Events that happened in January – Can you name the year?
All these 25 events happened in January – But in which year?
The values in brackets is the leeway that I give you.
Example: 22nd Queen Victoria died (10 years) Exact Answer 1901, leeway 1891-1911.
1st United Kingdom is Created. (50 Years)
3rd Alaska becomes the 49th State of America. (15 Years)
4th New York runs the first unmanned subway train. (10 Years)
6th King Harold is crowned King of England. (10 Years)
7th Jeffries and Blanchard’s first balloon flight across the English Channel. (75 Years)
10th The world’s first underground railway service opens in London between Paddington and Farringdon. (15 Years)
11th Insulin first used to treat diabetes. (20 Years)
12th The first American style Supermarket opens in UK. (5 Years)
13th ‘ Mickey Mouse’ comic strip launched. (10 Years)
14th Henry Ford introduces model-T Fords (10 Years)
15th Elizabeth 1st crowned Queen in Westminster Abbey. (30 Years)
16th Ivan the Terrible is crowned Czar of Russia. (100 Years)
18th Francisco Pizarro founds Lima Peru (75 Years)
19th The board game ‘ Scrabble’ is launched. (10 Years)
20th Edward VIII succeeds to the throne. (7 Years)
21st French King Louis XVI was executed in Paris. (30 Years)
23rd Union of Utrecht signed, Dutch Republic formed. (50 Years)
26th Cullinan diamond is discovered. The world’s largest at 3,106 carats. (20 Years)
27th Michael Jackson is burned when filming a Pepsi commercial. (5 Years)
28th London’s Pall Mall becomes the first street lit by gaslight. (30 Years)
29th Trotsky appointed People’s Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs. (10 Years)
30th Charles I King of England is beheaded. (30 Years)
30th Adolph Hitler named German Chancellor. (5 Years)
31st Guy Fawkes executed for gun powder plot. (30 Years)
31st The first car to reach 100 mph, MacDonald, Daytona Beach. (10 Years)
Answers here
Bonus Which date in January are these?
Burns Night (3 days)
12th Day of Christmas (3 days)
