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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_19" title="January 19">January 19</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1419" title="1419">1419</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War" title="Hundred Years' War">Hundred Years' War</a>: The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Rouen_(1418%E2%80%931419)" title="Siege of Rouen (1418–1419)">Siege of Rouen</a></b> ended with English troops capturing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouen" title="Rouen">the city</a> from Norman French forces.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1511" title="1511">1511</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_League_of_Cambrai" title="War of the League of Cambrai">War of the League of Cambrai</a>: Troops led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Julius_II" title="Pope Julius II">Pope Julius II</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Mirandola_(1511)" title="Siege of Mirandola (1511)">captured Mirandola</a></b> after a brief siege.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920" title="1920">1920</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union" title="American Civil Liberties Union">American Civil Liberties Union</a></b> was founded by the directors of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Civil_Liberties_Bureau" title="National Civil Liberties Bureau">National Civil Liberties Bureau</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972" title="1972">1972</a> – The French newspaper, the "Butcher of Lyon", had been found to be living in Peru.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012" title="2012">2012</a> – The Hong Kong–based <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing" title="File sharing">file-sharing</a> website <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaupload" title="Megaupload">Megaupload</a></b> was shut down by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">FBI</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Gheeraerts_the_Younger" title="Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger">Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1636); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Morris" title="Arthur Morris">Arthur Morris</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1922); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Burke" title="Sarah Burke">Sarah Burke</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2012)</p>