Template:Encyclopedia Westarctica:This month in history/January
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- January - Burke Island was discovered using aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6. (1960)
- 09 January - Candidates for the 2019 Prime Minister election are announced. (2019)
- 12 January - The Consul-General is deployed to the Persian Gulf in anticipation of war with Iraq. (2003)
- 14 January - Grand Duke Travis abdicated the throne of Westarctica and transferred the title, office, and all responsibilities as ruler to the Duke of Ravencroft, who had previously served as Minister of Information. The Duke was subsequently crowned as Grand Duke Philip of Westarctica. (2006)
- 14 January - Westarctica formally annexes the Balleny Islands (map pictured) from New Zealand. (2005)
- 15 January - The Duke of Goldstream passes away. (2023)
- 17 January - Grand Duke Travis hosts Carolyn Yagjian for a state visit in Los Angeles. (2019)
- 18 January - Bodies of ancient crustaceans are found beneath subglacial Lake Mercer. (2019)
- 24 January - The Royal Blockchain Authority is established to create a Westarctican cryptocurrency. (2018)
- 27 January - Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen becomes the first person to sight land in Antarctica. (1820)
- 28 January - The Radlinski Earldom is established in the Whitmore Mountains and granted to Jeanne Morin, sister of the Duke of Ellsworth. (2002)
- 28 January - The Westarctican College of Arms is created. (2020)
