26th January 1914 (107 Years)
Jane Morris, Pre-Raphaelite model and muse to William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, died.
27th January 1343 (678 Years)
Pope Clement VI issues the papal bull Unigenitus to justify the power of the pope and the use of indulgences. Nearly 200 years later, Martin Luther would protest this.
27th January 1814 (207 Years)
Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, the French Gothic revival architect who designed the steel frame of the Statue of Liberty, is born.
27th January 1921 (100 Years)
Donna Reed, American film and television actress and producer, was born.
28th January 0814 (1207 Years)
Charlemagne, also known as Charles I. or Charles the Great, king of the Franks, dies.
28th January 1807 (214 Years)
Pall Mall in London becomes the first street to be lighted by gas lamps.
28th January 1939 (82 Years)
William Butler Yeats, Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature, died.
28th January 1958 (63 Years)
The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
29th January 1393 (628 Years)
Bal des Ardents (the "Ball of the Burning Men"): Charles VI of France almost died when costumes caught fire at a masquerade ball. 625 years.
29th January 1843 (178 Years)
William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States, was born.
29th January 1936 (85 Years)
Patrick Caulfield, English painter and printmaker, known for his bold paintings, is born.
30th January 1948 (73 Years)
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the pre-eminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India was assassinated in New Delhi.
30th January 1948 (73 Years)
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India, was assassinated.
30th January 1968 (53 Years)
The Tet Offensive, one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched.
31st January 1977 (44 Years)
The Georges Pompidou National Center for Art and Culture in Paris, called “Beaubourg” opens. 40 years
31st January 1977 (44 Years)
The Georges Pompidou National Center for Art and Culture in Paris, called “Beaubourg” opens. 40 years.
1st February 1944 (77 Years)
Piet Mondrian, the Dutch pioneer of abstract art and important contributor to the De Stijl art movement, died.
