January 6: Epiphany (Gregorian calendar); Little Christmas in Ireland and Scotland
Fresco of Stephen Dečanski
- 1066 – Harold Godwinson, widely regarded as the last Anglo-Saxon king before the Norman conquest, was crowned King of England.
- 1322 – Having defeated his half-brother Stephen Constantine in battle, Stefan Dečanski (fresco pictured) was crowned King of Serbia.
- 1839 – The most damaging storm in 300 years swept across Ireland, with 100-knot winds damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.
- 1912 – German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presented his theory of continental drift.
- 1993 – Indian Border Security Force (BSF) units killed 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
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