What Day of the Week

January 16, 2019 was the 16^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 349 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.

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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.
• 929

  Emir Abd-ar-Rahman III established the Caliphate of Cordoba.
• 1492

  The first grammar of the Spanish language is presented to Queen Isabella I.
• 1581

  The English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism.
• 1605

  The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid.
• 1900

  The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
• 1945

  Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
• 1979

  The Shah of Iran flees Iran with his family and relocates to Egypt.
• 1992

  El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City ending the 12-year Salvadoran civil war that claimed at least 75,000.
• 2006

  Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia’s new president. She becomes Africa’s first female elected head of state.

• 1245

  Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)
• 1616

  François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)
• 1834

  Robert R. Hitt, American politician (d. 1906)
• 1853

  Gen Sir Ian Hamilton, British military commander (d. 1947)
• 1872

  Edward Gordon Craig, English actor, producer, director and scenic designer (d. 1966)
• 1898

  Irving Rapper, UK-US film director (d. 1999)
• 1922

  Ernesto Bonino, Italian singer (d. 2008)
• 1937

  Lorraine Bayly, Australian actress
• 1937

  Luiz Bueno, Brazilian racing driver
• 1947

  Sarah Jane Olson, American political activist

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