The queen agreed on December 17, a warrant was signed on January 27, and the Exchequer paid Quiney his expenses on February 27, 1598/9.

These three installment dates would be: October 26, January 26, and April 25 ( Providence ) and November 15, February 16 and May 15 ( Cranston ).

The latter now furnishes the area with electricity distributed from a modern sub-station at Manchester Depot which was put into operation February 19, 1930 and was improved in January 1942 by the installation of larger transformers.

Traffic on that road slumped sharply in January and February, as compared with those same months in 1960.

April was the second month of the Roman calendar, before January and February were added by King Numa Pompilius about 700 BC.

About 700 BC it became the eighth month when January and February were added to the year before March by King Numa Pompilius, who also gave it 29 days.

* Colonel Shahin Musayev ( January – February 1992 )

During January – February 2007, Armenia ’ s trade with the European Union totaled $ 200 million.

During January – February 2007, Armenia ’ s trade with Russia and other former Soviet republics was $ 205. 6 million ( double the amount from the same period the previous year ), making them the country ’ s number one trading partner.

The Jewish holiday Tu Bishvat, the new year for trees, is on the 15th day of the month of Shvat, which usually falls in January or February.

Anaïs Nin (; born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell, February 21, 1903 – January 14, 1977 ) was a French-Cuban author, based at first in France and later in the United States, who published her journals, which span more than 60 years, beginning when she was 11 years old and ending shortly before her death, her erotic literature, and short stories.

Agner Krarup Erlang ( January 1, 1878 – February 3, 1929 ) was a Danish mathematician, statistician and engineer, who invented the fields of traffic engineering and queueing theory.

# Marie of Prussia ( 23 January 1579 – 21 February 1649 ).

However, four seasons can be distinguished: the long dry season ( June – August ), the short wet season ( September – November ), the short dry season ( December – January ), and the long wet season ( February – May ).

Bethlehem's average annual relative humidity is 60 % and reaches its highest rates between January and February.

Bulletins on BBC One moved into a new set in January 2003 although retained the previous ivory Lambie-Nairn titles until February 2004.

Separation between the formation of aircraft and their maneuver altitude is gradually reduced over the course of about two months in January and February.

January always has exactly 4 weeks ( Sunday through Saturday ), February has 4 weeks, March has 5 weeks, etc.

, the Sun appears in the constellation Capricornus from January 19 to February 15.

In tropical astrology, the Sun is considered to be in the sign Capricorn from December 22 to January 20, and in sidereal astrology, from January 15 to February 15.

Pope John Paul II's apostolic constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister of 25 January 1983, and the norms issued by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on 7 February 1983, for its implementation on diocesan level continued the work of simplification already initiated by Pope Paul VI.

* Pio Laghi ( 9 January 1999 – 26 February 2002 )

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

Connecticut's warmest temperature is which occurred in Danbury on July 15, 1995 ; the coldest temperature is which occurred in Falls Village on February 16, 1943 and Coventry on January 22, 1961.

* 1848 – California Gold Rush: the New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California ( although the rush started in January ).

On 11 January 1848, at St John's Church in Shrewsbury, George married for the third time, to Ellen Gregory, another farmer's daughter originally from Bakewell in Derbyshire, who had been his housekeeper.

George Robert Aberigh-Mackay ( July 25, 1848 – January 12, 1881 ), Anglo-Indian writer, son of a Bengal chaplain, was educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford and Cambridge University.

He took his seat on December 5, 1847, and was elected to serve the remainder of his term in January 1848.

During this century, Nova Scotia was the first colony in British North America and in the British Empire to achieve responsible government in January – February 1848 and become self-governing through the efforts of Joseph Howe.

However, in 1848 the Earl of Elgin, the then Governor General, appointed a Cabinet nominated by the majority party of the Legislative Assembly, the Baldwin-Lafontaine coalition that had won elections in January.

The first instance of responsible government in the British Empire was achieved by the colony of Nova Scotia in January – February 1848 through the efforts of Joseph Howe.

* January 13 – Wyatt Earp, American gunfighter ( b. 1848 )

* January 13 – Mary Slessor, Scottish Christian missionary ( b. 1848 )

* January 10 – Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer ( d. 1848 )

* January 25 – Karoline Jagemann, German actor ( d. 1848 )

The discovery of gold in California in January 1848 set off the California Gold Rush, and the number of settlers going to California skyrocketed.

It was in here on January 28, 1848 that James Marshall met privately with Sutter in order to show Sutter the gold that Marshall had found during the construction of Sutter's sawmill along the American River only four days earlier.

The revolution in Palermo ( 12 January 1848 ).

From 1820 to 1848 all Sicily was shaken by upheavals, which culminated on January 12, 1848, with a popular insurrection, the first one in Europe that year, led by Giuseppe La Masa.

He achieved more recognition with his Snob Papers ( serialised 1846 / 7, published in book form in 1848 ), but the work that really established his fame was the novel Vanity Fair, which first appeared in serialised instalments beginning in January 1847.

Like many novels of the time, Vanity Fair was published as a serial before being sold in book form ; it was printed in 20 monthly parts between January 1847 and July 1848.

Another revolution erupted on 12 January 1848 and Ferdinand was also forced to grant a constitution on 10 February.

In January 1848, James Marshall discovered a small nugget of gold in the American River, sparking the California Gold Rush.

After working as a seaman, merchant, and journalist, Olmsted settled on a farm in January 1848 on the south shore of Staten Island which his father helped him acquire.

The first fatality directly attributed to chloroform anesthesia was recorded on 28 January 1848 after the death of Hannah Greener.

The California Gold Rush ( 1848 – 1855 ) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.