January

first month in the Julian and Gregorian calendars
Thing calendar_month Q108
January
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January

Summary

January is a calendar month[1]. January ranks in the top 8% of calendar_month entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,062 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • January's image is recorded as 15th-century unknown painters - Grimani Breviary - The Month of January - WGA15775.jpg[3].
  • January's instance of is recorded as calendar month[4].
  • ice is named after January[5].
  • tanning is named after January[6].
  • Janus is named after January[7].
  • New Year is named after January[8].
  • New Year is named after January[9].
  • New Year is named after January[10].
  • New Year is named after January[11].
  • January's follows is recorded as December[12].
  • January's followed by is recorded as February[13].
  • January's GND ID is recorded as 4334971-7[14].
  • January's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2001002059[15].
  • January's subclass of is recorded as month of the Gregorian calendar[16].
  • January's part of is recorded as Julian calendar[17].
  • January's part of is recorded as Gregorian calendar[18].
  • January's part of is recorded as Swedish calendar[19].
  • January's Commons category is recorded as January[20].
  • January's has part is recorded as January 1[21].
  • January's has part is recorded as January 2[22].
  • January's has part is recorded as January 3[23].
  • January's has part is recorded as January 4[24].
  • January's has part is recorded as January 5[25].
  • January's has part is recorded as January 6[26].
  • January's has part is recorded as January 7[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for January include January Uprising[28], a rebellion[29]; Japanese destroyer Mutsuki[30], a destroyer[31]; and cisiojanus[32].

Why It Matters

January ranks in the top 8% of calendar_month entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,062 views/month).[2] January has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] January is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for January include January Uprising[28], a rebellion[29]; Japanese destroyer Mutsuki[30], a destroyer[31]; and cisiojanus[32].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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