[Woodmonkey]

7 January

Died

1285 King Charles I d'Anjou of Naples and Sicily , at 58
1325 King Diniz "the Justified" of Portugal (1279-1325), b. 1261
1451 Count Amadeus VIII of Savory (Anti-pope Felix V), at 67
1502 Pope Gregory XIII - Ugo Buoncampagno (1582-1585), at 83
1529 Count Peter Vischer "the Old" of Sebaldus
1598 Tsar Theodore I of Muscovy (1584-1598), the last Rurik, at 40
1655 Pope Innocent X - Giambattista Pamfili - (1644-55), at 80
1695 Queen Mary II Stuart of England, at 32 (Mrs. William III)
1892 Khedive Tewfik Pasha of Egypt, at 39


Events

49 -BC- The Senate orders Caesar to disband his army or be declared a public enemy
1566 Michele Ghisleri elected Pope St. Pius V (1566-1572)
1579 England & the Netherlands conclude an alliance
1598 Boris Godunov usurps the Russian throne on the death of Theodore I
1601 Robert, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth
1709 Siege of Verpik: Russians use boiling porridge to help defeat the Swedes
1785 First balloon crossing of the Channel, Blanchard & Jeffries
1789 First American presidential election
1862 Battle of Manassas Junction, VA
1862 Valley Campaign: Stonewall Jackson marches on Romney
1935 Fascist Italy and Popular Front France agree to help Austria against Nazi Germany
1941 Isoruku Yamamoto proposes a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
1942 Bataan: 15,000 US & 65,000 Philippine troops go on half-rations, as the Japanese close up to their lines
1942 Malaya: Japanese turn the British defenses north of Kuala Lumpur
1943 Burma: Stalemate in the Arakan as the British take heavy losses
1943 Guadalcanal: US strength reaches 50,000, Japanese less than 25,000.
1944 Japan’s Imperial HQ orders capture of the Imphal, NE India.
1945 Burma: British troops occupy Akyab, in the Arakan
1953 Pres Truman announces development of the hydrogen bomb
1962 Indonesian Pres Sukarno escapes assassination attempt
1979 Vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from the Khmer Rouge
1989 Akihito installed as Emperor of Japan