The fifteenth day of January
Events
- 588 BCE: Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah's reign. The siege lasts until July 18, 586 BCE.
- 69: Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but only rules for three months before committing suicide.
- 1559: Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey by Owen Oglethorpe, the Bishop of Carlisle, instead of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 1995: Pope John Paul II offers Mass to an estimated crowd of between four and eight million in Luneta Park, Manila, Philippines. This is the largest single event in human history.
Births
- 1866: Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1931)
- 1918: Édouard Gagnon, Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 2007)
- 1920: John Cardinal O'Connor, American Catholic cardinal (d. 2000)
- 1953: Kent Hovind, American evangelist and Young Earth creationist.
Deaths
- 69: Galba, Roman Emperor (b. 3 BCE)
- 570: Saint Ita, Irish nun (b. 475)
- 1672: John Cosin, English clergyman (b. 1594)
Feast days
Protestant
Lutheranism
- Martin Luther King, Jr., renewer of society, martyr, 1968 (Commemoration) R – ELCA
Roman Catholic
- Saint Ita, virgin
- St. Macarius of Egypt
- St. Paul the Hermit
Eastern Orthodoxy
- Monk-martyr Pansophius of Alexandria (3rd century)
- Saint Ita, hermitess in Ireland and foster-mother of Saint Brendan
- Saint Gabriel, founder of Lesnov Monastery in Bulgaria (11th century)
- Saint Maximus of Nola
- Venerable Paul of Thebes (341)
- Venerable John Calabytes (the "hut-dweller") (5th century)
Oriental Orthodoxy
- St. Abeluzius in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
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