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.

Armenia's agricultural output dropped by 17. 9 percent in the period of January – September 2010.

Alexander Mackenzie, PC ( January 28, 1822 – April 17, 1892 ), a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.

Abby May wrote in her journal on January 17, 1843, " A day of some excitement, as Mr. Alcott refused to pay his town tax ... After waiting some time to be committed jail, he was told it was paid by a friend.

On January 17, 2008, NYSE Euronext announced it would acquire the AMEX for $ 260 million in stock ; on October 1, 2008, NYSE Euronext completed the acquisition.

* Alfonso Sanz y Martínez de Arizala ( 28 January 1880, Madrid – 1970 ), married in 1922 to María de Guadalupe de Limantour y Mariscal ( d. 1977, Marbella ), daughter of Julio de Limantour y Marquet ( 17 June 1863, Mexico City – 11 October 1909, Mexico City ) and wife Elena Mariscal y ..., paternal granddaughter of French Joseph Yves de Limantour y Rence de la Pagame ( 1812, Ploemeur – 1885, Mexico City ) and wife Adèle Marquet y Cabannes ( 1820, Bordeaux –?

He followed this with the conquest of Minorca-until then, an autonomous Muslim state ( Manûrqa ) under the Kingdom of Majorca-on 17 January 1287, the anniversary of which now serves as Minorca's national holiday.

Anne Brontë (; 17 January 1820 – 28 May 1849 ) was a British novelist and poet, the youngest member of the Brontë literary family.

Anne, the youngest member of the Brontë children, was born on 17 January 1820, at 74 Market Street in Thornton where her father was curate and she was baptised there on 25 March 1820.

A letter from Phillip to Sandwich of 17 January 1781 records Phillip's loan to Sandwich of his charts of the Plata and Brazilian coasts for use in organising the expedition.

Alphonse Gabriel " Al " Capone ( January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947 ) was an American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate.

Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born in the borough of Brooklyn in New York on January 17, 1899.

He is celebrated in many churches on his feast days: 30 January in the Old-Calendar Eastern Orthodox Church and the Coptic Orthodox Church ; 17 January in the New-Calendar Eastern Orthodox Church, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church and the Coptic Catholic Church.

Benjamin Franklin was born on Milk Street, in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 17, 1706 and baptized at Old South Meeting House.

In 1600, after the Treaty of Vervins, conflict returned between Henry IV of France and Savoy, and Lesdiguières retook Barcelonnette until the conclusion of the Treaty of Lyon on 17 January the following year.

On January 17, 2008, Selig's contract was extended through 2012, after which he planned to retire, but then decided to stay as commissioner until the end of the 2014 season, a move approved by the owners on January 12, 2012, which would take his leadership past his 80th birthday.

In the UK in 2009 it was estimated that up to 12 million shoppers appeared at the sales ( a rise of almost 20 % compared to 2008, although this was also affected by the fact that the VAT would revert to 17. 5 % from 1 January ).

G-AHNP Star Tiger disappeared on January 30, 1948 on a flight from the Azores to Bermuda ; G-AGRE Star Ariel disappeared on January 17, 1949, on a flight from Bermuda to Kingston, Jamaica.

Image: Camp David 4 p37126-25a-515h. jpg | George W. Bush meets with his advisors at Camp David on January 17, 2004, while preparing for his State of the Union address.

On January 17, 1725, the Province of Massachusetts Bay, which then claimed territories west of the Merrimack River, granted the Concord area as the Plantation of Penacook.

Tombaugh died on January 17, 1997 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, at the age of 90.

There followed postings to a torpedo boat in July 1891 and then HMS Nile from 19 January 1892 to 23 June 1892 before returning to Britain.

Emma Abbott ( December 9, 1850 – January 5, 1891 ) was an American operatic soprano and impresario known for her pure, clear voice of great flexibility and volume.

Sir John Alexander Macdonald, ( 11 January 1815 – 6 June 1891 ), was the first Prime Minister of Canada.

His parents were married on 21 January 1891.

Later, on January 3, 1891, Baum reverted to the subject in an editorial response to the event:

Following the December 29, 1890, massacre, Baum wrote a second editorial, published on January 3, 1891:

* January 8 – Julius Raab, former Chancellor of Austria ( b. 1891 )

* January 24 – Bill Cody, American actor ( b. 1891 )

* January 5 – John A. Costello, former Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland ( b. 1891 )

* January 28 – Zora Neale Hurston, American folklorist and author ( b. 1891 )

* January 22 – Parker Fennelly, American comedian and actor ( b. 1891 )

* January 9 – Ted Shawn, American dancer ( b. 1891 )

* January 31 – Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky, Russian literary historian, linguist ( b. 1891 )

* January 29 – Tim McCoy, American actor ( b. 1891 )

* January 25 – Robertson Hare, English actor ( b. 1891 )

* January 18 – Wallace Reid, American actor ( b. 1891 )

* January 11 – John A. Macdonald, First Prime Minister of Canada, Father of Confederation ( d. 1891 )

* January 10 – John Wellborn Root, American architect ( d. 1891 )

At the end of January 1891, the Swami left his fellows and journeyed to Delhi.

Georges-Eugène Haussmann, commonly known as Baron Haussmann (, 27 March 1809 – 11 January 1891 ), was a French civic planner whose name is associated with the rebuilding of Paris.

Waite joined the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in January 1891 after being introduced by E. W.

John Aloysius Costello (; 20 June 1891 – 5 January 1976 ), a successful barrister, was one of the main legal advisors to the government of the Irish Free State after independence, Attorney General of Ireland from 1926 – 1932 and Taoiseach from 1948 – 1951 and 1954 – 1957.

His Parisian debut as composer was a performance of his overture Polyeucte, written in 1891 and premiered by Charles Lamoureux and his Orchestre Lamoureux in January 1892.

On January 10, 1891, the first railroad train arrived in Eddy, having come from Pecos, Texas.