Famous Birthdays
- Jan 5 Guru Gobind Singh, Tenth Guru of Sikhism, founder and General of Khalsa Army, social reformist and poet, born in Patna Sahib (d. 1708)
Famous Deaths
- Jan 18 Adriaen A Bloemaert, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 56
- Jan 20 Anna of Austria, queen of France/daughter of Philip III, dies at 64
- Jan 22 Shah Jahan, 5th Mughal Emperor of India (1628-58) who built the Taj Mahal for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, dies at 74
- Jan 24 Johann Andreas Herbst, composer, dies at 77
