<ref>{{cite book|last=Miller|first=John|title=The Stuarts|location=London|publisher=Hambledon and London|date=2006|isbn=9781852855451|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YHyjdrLDf7IC|page=30|access-date=2023-01-04|archive-date=2023-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102074335/https://books.google.com/books?id=YHyjdrLDf7IC|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1649]] &ndash; English Civil War: The [[Rump Parliament]] votes to put Charles I on trial.<ref>{{cite book|author=Corinne Weston|title=English Constitutional Theory and the House of Lords 1556-1832 (Routledge Revivals)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z5haBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA38|date=22 January 2010|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-97269-0|pages=38}}</ref>
*[[1717]] &ndash; The [[Dutch Republic|Netherlands]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]], and France sign the [[Triple Alliance (1717)|Triple Alliance]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Cambridge Modern History |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.283068 |year=1907 |publisher=CUP Archive |page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.283068/page/n54 27]}}</ref> 
*[[1762]] &ndash; Great Britain declares war on [[Spain]], which meant the entry of Spain into the [[Seven Years' War]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Junius P. Rodriguez|title=The Louisiana Purchase: A Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qs7GAwwdzyQC&pg=PA118|year=2002|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-188-5|pages=118}}</ref>
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Constantine Hangerli]] arrives in [[Bucharest]], [[Wallachia]], as its new [[Prince of Wallachia|Prince]], invested by the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref>Anton Caragea, "Ceasul cel mare al lui Constantin Hangerli" ("Constantin Hangerli's Big Hour"), in ''Magazin Istoric'', December 2000</ref>
*[[1844]] &ndash; The first issue of the Swedish-languaged [[Saima (newspaper)|''Saima'' newspaper]] founded by [[Johan Vilhelm Snellman|J. V. Snellman]] is published in [[Kuopio|Kuopio, Finland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/sanomalehti/titles/1457-456X/data?set_language=en|title=Saima|work=Digital Collections|publisher=The [[National Library of Finland]]|access-date=22 January 2024|archive-date=22 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122145626/https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/sanomalehti/titles/1457-456X/data?set_language=en|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://snellman.kootutteokset.fi/en/dokumentit/saima-nro-1-411844|title=Saima nro 1, 4.1.1844|work=Selected Works of J V. Snellman|access-date=22 January 2024|archive-date=22 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122145845/https://snellman.kootutteokset.fi/en/dokumentit/saima-nro-1-411844|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1853]] &ndash; After having been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South, [[Solomon Northup]] regains his freedom; his memoir ''[[Twelve Years a Slave]]'' later becomes a national bestseller.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-york-times-1853-coverage-solomon-northup-hero-12-years-slave-180949944/|title=The New York Times' 1853 Coverage of Solomon Northup, the Hero of "12 Years A Slave"|date=3 March 2014|author=Joseph Stromberg|website=Smithsonian Magazine|access-date=31 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531175044/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-york-times-1853-coverage-solomon-northup-hero-12-years-slave-180949944/|archive-date=31 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1854]] &ndash; The [[Heard Island and McDonald Islands|McDonald Islands]] are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the ''Samarang''.<ref>{{cite book|author=William James Mills|title=Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PYdBH4dOOM4C&pg=PA291|year=2003|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-422-0|pages=291}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; The [[New Apostolic Church]], a Christian and [[Millennialism|chiliastic]] church, is established in [[Hamburg]], Germany.<ref>''Teacher's Manual for Religious Instruction in the New Apostolic Church Vol 3.'', NAKI 2001</ref>
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)]]: [[Sofia]] is [[Battle of Sofia|liberated]] from [[Ottoman Bulgaria|Ottoman rule]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Stanley Sandler|title=Ground Warfare: An International Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L_xxOM85bD8C&pg=PA690|year=2002|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-344-5|pages=690|access-date=2019-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911170727/https://books.google.com/books?id=L_xxOM85bD8C&pg=PA690|archive-date=2015-09-11|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1884]] &ndash; The [[Fabian Society]] is founded in London, United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book |author=A. M. McBriar |title=Fabian Socialism and English Politics, 1884-1918 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=olQ4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA3 |year=1962 |publisher=CUP Archive |page=3}}</ref>
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Sino-French War]]: French troops under General [[Oscar de Négrier]] [[Battle of Núi Bop|defeat]] a numerically superior [[Qing dynasty|Qing]] force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.<ref>Lecomte, J., Lang-Son: combats, retraite et négociations (Paris, 1895). p. 169–71</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Utah]] is admitted as the 45th [[U.S. state]].<ref>{{cite book|author=CHARLES MORRIS|title=The Greater Republic: A History of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5KSg1g7ZnyQC&pg=PT814|year=1899|publisher=Library of Alexandria|isbn=978-1-4655-0887-4|pages=814}}</ref>