And the next date in the calendar is....

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15 January 1841 – Birth of Frederick Stanley, KG, GCB, GCVO, PC, 16th Earl of Derby, 6th Governor General of Canada

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Stanley,_16th_Earl_of_Derby

 

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16 January 1794 – Death of Edward Gibbon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gibbon

 

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17 January 1820 – Birth of Anne Brontë

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Brontë

 

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18 January 1486 – King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England

 

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19 January 1736 – Birth of James Watt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Watt

 

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20 January 1848 – Death of King Christian VIII of Denmark

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_VIII_of_Denmark

 

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21 January 1971 – The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emley_Moor_transmitting_station

 

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22 January 1552 – Birth of Sir Walter Raleigh

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Raleigh

 

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23 January 1832 – Birth of Édouard Manet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Édouard_Manet

 

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24 January 1965 – Death of Sir Winston Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS, RA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill

 

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25 January 1947 – Death of Al Capone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capone

 

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26 January 2003 – Death of George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, KT, KCVO, TD, PC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Younger,_4th_Viscount_Younger_of_Leckie

 

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27 January 1756 – Birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart

 

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28 January 1784 – Birth of George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hamilton-Gordon,_4th_Earl_of_Aberdeen

 

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29 January 1928 – Death of Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE, ADC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Haig,_1st_Earl_Haig

 

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30 January 1649 – Murder of King Charles I of England

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_England

 

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31 January 1956 – Death of A A Milne

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._A._Milne

 

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1 February 1691 – Death of Pope Alexander VIII

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Alexander_VIII

 

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2 February 1650 – Birth of Nell Gwyn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Gwyn

 

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3 February 1903 – Birth of Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton and 11th Duke of Brandon, KT, GCVO, AFC, PC, DL, FRCSE, FRGS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Douglas-Hamilton,_14th_Duke_of_Hamilton