January 22

Today in History
• 1371 - King Robert II Stuart of Scotland crowned
• 1510 - Jews are expelled from Colmar Germany
• 1517 - Turks conquer Cairo
• 1528 - England and France declare war on Emperor Charles V
• 1690 - Iroquois tribes renew allegiance to British against French
• 1771 - The Falkland Islands were ceded to Britain by Spain
• 1879 - British troops were massacred by the Zulus at Isandhlwana
• 1930 - In New York, excavation began for the Empire State Building


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Chinese Lunar New Year's Day
• Chinese Spring Festival
• Grandpa's Day
• Korean New Year
• National Bible Sunday
• National Polka Dot Day
• Seollal
• Sonam Lhosar

Birthdays
• 1440 - Ivan the Great, Grand Prince of Moscow and Russia
• 1561 - Francis Bacon, England, statesman/essayist, Novum Organum
• 1645 - William Kidd, Scottish pirate legend, born in Scotland
• 1654 - Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer
• 1788 - Lord Byron [George Gordon Byron], English romantic poet
• 1874 - Wincenty Witoz, Galicia, Prime Minister of Poland
• 1875 - Bonifacius C de Jonge, governor, Dutch East Indies
• 1909 - U Thant, Burma, politician and 3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations