On This Day

What Happened in January 1567

Famous Birthdays

  • Jan 4 Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/mathematician/jesuit/architect

Famous Deaths

  • Jan 8 Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37
  • Jan 23 Jiajing, 12th Emperor of Ming Dynasty of China, dies at 59
  • Jan 26 Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat

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