17th of January 2026
17th of January 2026 is the 17th day of the year.
It is Old Twelfth Night...more.
This day in history:
1746: Battle of Falkirk - ...more
1912: Scott reaches the South Pole - ...more
More dates from British history.
British quote for the day:
The kind of people who always go on about whether a thing is in good taste invariably have very bad taste - Joe Orton.
Born today:
Thomas Fairfax - 1612, Thomas Linley - 1733, James Hall - 1761, Mrs Henry Wood - 1814, Anne Bronte - 1820, Catherine Booth - 1829, David Lloyd George - 1863, David Beatty - 1871, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown - 1881, Compton Mackenzie - 1883, Tommy Handley - 1892, Nevil Shute - 1899, Alfred Wainwright - 1907, Vidal Sassoon - 1928, Keith Chegwin - 1957.
Died today:
Richard Lower - 1691, John Ray - 1705, Francis Galton - 1911, T H White - 1964, Tom Kilburn - 2001.
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