* January 31 – Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit ( b. 1543 )

During this time, Wiesbaden became Protestant with the nomination of Wolf Denthener as first Lutheran pastor on January 1, 1543.

* James Hamilton, Earl of Arran ( c. 1517 – 1575 ) ( from 8 February 1548, Duke of Châtelherault ) was Governor and Protector of the Kingdom ( 3 January 1543 – 12 April 1554 ) for Mary, Queen of Scots.

He is also described as treasurer to James, but the regent Arran appointed him secretary in the new government of the infant Queen Mary ( January 1543 ).

The letter has traditionally ( following Bale ) been regarded as a " New Year's gift " to the King for January 1546, but James Carley has shown that it must have been composed in late 1543 or early 1544 ( so that if it was presented at the new year, which is not certain, it would have been in 1544 ).

March 13 1499 – January 3, 1543 ) was a Portuguese explorer noted for his exploration of the west coast of North America on behalf of Spain.

He died on 3 January 1543 and was buried.

* An Acte for certaine Ordinaunces in the Kinges Majesties Domynion and Principalitie of Wales ( 34 and 35 Henry VIII c. 26 ), was passed in 1543 in the 2nd session of Henry VIII's 8th Parliament, which began on 22 January 1542 / 3, and repealed with effect from 3 January 1995.

New France, in present Canada, after a single Governor ( 24 July 1534 – 15 January 1541 Jacques Cartier ) had Lieutenants-general and Viceroys 15 January 1541 – September 1543 Jean François de la Rocquet, sieur de Robervalle ( b. c. 1500 – d.

1560 ), after September 1543 – 3 January 1578 Abandonment again 3 January 1578 – February 1606 Troilus de Mesgouez, marquis de la Roche-Mesgouez ( d. 1606 ) ( viceroy and from 12 January 1598, lieutenant-general ), February 1606 – 1614 Jean de Biencourt, sieur de Poutrincourt, baron de St. Just ( b. 1557 – d.

1499 – January 3, 1543 ) was a Portuguese explorer noted for his exploration of the west coast of North America on behalf of Spain.

In January 1543 / 4 he was appointed first Regius Professor of Civil Law.

On January 6, 1543, several small islands on the same latitude were seen, and named them Los Jardines ( The Gardens ).

Between January 6 to 23, 1543, the galleon San Cristóbal piloted by Gines de Mafra, who was a member of the crew of the Magellan expedition in 1519-1522, was separated from the fleet during a severe storm.

) ( 18 August 1497 – 2 January 1543 ) was an Italian lutenist and composer.

The exact date of death, 2 January 1543, was recorded only by Luca Gaurico.

Some of the high ranking prisoners taken at the battle were exchanged for their ' pledges ' at Carlisle on 10 January 1543.

Sebastian Franck ( 20 January 1499 – c. 1543 ) was a 16th century German freethinker, humanist, and radical reformer.

After the arrest of Beaton, on 20 January 1543, Argyll retired to his own lands to muster a force to maintain the struggle against the Earl of Arran, who had been chosen governor.

The king broke the ceasefire in January 1543 and sent a new and larger army into the rebellious area.

In discussions from 2 to 7 January 1539, Bucer and Witzel agreed to defer controversial points of doctrine, but Melanchthon withdrew, feeling that doctrinal unity was a prerequisite of a reform plan.

In January 1549, with plans underway for the implementation of the Interim in Strasbourg, Bucer and his colleagues continued to attack it, producing a memorandum on how to preserve the Protestant faith under its directives.

Cranmer had requested his opinion on how the book should be revised, and Bucer submitted his response on 5 January 1551.

Voter registration began in late November 1959 and continued until early January, 1960.

When the winter tour began at Los Angeles last January there was no one in sight to challenge Palmer's towering prestige.

The College began with 21 students in January 1839.

Botswana is one of the 15 focus countries for PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief, and has received more than $ 230 million since the program began in January 2004 through September 2007.

The first round of mass privatisation finally began in January 1996, and auctions began toward the end of that year.

The BBC News at Ten began simulcasting on the channel on 30 January 2006 as part of the Ten O ' Clock Newshour, followed by extended sport and business news updates.

Cyprus ratified the new world trade agreement ( General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, GATT ) in 1995 and began implementing it fully on 1 January 1996.

Signs of economic resurgence began to appear in the wake of the shock therapy that the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) labelled the " big bang " of January 1991.

as it took place following a popular uprising that began on Tuesday, 25 January 2011 and is still continuing as of February 2012.

It began on January 23, 2012 and will end on February 9, 2013.

She then transferred with the L. A. company, to play the role once again, in the San Francisco production which began performances January 27, 2009.

On January 17, 2008, a Brazilian federal court order prohibiting all sales of Counter-Strike and EverQuest and imposing the immediate withdrawal of these from all stores began to be enforced.

In January 1831, he began publication of the Millennial Harbinger.

In January 2008, Dark Horse Comics began releasing a four-part monthly comic book mini-series based on Evil Dead, written by Mark Verheiden, with art by John Bolton, who provided art for the Dark Horse Army of Darkness comic.

The great flood of the main Nile usually occurred in Egypt during August, September, and October, but it sometimes began as early as June at Aswan and often did not completely wane until January.

Soon after his arrival in New York City ( January 2, 1939 ), Fermi began working at Columbia University, where he had already given summer lectures in 1936 While at Columbia from 1939 – 42, until they moved to Chicago, Fermi and his wife resided in Leonia, New Jersey.

:" I remember very vividly the first month, January, 1939, that I started working at the Pupin Laboratories because things began happening very fast.

Software development for the GNU operating system began in January 1984, and the Free Software Foundation ( FSF ) was founded in October 1985.

The decree of 2 January 1793 stipulated that the year II of the Republic began on 1 January 1793.

The final escalation towards war began in early January 1918, as each military or political act of the Reds or the Whites resulted in a corresponding counteraction by their opponents.

The large scale mobilization of the Red Guards began in the late evening of 27 January.

Gibnet Limited, a private company, began internet services in January 1996, with a 64kbs circuit to Spain.

In anticipation of increased regional air traffic to the facility, an EU-subsidized construction project began in January of that year, intended to upgrade the terminal building and extend the primary paved runway to a usable length of 4000 feet.