8 January
700 years since the death of the Venetian merchant, traveler and writer Marco Polo.
23 January
80 years since the death of the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch.
25 January
100 years of the first Winter Olympic Games, in Chamonix, France.
26 January
200 years of the death of the French painter Theodore Gericault.
30 January
50th anniversary of actor Christian Bale.
