Historical Events
- Jan 17 Francois Rabelais absolved of apostasy by Pope Paul III
Famous Deaths
- Jan 6 Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter, dies at 54
Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536)
Jan 7 1st wife of England's King Henry VIII (mother of Mary I), dies at 50
- Jan 22 Bernhard Knipperdolling, German religious leader (b. 1495)
