Events (300 years ago today): 1720 – Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.

Births (200 years ago today): 1820 – Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (d. 1899)

Births (100 years ago today): 1920 – Errol Barrow, first Prime Minister of Barbados (d. 1987)

Births (50 years ago today): 1970 – Alen Bok?i?, former Croatian footballer

Deaths (1600 years ago today): 420 – Yazdegerd I, king of the Sassanid Empire

Deaths (700 years ago today): 1320 – Árni Helgason, Icelandic bishop (b. c. 1260)

Deaths (350 years ago today): 1670 – Claude Duval, French highwayman (b. 1643)

Deaths (150 years ago today): 1870 – Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author (b. 1812)

Commemorations:
Martin Luther King Day

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