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| January 15th, 2069 (January 15 2069) | Event | Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but only rules for three months before committing suicide. | |
| January 15th, 2069 (January 15 2069) | Death | Galba, Roman Emperor (born in 3 BC) | |
| January 15th, 2008 (January 15 2008) | Death | Mark Haigh-Hutchinson, Game Designer (born in 1964) | |
| January 15th, 2008 (January 15 2008) | Death | Brad Renfro, American actor (born in 1982) | |
| January 15th, 2007 (January 15 2007) | Event | Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq. | Saddam Hussein Quotes |
| January 15th, 2007 (January 15 2007) | Death | Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (born in 1908) | |
| January 15th, 2007 (January 15 2007) | Death | James Hillier, Canadian inventor of electron microscope (born in 1915) | |
| January 15th, 2007 (January 15 2007) | Death | Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Iraqi Revolutionary Court (born in 1945) (executed) | |
| January 15th, 2007 (January 15 2007) | Death | Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein (born in 1951) (executed) | Saddam Hussein Quotes |
| January 15th, 2007 (January 15 2007) | Death | David Vanole, American soccer player (born in 1963) | |
| January 15th, 2007 (January 15 2007) | Death | Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino writer and diplomat (born in 1905) | |
| January 15th, 2006 (January 15 2006) | Death | Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (born in 1926) | |
| January 15th, 2005 (January 15 2005) | Event | An intense solar flare blasts X-rays across the solar system. | |
| January 15th, 2005 (January 15 2005) | Event | ESA s SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the moon. | |
| January 15th, 2005 (January 15 2005) | Death | Elizabeth Janeway, American author (born in 1913) | |
| January 15th, 2005 (January 15 2005) | Death | Ruth Warrick, American actress (born in 1915) | |
| January 15th, 2005 (January 15 2005) | Death | Walter Ernsting, German author (born in 1920) | |
| January 15th, 2005 (January 15 2005) | Death | Victoria de los Angeles, Catalan soprano (born in 1923) | |
| January 15th, 2005 (January 15 2005) | Death | Deem Bristow, American video game voice actor (born in 1947) | |
| January 15th, 2005 (January 15 2005) | Death | Dan Lee, Canadian animator (born in 1969) | |
| January 15th, 2003 (January 15 2003) | Death | Doris Fisher, American singer and songwriter (born in 1915) | |
| January 15th, 2002 (January 15 2002) | Death | Steve Gromek, American baseball player (born in 1920) | |
| January 15th, 2001 (January 15 2001) | Event | Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online. | |
| January 15th, 2001 (January 15 2001) | Death | Ted Mann, American screenwriter (born in 1916) | |
| January 15th, 2000 (January 15 2000) | Death | Georges-Henri Levesque, Canadian Dominican priest and sociologist (born in 1903) | |
| January 15th, 2000 (January 15 2000) | Death | Fran Ryan, American actress (born in 1916) | |
| January 15th, 2000 (January 15 2000) | Death | Zeljko Raznatovic, aka Arkan, Serbian paramilitary leader (born in 1952) | |
| January 15th, 1999 (January 15 1999) | Event | The Racak incident: 45 Albanians in the Kosovo village of Racak are killed by Yugoslav security forces. | |
| January 15th, 1999 (January 15 1999) | Death | Betty Box, British film producer (born in 1915) | |
| January 15th, 1998 (January 15 1998) | Death | Junior Wells, American musician (born in 1934) | |
| January 15th, 1996 (January 15 1996) | Death | Minnesota Fats, American billiards player (born in 1913) | |
| January 15th, 1996 (January 15 1996) | Death | Les Baxter, American musician and composer (born in 1922) | |
| January 15th, 1996 (January 15 1996) | Death | Paramount Chief Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (born in 1938) | Osho Quotes |
| January 15th, 1995 (January 15 1995) | Death | Vera Maxwell, American fashion designer (born in 1901) | |
| January 15th, 1994 (January 15 1994) | Death | Georges Cziffra, Hungarian-French pianist (born in 1921 | |
| January 15th, 1994 (January 15 1994) | Death | Harry Nilsson, American musician (born in 1941) | |
| January 15th, 1993 (January 15 1993) | Event | Salvatore Riina, the Mafia boss known as The Beast , is arrested in Sicily after three decades as a fugitive | |
| January 15th, 1993 (January 15 1993) | Death | Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (born in 1913) | |
| January 15th, 1992 (January 15 1992) | Event | The international community recognizes the independence of Slovenia and Croatia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. | |
| January 15th, 1992 (January 15 1992) | Death | Dee Murray, English bassist (born in 1946) | |
| January 15th, 1991 (January 15 1991) | Event | The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm. | |
| January 15th, 1990 (January 15 1990) | Event | AT&T s long distance telephone network suffers a cascade switching failure. | |
| January 15th, 1990 (January 15 1990) | Birth | Chris Warren Jr., American actor | |
| January 15th, 1990 (January 15 1990) | Death | Dame Peggy van Praagh, British ballet dancer, choreographer, director (born in 1910) | |
| January 15th, 1988 (January 15 1988) | Death | Sean MacBride, Irish statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born in 1904) | |
| January 15th, 1987 (January 15 1987) | Birth | Kelly Kelly, American WWE Diva | |
| January 15th, 1987 (January 15 1987) | Birth | Greg Inglis, Australian rugby league player | |
| January 15th, 1987 (January 15 1987) | Birth | Aria C Jalali, American musician | |
| January 15th, 1987 (January 15 1987) | Birth | David Knight, English footballer | |
| January 15th, 1987 (January 15 1987) | Birth | Michael Seater, Canadian actor | |
| January 15th, 1987 (January 15 1987) | Death | Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and dancer (born in 1904) | |
| January 15th, 1986 (January 15 1986) | Event | The Living Seas opens at EPCOT Center in Walt Disney World, Florida. | Walt Disney Quotes |
| January 15th, 1986 (January 15 1986) | Birth | Fred Davis, American football player | |
| January 15th, 1985 (January 15 1985) | Birth | Kenneth Emil Petersen, Danish footballer | |
| January 15th, 1984 (January 15 1984) | Birth | Megan Jendrick, American swimmer | |
| January 15th, 1984 (January 15 1984) | Birth | Victor Rasuk, American actor | |
| January 15th, 1983 (January 15 1983) | Birth | Jermaine Pennant, English footballer | |
| January 15th, 1983 (January 15 1983) | Birth | Hugo Viana, Portuguese footballer | Hugo Ball Quotes |
| January 15th, 1983 (January 15 1983) | Death | Meyer Lansky, Russian-born gangster (born in 1902) | |
| January 15th, 1983 (January 15 1983) | Death | Shepperd Strudwick, American actor (born in 1907) | |
| January 15th, 1982 (January 15 1982) | Birth | Benjamin Agosto, American skater | |
| January 15th, 1982 (January 15 1982) | Birth | Armando Galarraga, Venezuelan baseball player | |
| January 15th, 1982 (January 15 1982) | Birth | Prince Philip and Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia | |
| January 15th, 1981 (January 15 1981) | Birth | Howie Day, American singer | |
| January 15th, 1981 (January 15 1981) | Birth | El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer | |
| January 15th, 1981 (January 15 1981) | Birth | Sean Lamont, Scottish rugby union footballer | |
| January 15th, 1980 (January 15 1980) | Birth | Matt Holliday, American baseball player | |
| January 15th, 1979 (January 15 1979) | Birth | Drew Brees, American football player | |
| January 15th, 1979 (January 15 1979) | Birth | Young Dro, American rapper | |
| January 15th, 1979 (January 15 1979) | Birth | Ken Chu, Taiwanese singer-actor and taichi champ | |
| January 15th, 1979 (January 15 1979) | Birth | Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer | |
| January 15th, 1978 (January 15 1978) | Birth | Eddie Cahill, American actor | |
| January 15th, 1978 (January 15 1978) | Birth | Franco Pellizotti, Italian cyclist | |
| January 15th, 1977 (January 15 1977) | Event | The Kalvesta air disaster kills 22 people, the worst air crash in Sweden s history. | |
| January 15th, 1976 (January 15 1976) | Event | Gerald Ford s would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison. | Gerald Ford Quotes |
| January 15th, 1976 (January 15 1976) | Birth | Corey Chavous, American football player | |
| January 15th, 1976 (January 15 1976) | Birth | Dorian Missick, American actor | |
| January 15th, 1975 (January 15 1975) | Birth | Edith Bowman, Scottish television and radio presenter | |
| January 15th, 1975 (January 15 1975) | Birth | Mary Pierce, French tennis player | |
| January 15th, 1974 (January 15 1974) | Birth | Ray King, American baseball player | |
| January 15th, 1973 (January 15 1973) | Event | Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. | |
| January 15th, 1973 (January 15 1973) | Birth | Essam El-Hadary, Egyptian footballer | |
| January 15th, 1973 (January 15 1973) | Death | Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician (born in 1901) | |
| January 15th, 1973 (January 15 1973) | Death | Coleman Francis, American film director (born in 1919) | |
| January 15th, 1972 (January 15 1972) | Birth | Kobe Tai, American porn star | |
| January 15th, 1972 (January 15 1972) | Birth | Claudia Winkleman, English television presenter | |
| January 15th, 1972 (January 15 1972) | Death | Daisy Ashford, English child writer (The Young Visiters) (born in 1881) | Daisy Ashford Quotes |
| January 15th, 1971 (January 15 1971) | Birth | Max Beesley, English musician and actor | |
| January 15th, 1971 (January 15 1971) | Birth | Teanna Kai, American porn star | |
| January 15th, 1971 (January 15 1971) | Birth | Regina King, American actress | |
| January 15th, 1970 (January 15 1970) | Event | After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafra surrenders. | |
| January 15th, 1970 (January 15 1970) | Event | Muammar al-Qaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya. | |
| January 15th, 1970 (January 15 1970) | Birth | Shane McMahon, American professional wrestler | |
| January 15th, 1970 (January 15 1970) | Death | William T. Piper, American aircraft designer (born in 1881) | |
| January 15th, 1969 (January 15 1969) | Event | The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5. | |
| January 15th, 1969 (January 15 1969) | Birth | Delino DeShields, American baseball player | |
| January 15th, 1968 (January 15 1968) | Birth | Chad Lowe, American actor | |
| January 15th, 1968 (January 15 1968) | Birth | Inaki Urdangarin, Spanish royalty | |
| January 15th, 1968 (January 15 1968) | Death | Bill Masterton, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1938) | |
| January 15th, 1967 (January 15 1967) | Event | The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles, California. | |
| January 15th, 1967 (January 15 1967) | Death | David Burliuk, Ukrainian artist (born in 1882) | |
| January 15th, 1966 (January 15 1966) | Event | The government of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa in Nigeria is overthrown in a military coup d etat. | |
| January 15th, 1965 (January 15 1965) | Birth | Maurizio Fondriest, Italian cyclist | |
| January 15th, 1965 (January 15 1965) | Birth | Bernard Hopkins, American boxer | |
| January 15th, 1965 (January 15 1965) | Birth | Adam Jones, American musician (Tool) | |
| January 15th, 1965 (January 15 1965) | Birth | James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor | |
| January 15th, 1964 (January 15 1964) | Birth | Osmo Tapio Raihala, Finnish composer | |
| January 15th, 1964 (January 15 1964) | Death | Jack Teagarden, American musician (born in 1905) | |
| January 15th, 1962 (January 15 1962) | Birth | Creflo Dollar, American televangelist | |
| January 15th, 1962 (January 15 1962) | Birth | Conrad Lant, English musician | |
| January 15th, 1961 (January 15 1961) | Birth | Yves P. Pelletier, Canadian comedian and film director | |
| January 15th, 1960 (January 15 1960) | Birth | Kelly Asbury, American director and actor | |
| January 15th, 1960 (January 15 1960) | Birth | Aaron Jay Kernis, American composer | |
| January 15th, 1959 (January 15 1959) | Birth | Pete Trewavas, English musician (Marillion) | |
| January 15th, 1959 (January 15 1959) | Birth | Sister Carol, Jamaican reggae singer | |
| January 15th, 1958 (January 15 1958) | Birth | Boris Tadic, President of Serbia | |
| January 15th, 1957 (January 15 1957) | Birth | Patrick Dixon, English entrepreneur | |
| January 15th, 1957 (January 15 1957) | Birth | Marty Lyons, American football player | |
| January 15th, 1957 (January 15 1957) | Birth | Mario Van Peebles, American actor | |
| January 15th, 1956 (January 15 1956) | Birth | Mayawati, Indian politician | |
| January 15th, 1955 (January 15 1955) | Birth | Nigel Benson, English author | |
| January 15th, 1955 (January 15 1955) | Death | Yves Tanguy, French painter (born in 1900) | |
| January 15th, 1954 (January 15 1954) | Birth | Nikos Sarganis, Greek footballer | |
| January 15th, 1954 (January 15 1954) | Birth | Jose Dalisay, Jr., Filipino writer | |
| January 15th, 1953 (January 15 1953) | Birth | Kent Hovind, American evangelist | |
| January 15th, 1953 (January 15 1953) | Birth | Ta-Tanisha, American actress | |
| January 15th, 1953 (January 15 1953) | Birth | Randy White, American football player | |
| January 15th, 1952 (January 15 1952) | Death | Ned Hanlon, Premier of Queensland (born in 1887) | |
| January 15th, 1951 (January 15 1951) | Event | Ilse Koch, The "Bitch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in West Germany. | |
| January 15th, 1950 (January 15 1950) | Birth | Marius Tresor, French footballer | |
| January 15th, 1950 (January 15 1950) | Death | Gen Henry "Hap" Arnold, U.S. General of the Air Force (born in 1886) | |
| January 15th, 1949 (January 15 1949) | Birth | Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (died in 1987) | |
| January 15th, 1949 (January 15 1949) | Birth | Panos Mihalopoulos, Greek actor | |
| January 15th, 1948 (January 15 1948) | Birth | Ronnie Van Zant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (died in 1977) | |
| January 15th, 1947 (January 15 1947) | Event | The brutalized corpse of Elizabeth Short ("The Black Dahlia") is found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, California. | |
| January 15th, 1947 (January 15 1947) | Birth | Andrea Martin, Canadian actress | |
| January 15th, 1947 (January 15 1947) | Death | Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia (born in 1924) | |
| January 15th, 1945 (January 15 1945) | Birth | Vince Foster, American lawyer (died in 1993) | |
| January 15th, 1945 (January 15 1945) | Birth | William R. Higgins, USMC colonel (died in 1990) | |
| January 15th, 1945 (January 15 1945) | Birth | Princess Michael of Kent, British royal | |
| January 15th, 1945 (January 15 1945) | Death | Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian mathematician (born in 1865) | |
| January 15th, 1943 (January 15 1943) | Event | World War II: The Japanese are driven off Guadalcanal. | |
| January 15th, 1943 (January 15 1943) | Event | World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins. | |
| January 15th, 1943 (January 15 1943) | Event | The world s largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia. | |
| January 15th, 1943 (January 15 1943) | Birth | Mike Marshall, American baseball player | |
| January 15th, 1941 (January 15 1941) | Birth | Captain Beefheart, American musician and visual artist | |
| January 15th, 1941 (January 15 1941) | Birth | Charo, Spanish entertainer | |
| January 15th, 1939 (January 15 1939) | Birth | Tony Bullimore, English sailor and adventurer | |
| January 15th, 1938 (January 15 1938) | Birth | Chuni Goswami, Indian footballer and cricketer | |
| January 15th, 1937 (January 15 1937) | Birth | Margaret O Brien, American actress | |
| January 15th, 1936 (January 15 1936) | Event | The first building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio (the building was for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company). | |
| January 15th, 1936 (January 15 1936) | Death | Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, Governor-General of Australia (born in 1866) | |
| January 15th, 1933 (January 15 1933) | Birth | Ernest J. Gaines, American author | |
| January 15th, 1930 (January 15 1930) | Birth | Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler (died in 1985) | |
| January 15th, 1929 (January 15 1929) | Birth | Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (died in 1968) | Martin Luther Quotes |
| January 15th, 1927 (January 15 1927) | Birth | Phyllis Coates, American actress | |
| January 15th, 1926 (January 15 1926) | Birth | Florence Buchsbaum, French theater director (died in 1996) | |
| January 15th, 1926 (January 15 1926) | Birth | Maria Schell, Swiss actress (died in 2005) | |
| January 15th, 1926 (January 15 1926) | Death | Enrico Toselli, Italian composer (born in 1883) | |
| January 15th, 1925 (January 15 1925) | Birth | Ruth Slenczynska, U.S. pianist | |
| January 15th, 1923 (January 15 1923) | Birth | Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (died in 2006) | |
| January 15th, 1923 (January 15 1923) | Birth | Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politician | |
| January 15th, 1922 (January 15 1922) | Birth | Sir Eric Willis, Australian politician (died in 1999) | |
| January 15th, 1921 (January 15 1921) | Birth | Frank Thornton, English actor | |
| January 15th, 1920 (January 15 1920) | Birth | John Cardinal O Connor, American Catholic cardinal (died in 2000) | |
| January 15th, 1920 (January 15 1920) | Birth | Steve Gromek, American baseball player (died in 2002) | |
| January 15th, 1919 (January 15 1919) | Event | Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps. | Rosa Luxemburg Quotes |
| January 15th, 1919 (January 15 1919) | Death | Rosa Luxemburg, German politician (born in 1870) | Rosa Luxemburg Quotes |
| January 15th, 1919 (January 15 1919) | Death | Karl Liebknecht, German politician (born in 1871) | |
| January 15th, 1918 (January 15 1918) | Birth | Joao Figueiredo, President of Brazil (died in 1999) | |
| January 15th, 1918 (January 15 1918) | Birth | Edouard Gagnon, Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal (died in 2007) | |
| January 15th, 1918 (January 15 1918) | Birth | Gamal Abdal Nasser, President of Egypt (died in 1970) | |
| January 15th, 1916 (January 15 1916) | Death | Modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (born in 1850) | |
| January 15th, 1914 (January 15 1914) | Birth | Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian (died in 2003) | |
| January 15th, 1913 (January 15 1913) | Birth | Lloyd Bridges, American actor (died in 1998) | |
| January 15th, 1913 (January 15 1913) | Birth | Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (died in 2005) | |
| January 15th, 1912 (January 15 1912) | Birth | Michel Debre, French politician (died in 1996) | |
| January 15th, 1912 (January 15 1912) | Birth | Harry Hay, American gay rights activist (died in 2002) | |
| January 15th, 1909 (January 15 1909) | Birth | Jean Bugatti, German-born automobile designer (died in 1939) | |
| January 15th, 1909 (January 15 1909) | Birth | Gene Krupa, American drummer (died in 1973) | |
| January 15th, 1909 (January 15 1909) | Death | Arnold Janssen missionary (born in 1837) | |
| January 15th, 1908 (January 15 1908) | Event | The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African-American college women. | |
| January 15th, 1908 (January 15 1908) | Birth | Edward Teller, Hungarian-born physicist (died in 2003) | |
| January 15th, 1906 (January 15 1906) | Birth | Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (died in 1975) | Aristotle Quotes |
| January 15th, 1905 (January 15 1905) | Birth | Torin Thatcher, English actor (died in 1981) | |
| January 15th, 1903 (January 15 1903) | Birth | Paul A. Dever, 58th Governor of Massachusetts (died in 1958) | |
| January 15th, 1902 (January 15 1902) | Birth | King Saud of Saudi Arabia (died in 1969) | |
| January 15th, 1899 (January 15 1899) | Birth | Goodman Ace, American actor (died in 1982) | |
| January 15th, 1897 (January 15 1897) | Birth | Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet (died in 1931) | |
| January 15th, 1896 (January 15 1896) | Death | Mathew Brady, U.S. photographer (born in 1822) | |
| January 15th, 1895 (January 15 1895) | Birth | Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1973) | |
| January 15th, 1893 (January 15 1893) | Birth | Ivor Novello, Welsh composer and actor (died in 1951) | |
| January 15th, 1893 (January 15 1893) | Death | Fanny Kemble, British actress and author (born in 1809) | Fanny Kemble Quotes |
| January 15th, 1892 (January 15 1892) | Event | James Naismith publishes the rules for basketball. | James Smith Quotes |
| January 15th, 1892 (January 15 1892) | Birth | Rex Ingram, Irish director (died in 1950) | |
| January 15th, 1891 (January 15 1891) | Birth | Ray Chapman, American baseball player (died in 1920) | |
| January 15th, 1891 (January 15 1891) | Birth | Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet (died in 1938) | Osip Mandelstam Quotes |
| January 15th, 1890 (January 15 1890) | Birth | Tommy Fleming, American soccer player (died in 1965) | |
| January 15th, 1889 (January 15 1889) | Event | The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia. | |
| January 15th, 1885 (January 15 1885) | Birth | Lorenz Bohler, Austrian physician (died in 1973) | |
| January 15th, 1885 (January 15 1885) | Birth | Huang Yuanyong, Chinese writer (died in 1915) | |
| January 15th, 1885 (January 15 1885) | Birth | Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (died in 1968) | |
| January 15th, 1885 (January 15 1885) | Death | Leopold Damrosch, German-American orchestral conductor (born in 1832) | |
| January 15th, 1882 (January 15 1882) | Birth | Princess Margaret of Sweden (died in 1920) | |
| January 15th, 1879 (January 15 1879) | Birth | Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (died in 1961) | |
| January 15th, 1877 (January 15 1877) | Birth | Lewis Terman, American psychologist (died in 1956) | |
| January 15th, 1876 (January 15 1876) | Death | Eliza Johnson, U.S. First Lady (born in 1810) | |
| January 15th, 1875 (January 15 1875) | Birth | Tom Burke, American runner (died in 1929) | |
| January 15th, 1872 (January 15 1872) | Birth | Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (died in 1944) | |
| January 15th, 1870 (January 15 1870) | Event | A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper s Weekly). | |
| January 15th, 1870 (January 15 1870) | Birth | Pierre S. du Pont, American businessman (died in 1954) | |
| January 15th, 1869 (January 15 1869) | Birth | Stanislaw Wyspianski, Polish dramatist (died in 1907) | |
| January 15th, 1866 (January 15 1866) | Birth | Nathan Soderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (died in 1931) | |
| January 15th, 1865 (January 15 1865) | Event | American Civil WarFort Fisher North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy. | |
| January 15th, 1864 (January 15 1864) | Death | Isaac Nathan, UK-Australian composer (born in 1792) | |
| January 15th, 1863 (January 15 1863) | Birth | Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (died in 1946) | |
| January 15th, 1859 (January 15 1859) | Birth | Archibald Peake, Premier of South Australia (died in 1920) | |
| January 15th, 1855 (January 15 1855) | Birth | Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (died in 1889) | |
| January 15th, 1850 (January 15 1850) | Birth | Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (died in 1889) | |
| January 15th, 1850 (January 15 1850) | Birth | Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (died in 1891) | |
| January 15th, 1844 (January 15 1844) | Event | University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the state of Indiana. | |
| January 15th, 1842 (January 15 1842) | Birth | Blessed Mary McKillop, Australian candidate for sainthood (died in 1909) | |
| January 15th, 1842 (January 15 1842) | Birth | Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (died in 1925) | |
| January 15th, 1841 (January 15 1841) | Birth | Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, Governor General of Canada (died in 1908) | |
| January 15th, 1824 (January 15 1824) | Birth | Marie Duplessis, French courtesan (died in 1847) | |
| January 15th, 1822 (January 15 1822) | Event | Greek War of Independence: Demetrius Ypsilanti is elected president of the legislative assembly. | |
| January 15th, 1816 (January 15 1816) | Birth | Marie LaFarge, French murderer (died in 1852) | |
| January 15th, 1815 (January 15 1815) | Death | Emma, Lady Hamilton, English mistress of Lord Nelson (born in 1761 | |
| January 15th, 1812 (January 15 1812) | Birth | Peter Christen Asbjornsen, Norwegian writer (died in 1885) | |
| January 15th, 1809 (January 15 1809) | Birth | Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French anarchist (died in 1865) | |
| January 15th, 1804 (January 15 1804) | Death | Dru Drury, English entomologist (born in 1725) | |
| January 15th, 1803 (January 15 1803) | Birth | Marjory Fleming, Scottish writer and poet (died in 1811) | |
| January 15th, 1795 (January 15 1795) | Birth | Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (died in 1829) | |
| January 15th, 1791 (January 15 1791) | Birth | Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer (died in 1872) | Franz Grillparzer Quotes |
| January 15th, 1790 (January 15 1790) | Death | John Landen, English mathematician (born in 1719) | |
| January 15th, 1782 (January 15 1782) | Event | Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage. | |
| January 15th, 1781 (January 15 1781) | Death | Marianne Victoria of Borbon, queen regent of Portugal (born in 1718) | |
| January 15th, 1777 (January 15 1777) | Event | American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declares its independence. | |
| January 15th, 1775 (January 15 1775) | Death | Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian composer (born in 1700 or 1701) | |
| January 15th, 1759 (January 15 1759) | Event | The British Museum opens. | |
| January 15th, 1754 (January 15 1754) | Birth | Richard Martin, Irish animal rights activist (died in 1834) | |
| January 15th, 1747 (January 15 1747) | Birth | John Aikin, English doctor and writer (died in 1822) | |
| January 15th, 1716 (January 15 1716) | Birth | Philip Livingston, American founding father (died in 1778) | |
| January 15th, 1683 (January 15 1683) | Death | Philip Warwick, English writer and politician (born in 1609) | |
| January 15th, 1674 (January 15 1674) | Birth | Prosper Jolyot de Crebillon, French writer (died in 1762) | |
| January 15th, 1672 (January 15 1672) | Death | John Cosin, English clergyman (born in 1594) | |
| January 15th, 1671 (January 15 1671) | Birth | Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (died in 1704) | Abraham Quotes |
| January 15th, 1623 (January 15 1623) | Death | Fra Paolo Sarpi, Italian patriot, scholar, scientist and church reformer (born in 1552) | |
| January 15th, 1622 (January 15 1622) | Birth | Moliere, French playwright (died in 1673) | Moliere Quotes |
| January 15th, 1595 (January 15 1595) | Death | Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (born in 1546) | |
| January 15th, 1582 (January 15 1582) | Event | Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland. | |
| January 15th, 1538 (January 15 1538) | Birth | Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (died in 1599) | |
| January 15th, 1481 (January 15 1481) | Birth | Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (born in 1511) | |
| January 15th, 1432 (January 15 1432) | Birth | King Afonso V of Portugal (died in 1481) | |
| January 15th, 1345 (January 15 1345) | Death | Martin Zaccaria, Italo-Greek ruler | |
| January 15th, 1342 (January 15 1342) | Birth | Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (died in 1404) | |
| January 15th, 0936 (January 15 0936) | Death | King Rudolph of France | |
| January 15th, 0588 (January 15 0588) | Event | Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah s reign. The siege lasts until July 23, 586 BC. | |
| January 15th, 0570 (January 15 0570) | Death | Saint Ita, Irish nun (born in 475) | |
