1258 Battle of Dong Bo Ðau: The Vietnamese defeat the first Mongol invasion of Dai Viet

1574 Battle of Rommerswael: Dutch "Sea Beggars" take 15 Spanish ships

1587 Spanish capture Dutch towns of Deventer & Zutphen

1676 Accession of Tsar Feodor III Alexeevich of Russia (1679-1682)

1814 Battle of Brienne: Napoleon defeats the Russo-Prussians in northeastern France, temporarily halting the coalition invasion.

1848 Messina: Popular uprising against the Neapolitan Borbons initiates the European Revolutions of '48

1861 Sec. Treasury John Dix orders loyal Revenue Service officers "If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot" upon learning a cutter captain intended to turn his ship over to Secessionist Louisiana

1863 The Bear River Massacre: California volunteers slaughter hundreds of Shoshone men, women, and children in Washington Territory

1879 Custer Battlefield National Monument established

1891 Accession of Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii (Jan 29, 1891-Jan 17, 1893), deposed in an American-sponsored coup, d. 1917

1915 Erwin Rommel is awarded the Iron Cross, First Class, for action in the Argonne

1916 First German Zeppelin raid on Paris

1923 Juan de la Cierva demonstrates the first autogiro, Madrid

1942 The first US troops arrive on Fiji

1942 Malaya: Under Japanese pressure, the British pull back into Singapore, as their 18th Div arrives by sea

1943 HMNZS 'Kiwi' rams & sinks Japanese sub 'I-1' off Guadalcanal

1943 New Guinea: Australian Kanga Force holds the Japanese at Wau.

1943 Battle of Rennell Is (Jan 29-30): Japanese air attacks prevent Allies from blocking their evacuation of Guadalcanal, 'Chicago' (CA-29) is sunk

1944 Heavy Luftwaffe raid on London

1944 USN begins a series of airstrikes on Japanese bases in the Marshal Is

1944 USS 'Missouri' (BB-63) is launched in Brooklyn

1945 Luzon: 38th Div lands near Subic Bay and moves southward toward Bataan.

1991 Battle of Khafji, Saudi Arabia: Iraqis capture the town