January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 350 days remain until the end of the year (351 in leap years). 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, [1] beginning a reign of only three months.

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Jan 15, 2013 · World's largest office building, the Pentagon is completed to house the US military. Two million gallons of molasses flood Boston Massachusetts in the "Great Molasses Flood" when a storage tank burst, drowning 21 and injuring 150. The British Museum opened to visitors on January 15, 1759.

1559 - England's Queen Elizabeth I (Elizabeth Tudor) was crowned in Westminster Abbey. 1624 - Many riots occurred in Mexico when it was announced that all churches were to be closed. 1777 - The people of New Connecticut (now the state of Vermont) declared their independence.

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January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 350 days remaining until the end of the year (351 in leap years). 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but rules for only three months before committing suicide. 1362 – A North Sea flood kills many thousands of people.

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1535 King Henry VIII declares himself head of the Church in England. 1541 King Francis I of France commissions Jean-Francois Roberval to settle the province of New France. 1559 Elizabeth I crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey. 1759 British Museum opens in Montague House, London.