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1506 – The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrived in Rome to provide security for the pope. improve references
1517Ottoman–Mamluk War: Ottoman forces defeated the Egyptian Mamluk army in the Battle of Ridaniya and brought the severed head of the last Mamluk sultan Tuman bay II into Cairo. refimprove
1863 – The January Uprising, the longest Polish, Belarusian and Lithuanian uprising against the Russian Empire, broke out, originally as a spontaneous protest by young Poles against conscription into the Imperial Russian Army. refimprove section
1879Anglo-Zulu War: Zulu forces of King Cetshwayo fought to a decisive victory at the Battle of Isandlwana, but elsewhere the British were able to repel a Zulu attack in the Battle of Rorke's Drift. both articles: refimprove sections
1905Russian Revolution: Unarmed demonstrators, led by Russian Orthodox priest Georgy Gapon, were massacred by the Imperial Guard outside the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg. lots of CN tags (9)
1944World War II: The Allies commenced Operation Shingle, an amphibious landing against Axis forces in the area of Anzio and Nettuno, Italy. refimprove section
1946Iran Crisis: The Republic of Mahabad declared its independence, seeking autonomy for the Kurds within Iran. refimprove
1968Vietnam War: American forces began implementing Operation Igloo White, an electronic surveillance system designed to stop the People's Army of (North) Vietnam from infiltrating into South Vietnam. unreferenced section
1971 – The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, was issued. refimprove section
1980Andrei Sakharov, a key architect of the Soviet hydrogen bomb and winner of the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize, was arrested in Moscow following his public protests against the Soviet war in Afghanistan and exiled to Gorky. featured on December 19
2006Evo Morales was inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first democratically elected indigenous leader. uncited material and update banners
Empress He |d|906|, and date not verified
John Donne |b|1572 Birth year in lead and body conflict
Lord Byron |b|1788 Improve referencing
Pope Benedict XV |d|1922 Too much uncited

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January 22: Day of Unity of Ukraine (1919)

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