What Day of the Week

January 16, 2022 was the 16^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 349 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.

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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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• 550

  Gothic War (535–554): The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison.
• 1120

  The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.
• 1362

  A storm tide in the North Sea destroys the German city of Rungholt on the island of Strand.
• 1492

  The first grammar of the Spanish language is presented to Queen Isabella I.
• 1786

  The Commonwealth of Virginia enacted the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
• 1878

  Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) – Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
• 1896

  Defeat of Cymru Fydd at South Wales Liberal Federation AGM, Newport, Monmouthshire.
• 1924

  Eleftherios Venizelos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for the fourth time.
• 1942

  Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
• 1991

  The United States goes to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War (U.S. Time).

• 1853

  André Michelin, French industrialist (d. 1931)
• 1875

  Leonor Michaelis, German enzyme kinetic theorist (d. 1947)
• 1895

  Nat Schachner, American author (d. 1955)
• 1898

  Margaret Booth, American film editor (d. 2002)
• 1943

  Gavin Bryars, English composer and double bassist
• 1944

  Jim Stafford, American singer and songwriter
• 1969

  Roy Jones Jr., American boxer
• 1970

  Garth Ennis, Irish comic book author
• 1970

  Ron Villone, American baseball player
• 1972

  Yuri Drozdov, Russian footballer

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