George Fox ( July 1624 – 13 January 1691 ) was an English Dissenter and a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends.

Two days after preaching, as usual, at the Gracechurch Street Meeting House in London, George Fox died between 9 and 10 p. m. on 13 January 1691.

* January 10 – Edward Cave, English editor and publisher ( b. 1691 )

* January 28 – Adrien Auzout, French astronomer ( died 1691 )

* January 25 – Robert Boyle, English scientist ( d. 1691 )

* January 18 – François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French war minister ( d. 1691 )

The game was very popular at the court of King Charles II, and even after 15 January 1691 when Louis XIV issued an order from the privy council, by which he expressly forbade not only the officers belonging to his array, but likewise all other persons of whatever sex or denomination to play at Hoca, Pharaoh, Barbacole and Basset.

Since January 1691 Marlborough had been in contact with the exiled James II in Saint-Germain, anxious to obtain the erstwhile King's pardon for deserting him in 1688 – a pardon essential for the success of his future career in the not altogether unlikely event of a Jacobite restoration.

On 27 August 1691, William offered all Highland clans a pardon for their part in the Jacobite Uprising, as long as they took an oath of allegiance before 1 January 1692 in front of a magistrate.

Peter Scheemakers ( 16 January 1691 – 12 September 1781 ) was a Flemish Roman Catholic sculptor who worked for most of his life in London, Great Britain.

Richard Lower ( 1631 – 17 January 1691 ) was a British physician who played an important part in the development of medical science .< ref >" 1691.

François Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois ( 18 January 1641 – 16 July 1691 ) was the French Secretary of State for War for a significant part of the reign of Louis XIV.

* January 25-Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish chemist ( died 1691 )

* January 28-Adrien Auzout, French astronomer ( died 1691 )

* January 18 – Francesco Feo, opera composer ( born 1691 )

On January 28, 1691, English Major Richard Ingoldesby, who had been commissioned lieutenant governor of the province, and two companies of soldiers landed and demanded possession of the fort.

Edward Cave ( 27 February 1691 – 10 January 1754 ) was an English printer, editor and publisher.

His ship was then further delayed by bad weather, and the ship carrying his lieutenant governor, Major Richard Ingoldesby, was first to arrive, in January 1691.

On 17 August 1691 William offered all Highland clans a pardon for their part in the Jacobite Uprising, provided that they took an oath of allegiance before 1 January 1692 in front of a magistrate.

Adrien Auzout ( 28 January 1622 – 23 May 1691 ) was a French astronomer.

Richard Challoner ( 29 September 1691 – 12 January 1781 ) was an English Roman Catholic bishop, a leading figure of English Catholicism during the greater part of the 18th century.

Preston named Clarendon among his accomplices ; Clarendon, who from 4 January 1691, after being examined before the cabinet council, had been once more consigned to the Tower, remained there for several months.

He became mayor of Chester in October 1691, and died on 2 January 1694.

The project, which used Craig Venter's personal yacht, Sorcerer II, started in Halifax, Canada, circumnavigated the globe and returned to the U. S. in January 2006.

* CJCH-TV Halifax ( January 1, 1961 )

Sarah McLachlan was born on January 28, 1968, and adopted in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

On 7 January 1676 Holles with Halifax was summarily dismissed from the council.

In January 1940, Halifax said, in a meeting with an emissary of Ulrich von Hassell, a leading member of the German resistance, that " he personally would be against the Allies taking advantage of a revolution in Germany to attack the Siegfried Line.

In January 1941 Halifax was sent to Washington, D. C., on the death in office there of Ambassador Marquess of Lothian ; he was the last of the appeasers to leave the Cabinet, as Chamberlain, Hoare and Simon had already departed.

* George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax: 19 January 1771 – 6 June 1771

Following his arrival at Halifax, Arthur toured the country for eight weeks and made a visit in January 1870 to Washington, D. C., where he met with President Ulysses S. Grant.

The He 219 was particularly prone to this ; its high wing loading at the edge of stalling speed, left it unmanouevrable, and the 61-victory night fighter ace Manfred Meurer lost his life 21 / 22 January 1944 when, after shooting down a Handley Page Halifax bomber, his He 219 was rammed by a Bf 110.

John Fitzwilliam Stairs, also known as John Fitz William Stairs ( January 19, 1848 – September 26, 1904 ) was an entrepreneur and statesman, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, a member of the prominent Stairs family of merchants and shippers founded by William Machin Stairs ( 1789 – 1865 ) that included the Victorian era explorer, William Grant Stairs.

On 16 January 2008 Clarke was made an honorary Fellow of the Haliburton Literary Society, the oldest literary society in North America, at the University of King's College, Halifax.

Aircraft crashes did occur, however: In September 1942 a P-38 Lightning from the 14th Fighter Group USAAF crashed near Cliviger, and Black Hameldon Hill claimed a Halifax from No. 51 Squadron RAF in January 1943 and also a B-24 Liberator from the 491st Bombardment Group USAAF in February 1945.

Halifax. Halifax supported zealously the anti-French policy formulated in the Triple Alliance of January 1668.

Halifax retired to Rufford again in January 1681, but was present at the Oxford parliament, and in May returned suddenly to public life and held for a year the chief control of affairs.

Halifax spoke in favor of the Triennial Bill ( 12 January 1693 ) which passed the legislature but was vetoed by William, suggested a proviso in the Licensing Act of 1692, which restricted its operation to anonymous works, and approved the Place Bill ( 1694 ).

He married firstly in 1656 the Lady Dorothy Spencer — daughter of the Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland and of Dorothy Sidney, " Sacharissa " leaving a family including Lady Anne Savile ( 1663-c January 1690 ) and William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax ( 1665-31 August 1700 ).

She died January l7th, 1886, and was buried at Halifax, Nova Scotia.

* January 14-The Halifax Herald is first published

* January 20-About 2000 Doukhobors arrive in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Together with his colleagues, Lord Halifax left office in July 1765, returning to the Cabinet as Lord Privy Seal under his nephew, Lord North, in January 1770.

Formed as the 2nd Canadian Army Tank Brigade on 26 January 1942, this formation consisted of the 24th Army Tank Battalion ( Les Voltigeurs de Québec ) ( replaced in June 1942 by the 20th Army Tank Regiment ( 16 / 22 Saskatchewan Horse )), 23rd Army Tank Battalion ( The Halifax Rifles ), and the 26th Army Tank Battalion ( The Grey and Simcoe Foresters ).

On January 1, 1835, Howe's Novascotian published an anonymous letter accusing Halifax politicians and police of pocketing £ 30, 000 over a thirty-year period.

In 1977, the original Thompson Twins line-up consisted of Tom Bailey ( born 18 January 1954, Halifax, Yorkshire ) on bass and vocals, Pete Dodd on guitar and vocals, John Roog on guitar, and Jon Podgorski ( known as " Pod ") on drums.