Events in History
- Jan 5 Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Jan 12 Bayinnaung crowned King of Burma, goes on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia
- Jan 25 Founding of the city of São Paulo in Brazil
- Jan 25 Sir Thomas Wyatt gathers an army in Kent, rebels against Queen Mary
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