Edict of January: Religious Tolerance Attempt
Issued the Edict of January, which granted limited tolerance to Protestants.
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Issued the Edict of January, which granted limited tolerance to Protestants.
View detailsBaptized in Danzig; this date is commonly used as Elisabetha Koopman Hevelius’s birth date.
View detailsEllen Wood was born on January 17, 1814, in Worcester, England.
View detailsMaria E. Beasley filed her patent application for a collapsible metal life raft, entering marine safety innovation.
View detailsU.S. Patent No. 252,648 was granted to Helen Blanchard for a crocheting and sewing machine used successfully in large manufactories.
View detailsU.S.-aligned insurgents overthrow Queen Liliʻuokalani; she is deposed as sovereign and a provisional government is proclaimed.
View detailsEdith Starrett Green was born on January 17, 1910, in Trent, South Dakota.
View detailsBetty Marion White was born in Oak Park, Illinois, later becoming one of the most influential women in American television history.
View detailsJuliette Gordon Low died of breast cancer at her home in Savannah, Georgia, on January 17, 1927, ending 15 years of Girl Scout leadership.
View detailsJuliette Gordon Low died in Savannah, Georgia. Her passing marked the end of her influential life.
View detailsFitzgerald's recording of 'A-Tisket, A-Tasket' reached No. 1 on January 17, 1938, her first chart-topping hit.
View detailsKatalin Karikó was born in Szolnok, Hungary, beginning the life of the biochemist whose work on modified mRNA would later underpin COVID-19 vaccines.
View detailsThe lawyer, author, and future First Lady is born Michelle LaVaughn Robinson.
View detailsGrażyna Bacewicz passed away on January 17, 1969, in Warsaw, Poland.
View detailsBetty Smith, esteemed novelist, passed away on January 17, 1972, in Shelton, Connecticut.
View detailsTarsila do Amaral passed away on Jan 17, 1973, closing a chapter in Brazilian modernism.
View detailsHelen Stephens passed away on January 17, 1994, in St. Louis, Missouri.
View detailsThe U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in United States v. Virginia, challenging VMI's male-only admissions policy.
View detailsBarbara Jordan died of pneumonia, a complication of leukemia, on January 17, 1996, in Austin, Texas, at the age of 59.
View detailsAgendia announced Laura van 't Veer would receive the PMWC Luminary Award for co-inventing MammaPrint and advancing precision oncology.
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