20 January 1788 : Pioneer African Baptist church organizes in Savannah, Georgia
20 January 1785 : Samuel Ellis advertises to sell Oyster Island (Ellis Is), no takers
20 January 1783 : Hostilities cease in Revolutionary War
20 January 1781 : 1st edition of Pieter It Hoens "Post of Neder-Rhijn" published
20 January 1778 : 1st American military court martial trial begins, Cambridge, Massachusetts
20 January 1667 : Treaty of Andrussovo-ends 13 year war between Poland and Russia
20 January 1648 : Cornerstone of Amsterdam townhall laid
20 January 1513 : Christian II succeeds Johan I as Danish / Norwegian King
20 January 1503 : Casa Contratacion (Board of Trade) found (Spain) to deal with American affairs
20 January 1356 : Scottish King Edward Baliol resigns
20 January 1320 : Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes King of Poland
20 January 1265 : 1st English Parliament called into session by Earl of Leicester
20 January 1045 : Giovanni di Sabina elected Pope Sylvester III
20 January 0820 : Book of mother, published
20 January 0250 : St. Fabian ends his reign as Catholic Pope (236-50)