January

• Coronation of Charles II as king of Scots

• Birth of Paul Revere, American silversmith and revolutionary hero

• Barnum’s American Museum wa opened to the public by P. T. Barnum

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• Birth of J. R. R. Tolkien, English writer and academic

• Henry Bowers, Edgar Evans, Lawrence Oates, Robert Scott and Edward Wilson started the final stage of their trek to the south pole

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• Death of Edward the Confessor, king of England

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• Coronation of Harold II, king of England

• Birth of Richard II, king of England

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• Death of Edgar, king of Scots (possibly 15th)
• Accession of Alexander I, king of Scots (possibly 15th)

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• Coronation of Elizabeth I, queen of England

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• Henry Bowers, Edgar Evans, Lawrence Oates, Robert Scott and Edward Wilson reached the south pole 35 days after Roald Amundsen’s team

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• Death of George V, king of the United Kingdom
• Accession of Edward VIII, king of the United Kingdom

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• Death of Victoria, queen of the United Kingdom
• Accession of Edward VII, king of the United Kingdom

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• Marriage of Edward the Confessor, king of England, to Edith, daughter of Earl Godwine

• Death of Samuel Barber, American Composer

• The last signal was received from the Pioneer 10 spacecraft

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• Accession of Edward III, king of England

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• Birth of Nicolas Fouquet, French minister

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• Birth of Henry VII, king of England

• Death of Henry VIII, king of England
• Accession of Edward VI, king of England

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• Death of George III, king of Great Britain / United Kingdom
• Accession of George IV, king of the United Kingdom

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• Death of Charles I, king of England and Scots
• Accession of Charles II as king of Scots

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