5041 | January 11 | Death | 2013 – Nguyễn Khánh, Vietnamese general and politician 3rd President of South Vietnam (b. 1927) |
5042 | January 11 | Death | 2013 – Mariangela Melato, Italian actress and singer (b. 1941) |
5043 | January 11 | Death | 2013 – Alemayehu Shumye, Ethiopian runner (b. 1988) |
5044 | January 11 | Death | 2013 – Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer and activist (b. 1986) |
5045 | January 11 | Death | 2014 – Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (b. 1933) |
5046 | January 11 | Death | 2014 – Arnoldo Foà, Italian actor and director (b. 1916) |
5047 | January 11 | Death | 2014 – Vugar Gashimov, Azerbaijani chess player (b. 1986) |
5048 | January 11 | Death | 2014 – Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1928) |
5049 | January 11 | Death | 2014 – Chai Trong-rong, Taiwanese educator and politician (b. 1935) |
5050 | January 11 | Death | 2014 – Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician 11th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1928) |
5051 | January 11 | Death | 2015 – Doriemus, New Zealand race horse (b. 1990) |
5052 | January 11 | Death | 2015 – Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer and coach (b. 1925) |
5053 | January 11 | Death | 2015 – Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress (b. 1931) |
5054 | January 11 | Death | 2015 – Chashi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi director and producer (b. 1941) |
5055 | January 11 | Death | 2015 – Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle, American neuroscientist and academic (b. 1918) |
5056 | January 11 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:Leucius of Brindisi (Roman Catholic)Mary Slessor (Church of England)Paulinus II of AquileiaTheodosius the CenobiarchThomas of CoriVitalis of Gaza (Roman Catholic)January 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) |
5057 | January 11 | Holiday and observance | Earliest day on which Triodion can fall, while February 14 is the latest celebrated 70 days before Easter. (Eastern Orthodox) |
5058 | January 11 | Holiday and observance | Eugenio María de Hostos Day (Puerto Rico) |
5059 | January 11 | Holiday and observance | First day of Carmentalia, in honor of Carmenta. (Roman Empire) |
5060 | January 11 | Holiday and observance | Independence Resistance Day (Morocco) |
5061 | January 11 | Holiday and observance | Kagami Biraki (Japan) |
5062 | January 11 | Holiday and observance | Republic Day (Albania) |
5063 | January 11 | Holiday and observance | International Thank You Day, launched in 1994 |
5064 | January 12 | Event | 1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned king. |
5065 | January 12 | Event | 1554 – Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned King of Burma. |
5066 | January 12 | Event | 1616 – The city of Belém is founded in Pará, Brazil by Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco. |
5067 | January 12 | Event | 1777 – Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California. |
5068 | January 12 | Event | 1808 – The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh, Scotland. |
5069 | January 12 | Event | 1808 – John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver, founded in 669, from coastal erosion was abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture and sculpture. |
5070 | January 12 | Event | 1848 – The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. |