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January 20: Day of Nationwide Sorrow in Azerbaijan ; Inauguration Day in the United States (2025); Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States (2025) Roller coasters 1265 – Simon de Montfort summoned local representatives to the Palace of Westminster to attend a parliament , now considered to be the forerunner of the House of Commons of ...
Anarâškielâ; العربية; Azərbaycanca; Башҡортса; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) भोजपुरी
379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to Augustus, and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. [1]649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender after a forty-day siege led by Tang dynasty general Ashina She'er, establishing Tang control over the northern Tarim Basin in Xinjiang.
1863 – The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia. 1879 – The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a Zulu victory.
1937 – Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.
1929 – King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution, starting the January 6th Dictatorship. [ 26 ] 1929 – Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta , India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
1759 – The British Museum opens to the public. [5]1777 – American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence. [6]1782 – Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
1875 – The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris. [6] 1895 – Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. [7] 1900 – Irish nationalist leader John Edward Redmond calls for revolt against British rule. [8]