January

January is the  of the  in the  and s, and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 s.

January begins (astrologically) with the sun in the sign of and ends in the sign of. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation of and ends in the constellation of.

January is named for, the god of the doorway; the name has its beginnings in , where the  word for door (ianua) comes from - January is the door to the year.

Traditionally, the original consisted of 10 months, totalling 304 days, winter being considered a monthless period. Around, the semi-mythical successor of , King , is supposed to have added the months of January and , allowing the calendar to equal a standard lunar year (355 days). The first day of the month is known as. Although was originally the first month in the old Roman Calendar, January assumed that position beginning in  when the two, for whom the years were named, began to be chosen on. The reason for this shift of the new year into the dead of winter was to allow the new consuls to complete the elections and ceremonies upon becoming consuls, and still reach their respective consular armies by the start of the campaigning.

Various Christian feast dates were used for the in  in the, including  and. However, medieval calendars were displayed in the Roman fashion of twelve columns from January to. Beginning in the, European countries began officially making the start of the New Year once again — sometimes called Circumcision Style because this was the date of the , being the 8th day from.

Historical names for January include its original Roman designation, Ianuarius, the term Wulf-monath (meaning wolf month) and 's designation Wintarmanoth (winter / cold month). In, the month is called tammikuu, meaning month of the oak, but the original meaning was the month of the heart of winter, as tammi has initially meant axis or core. This month is in called leden, meaning ice month. The first in January is known as  in  and northern. In England, the agricultural year began with on the  after.

The day in  is the second Monday of January, for those becoming 20 years old in the new calendar year. It is a national holiday. The day has been celebrated since 1948, but fell on until 1999, when it was moved by the  in an attempt to lift the economy by making more holidays consecutive.

In the, January ends at or near to  in the northern hemisphere and  in the southern hemisphere.

It is the middle month of summer in the Southern Hemisphere and the middle of winter in the Northern.

Historical Firsts

 * First American, 1789
 * First in the U.S by, 1790
 * First great discovery in, 1901
 * 10: First met in, 1946
 * , first atomic launched, 1954
 * , first modern woman, graduated from Geneva Medical School of western , 1849
 * first discovered in by settlers, 1848
 * for the first time celebrated, 1950
 * first opened, 1854

Monthlong Events
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Holidays

 * New Year's Day - January 1st


 * in the - 3rd Monday
 * - January 7th
 * in - January 26th
 * in - January 26th

January symbols

 * January's is.
 * January's birth flower is the or.
 * The Chinese floral emblem of January is the.
 * The Japanese floral emblem of January is the.
 * January is National Month in the.