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January

first month in the Julian and Gregorian calendars
Class type of: month of the Gregorian calendar Q108
January
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Facts

19 properties
Instance of
calendar month
Follows
December[7]
Followed by
February[8]
Subclass of
month of the Gregorian calendar
Part of
Julian calendar, Gregorian calendar, Swedish calendar[9][10][11]
Short name
Jan, Jan, Ιαν.[40][41]
Depicted by
Allegory of January, Fountain of January, January[26][27][28]
Described by source
Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The American Cyclopædia, The New Student's Reference Work, Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]
Different from
1st month[42]
Has part(s)
January 1, January 2, January 3, January 4, January 5, January 6, January 7, January 8, January 9, January 10, January 11, January 12, January 13, January 14, January 15, January 16, January 17, January 18, January 19, January 20, January 21, January 22, January 23, January 24, January 25, January 26, January 27, January 28, January 29, January 30, January 31[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Time, WikiProject Chronology
NCI Thesaurus ID
C106180[39]
Name
января, stycznia, студзеня, þæs Æfterran Geolan, ledna[43][44][45][46]
Named after
ice, tanning, Janus, New Year, New Year, New Year, New Year[3][4][5][6]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
P14483
m/mes-enero
Permanent duplicated item
Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item, Wikidata item
Time index
+0.5
Topic has template
Template:January calendar[38]
🏷️ Also known as
en 1. month en Jan en January ar أي النار ar يناير ar كانون الثاني ar جانفي ar جانفييه cs leden da januar de Jänner el Γενάρης el Ιανουάριος es mes de los portales es mes del dios Jano es mes del dios de los portales es mes de las puertas es mes de Jano es mes 1.° es 1.° mes
🔖 Identifiers · 36
Library of Congress authority ID
sh2001002059
GND ID
4334971-7
Arabic Ontology concept ID
293600
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300410290
BabelNet ID
00047960n
Biblissima authority ID
oil-lamp clock
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
januar
Cathopedia article ID
Gennaio
Concepticon concept set ID
2036
Dewey Decimal Classification
529.2
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/January
Famous Birthdays ID
jan
Show all 36 identifiers +24
Fandom article ID
memory-alpha:January, de.memory-alpha:Januar, sv.memory-alpha:Januari
Freebase ID
/m/03_ly
Golden ID
January-D49W
Harper's tag
january
Iconclass notation
23I11
KBpedia ID
January
Lex ID
januar
Museum-digital tag ID
37146
Namuwiki ID
1월
NicoNicoPedia ID
1月
OesterreichWiki ID
6804
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
6971
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
1月
Quora topic ID
Jan
Topic's main category
Category:January
UMLS CUI
C3829466
VerbaAlpina ID
C1826
Vikidia article ID
en:January, it:Gennaio, es:Enero, fr:Janvier
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
sausis
Wellcome Collection concept ID
unrtjqgy
WikiKids ID
Januari
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
15234841-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/ae0c7baf-58cb-4057-9942-74d7c956dd4b
Ávvir topic ID
oddajagemannu

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🔗 Connections
← Category combines topics 285
Category:January observances, Category:Days in January, Category:People born in January, Category:January events, Category:January 2019, Category:January 2020, Category:January 2021, Category:January 2024 +277 more
Examples 101
January 2010, January 2011, January 2013, January 2009, January 2014, January 2012, January 2007, January 2008 +93 more
← Month of the year 79
winter, summer, Australian Open, Africa Cup of Nations, AFC Asian Cup, Sundance Film Festival, harmattan, World Men's Handball Championship +71 more
← Season starts 61
AFC Asian Cup, Copa Libertadores, Supercopa de España, CAF Champions League, Liga MX, OFC Champions League, UCI World Tour, Tour Down Under +53 more
Has part(s) 31
January 1, January 2, January 3, January 4, January 5, January 20, January 6, January 8 +23 more
Has these parts 31
January 1, January 2, January 3, January 4, January 5, January 20, January 6, January 8 +23 more
← Season ends 6
Egyptian Premier League, Tour Down Under, Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Linafoot, PDC World Darts Championship, Libyan Premier League
← Field of work 5
Dick Swaab, Fred Gage, James H. Fallon, David Samuel, 3rd Viscount Samuel, Lissy Götz
Described by source 4
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
Named after 4
ice, New Year, Janus, tanning
Named after 3
January Uprising, Japanese destroyer Mutsuki, cisiojanus
Part of 3
Gregorian calendar, Julian calendar, Swedish calendar
Maintained by WikiProject 2
WikiProject Chronology, WikiProject Time
← Day in year for periodic occurrence 2
Mother's Day, Compitalia
← Set during recurring event 2
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Star Blazers 2199
Category for births in this time period 1
Category:People born in January
Category for deaths in this time period 1
Category:People dead in January
Different from 1
1st month
Followed by 1
February
Followed by (predecessor) 1
February
Follows 1
December
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Preceded by (successor) 1
December
Topic has template 1
Template:January calendar
Topic's main category 1
Category:January
← Category's main topic 1
Category:January
← DataTrek identifier 1
Star Trek: The Original Series
← Different from 1
1st month
← Digital Scriptorium Catalog item ID 1
3rd millennium
← EU Knowledge Graph item ID 1
Charles Michel
← Lingua Libre ID 1
Samaritan Aramaic
← Resistance in Belgium ID 1
Jette
← Template has topic 1
Template:January calendar
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Summary

January is a calendar month[1]. January is a type of month of the Gregorian calendar[2].

Body

Influence

Things named for January include January Uprising[47], a rebellion[48]; Japanese destroyer Mutsuki[49], a destroyer[50]; and cisiojanus[51].

Why It Matters

Entities named for January include January Uprising[47], a rebellion[48]; Japanese destroyer Mutsuki[49], a destroyer[50]; and cisiojanus[51].

Related Entities

Charles Michel Lissy Götz Star Trek: The Original Series

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → m/mes-enero
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14483: m/mes-enero"
  2. 11w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    VerbaAlpina ID → C1826
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ VerbaAlpina ID: C1826, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 14w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → oil-lamp clock
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority ID: Q297117, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  4. 21w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → january
    Famous Birthdays ID → jan
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Famous Birthdays ID: jan"
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