This week in history
January 31st.
Nothing landed on January 31 exactly, but 49 stories fall within the surrounding week and month.
The surrounding week
11 stories within seven days of 31 January
February 4, 1899Fotografico Arias Rodriguez · via WikipediaPhilippine-American War Beginssomewhere in the United States
February 6, 1936Wikipedia · "1936 Winter Olympics"1936 Winter Olympicssomewhere in Germany
February 6, 1922Wikipedia · "Washington Naval Treaty"Washington Naval Treaty Conferencesomewhere in the United States
February 6, 1919Wikipedia · "Seattle General Strike"Seattle General Strikesomewhere in the United States
February 7, 1998Naganojmmmm · via Wikipedia1998 Nagano Winter OlympicsJapan
February 7, 1992Wikipedia · "Maastricht Treaty"Maastricht Treaty Establishes European Unionsomewhere in the Netherlands
January 26, 1952Wikipedia · "Cairo fire"Cairo Fire & Popular UprisingEgypt
January 26, 1950Wikipedia · "Constitution of India"Indian Constitution Adoptedsomewhere in India
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Elsewhere in January
30 stories
9500 BCEWikipedia · "Wadi Feynan"Wadi Faynan Athletic Contestssomewhere in Palestine
9200 BCEWikipedia · "Kebara Cave"Kebara Cave Mousterian Warfare Evidencesomewhere in Israel
January 1, 1999Wikipedia · "Euro"Euro Currency Introducedsomewhere in European Union
January 1, 1959Nascarking · via WikipediaDaytona 500 Inaugural Racesomewhere in the United States
January 1, 1804Wikipedia · "Haitian Revolution"Haitian Revolution Declares Independencesomewhere in Haiti
January 2, 1960Wikipedia · "John F. Kennedy"John F. Kennedy's Electionsomewhere in the United States
January 3, 2020Wikipedia · "Assassination of Qasem Soleimani"U.S. Assassination of Qassem SoleimaniIran
January 5, 1859Wikipedia · "Lincoln–Douglas debates"Lincoln-Douglas Debatessomewhere in the United States
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January 6, 1835Wikipedia · "1835 United Kingdom general election"British General Election of 1835somewhere in the United Kingdom
January 7, 1999Wikipedia · "Impeachment trial of Bill Clinton"Impeachment Trial of President Clintonsomewhere in the United States
January 9, 2007Wikimedia Commons / Carl Berkeley (CC BY-SA 2.0)The iPhone LaunchMoscone West, San Francisco
January 9, 1905Angelo Agostini · via WikipediaBloody Sunday in Russiasomewhere in Russia
January 9, 1431Wikipedia · "Trial of Joan of Arc"Trial of Joan of Arc (1431)somewhere in France
January 11, 1879Wikipedia · "Anglo-Zulu War"Zulu Warsomewhere in the United Kingdom
January 12, 1906Wikipedia · "1906 United Kingdom general election"British General Election of 1906somewhere in the United Kingdom
January 12, 1848Wikipedia · "Revolutions of 1848"1848 Revolutions Sweep Europe
January 13, 1750Wikipedia · "Treaty of Madrid (13 January 1750)"Treaty of Madrid (Spanish-American Settlement)somewhere in Spain
January 15, 1967"President Trump's First 100 Days: 92" by The White House is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.First Super Bowlsomewhere in the United States
January 15, 1559Wikipedia · "Coronation of Elizabeth I"Coronation of Elizabeth Isomewhere in England
January 17, 1893Wikipedia · "Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom"Hawaiian Kingdom Overthrownsomewhere in the United States
January 18, 1919Wikipedia · "Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920)"1919 Paris Peace Conferencesomewhere in France
January 19, 1960Unknown author Unknown author · via WikipediaTreaty of Mutual Cooperation Signedsomewhere in Japan
January 19, 1919Wikipedia · "1919 German federal election"German Federal Electionsomewhere in Germany
January 20, 1981Wikipedia · "First inauguration of Ronald Reagan"Ronald Reagan
January 21, 1919Wikipedia · "Irish War of Independence"Irish War of Independence Beginssomewhere in Ireland
January 22, 1989Brian Allen for Voice of America · via WikipediaSuper Bowl XXIIIsomewhere in the United States
January 22, 1924Wikipedia · "First MacDonald ministry"First Labour Prime Minister Electedsomewhere in the United Kingdom
January 22, 1879Wikipedia · "Battle of Isandlwana"Battle of Isandlwanasomewhere in South Africa
January 22, 1863Wikipedia · "January Uprising"January Uprising in Polandsomewhere in Poland
January 23, 2020Wikipedia · "COVID-19 lockdown in China"Wuhan Lockdown Initiates COVID ResponseChina
Also in January
2 stories we can place in January, but not on a day
