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These January calendar printables are the perfect tool to help you plan for the New Year. Check out these 20 free, unique, and ready-to-print designs.
January is the first month of the year and we associate it with fresh starts. A new year means new opportunities, so it’s the perfect time to set goals and resolutions. What better way to stay on track than with a beautiful January calendar?
Our collection of January calendars for 2025 is filled with 20 stunning designs that will help you start the year off right. From floral to minimalist, there’s a calendar for everyone. And the best part? They’re all free, too! So whether you’re looking for a pretty design to hang on your wall or a functional calendar to help you stay organized, you’ll find it in our collection.
Download your printable calendars today and start planning your month ahead. You’re going to love how much of a help a few printables could be!
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January Calendar Template Free Printables for 2025
With our calendars, you can easily keep track of important dates and plan your activities accordingly. To download your free January calendar printables, just click on the image you like (or text below) and start planning a month won’t forget!
Horizontal Printable Calendars for January 2025
January Calendar 2025 – Black and White
January 2025 Calendar – Snowflake
January 2025 Calendar – Watercolor
January 2025 Calendar – Geometric
January 2025 Free Printable Calendar – Orange Floral
January 2025 Printable Calendar – Black and White Polka Dots
January 2025 Free Printable Calendar – Colorful Floral
Vertical Printable Calendars for January 2025
January 2025 Calendar – Paint Splatter
January 2025 Calendar – Minimalist
Vertical 2025 January Calendar – Confetti
January Calendar 2025 Vertical – Modern Bloom
January 2025 Calendar – Minimalist with Notes
January 2025 Calendars with a Monday Start
Free Printable January 2025 Calendar – Monday Start Simple Design
January 2025 Calendar – Bright Green
January 2025 – Sunny Design
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January 2025 – Electric Pink & Green
Calendar Template January 2025 – Basic Blue
Wasn’t this a fantastic list of free printable January calendar templates?
January Holidays & Observances
There are a bunch of intriguing holidays and observances during the month of January. But probably the most important are:
1 January – New Years’ Day
New Year’s day is the first day of the year, the start of a new calendar. This is a day when celebrations, parties, and gatherings take place across the world. It is a time to celebrate the arrival of a new year and the arrival of a fresh start.
People get together on 31 December and stay up until midnight to watch the new year come in. At midnight, people often kiss and hug each other and say “Happy New Year”.
Some people believe that whatever you do on New Year’s day will determine how the rest of your year will go. It is a celebration of fresh beginnings and a fresh slate.
20 January – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
We observe Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday on the third Monday of January each year. It honors the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., an American civil rights leader, and was first observed in 1986. It’s a federal holiday in the USA.
King was an influential leader in the non-violent civil rights movement, and his messages are as powerful and relevant today as they were during his lifetime.
Other Days in January to Know About
Some are interesting, others – hilarious. But here are a few more days you can mark on your January calendar:
- 03 Jan – International Mind-Body Wellness Day
- 04 Jan – World Braille Day & National Spaghetti Day
- 08 Jan – National Bubble Bath Day
- 10 Jan – National Houseplant Appreciation Day
- 15 Jan – National Hat Day
- 19 Jan – Confederate Heroes’ Day
- 23 Jan – National Pie Day
- 24 Jan – International Day of Education
- 24 Jan – National Compliment Day & National Peanut Butter Day
- 26 Jan – National Spouses Day
- 27 Jan – International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- 27 Jan – National Fun at Work Day & National Chocolate Cake Day
- 28 Jan – National Lego Day
And even though spending all day playing with Legos sounds like a totally awesome thing to do, putting it away after you’re done playing is not so much fun. Or is it? Check this blog post I have with 50 brilliant & creative Lego storage ideas! Some of these really make it fun to put Lego blocks away!
- 29 Jan – National Puzzle Day
- 30 Jan – National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
History of January
How January got its name. Why is it called January?
January is the first month of the year and has been named so since ancient times. We believed the name January comes from the name of the Roman God Janus. Janus was the god of beginnings and endings, transitions, doors, gates, and passages. He is often represented as having two faces, one looking to the past and the other to the future.
The New Year would start in January, and the Romans would celebrate it in honor of the god Janus. It marked the beginning of the Gregorian calendar and replaced the previous 10-month Julian calendar.
As time progressed, the Gregorian calendar and January’s name were also adapted by other countries.
How many days are in January?
There are 31 days in the month of January.
What day of the week will January 1 be on in 2025?
January 1st in 2025 will be on Wednesday.
Zodiac Signs of January and a little about their personality traits
January Calendar Zodiac Signs: Capricorn (22 December – 21 January)
Capricorns are people who are ambitious and hardworking. They like to take control of a situation and strive to be in charge. Capricorns are also determined and driven people, always looking for new challenges and opportunities to climb the ladder at work. They are the type who would never be satisfied with where they’re at and always want to move forward and improve their situation.
Capricorns are also very realistic people who always look at the down-to-Earth side of things. They are not dreamers who are always thinking about what could be. They are people who simply like to take things as they come and make the most of the situation they’re in as it is.
January Calendar Zodiac Signs: Aquarius (22 January – 21 February)
Aquarians are eccentric and creative people. They don’t like following the crowd or fitting into the usual 9-5 life. They are thinkers and dreamers who are always looking toward the future and figuring out what they want to do with their lives. The Aquarians are the type who would rather sit at home with a cup of tea while they ponder over an idea they have in their head than go out and party and have fun like others their age.
They are also very independent people. Aquarians don’t like to be tied down in their relationships and are usually quite reluctant to settle down with someone and start a family right away. They would rather start a family once they are sure about what they want to do with their lives.
What is the birthstone for January?
January’s most common birthstone is the Garnet. Garnets are the red gemstones associated with the planets Mars, Pluto, and Venus. They make an appropriate gift for those born in the month of January.
The other January birthstone gems are:
- Onyx – guardian angel birthstone for January
- Jasper – January special apostle birth rock
- Chalcedony – Capricorn birth gem
- Amethyst – Aquarius January birthstone
via Birthstone.guide
Important Events in History that Occurred in January
So many things happened in the history of the world in the month of January! Here are some interesting dates and facts:
- January 1, 45 BC – The Julian calendar takes effect for the first time.
- January 1, 1776 – George Washington unveiled the first national flag in America – the Grand Union Flag – during the American Revolution.
- January 1, 1863 – The Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in the states, rebelling against the Union.
- January 1, 1942 – 26 countries signed the Declaration of the United Nations, in Washington, D.C., reaffirming their opposition to the Axis powers and confirming that no single nation would make a separate peace.
- January 1, 1958 – The European Economic Community (EEC), known as the Common Market, was formed by Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and The Netherlands in order to remove trade barriers and coordinate trade policies.
- January 1, 1959 – The leader of the Cuban revolution Fidel Castro drove out the Dictator Fulgencio Batista and seized the power. Castro then established a Communist dictatorship.
- January 1, 1975 – During the Watergate scandal, former top aides to President Nixon, including former Attorney General John Mitchell, Domestic Affairs Advisor John Ehrlichman, and Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman, were found guilty of obstruction of justice.
- January 1, 1979 – China and the U.S. established diplomatic relations, 30 years after the foundation of the People’s Republic.
- January 1, 1993 – Czechoslovakia broke into separate Czech and Slovak republics.
- January 2, 1905 – The Russians surrendered to the Japanese after the Battle of Port Arthur during the Russian-Japanese War. A peace conference was later held in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with President Theodore Roosevelt serving as a mediator. In September of 1905, the Russians agreed to the Treaty of Portsmouth yielding Port Arthur and the Liaodong Peninsula to Japan. Russia also agreed to evacuate Manchuria and recognize Japan’s interests in Korea.
- January 3, 1924 – British Egyptologist Howard Carter found the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun.
- January 3, 1959 – Alaska was admitted as the 49th U.S. state. The land mass of the state of Alaska is almost one-fifth the size of the other 48 states together.
- January 3, 1993 – President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed the Start-II (Strategic Arms Reduction Talks) Treaty, eliminating about two-thirds of each country’s long-range nuclear weapons.
- January 5, 1919 – Anton Drexler founded the German Workers’ Party (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) in Munich. Adolf Hitler became member No. 7 and changed the name in April 1920 to the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), commonly shortened to Nazi or Nazi Party.
- January 5, 1972 – President Richard Nixon signed a bill approving $5.5 billion over six years to build and test the NASA space shuttle.
- January 7, 1714 – A patent was issued for the first typewriter designed by British inventor Henry Mill “for the impressing or transcribing of letters singly or progressively one after another, as in writing.”
- January 7, 1782 – The first U.S. commercial bank – the Bank of North America – opened in Philadelphia.
- January 8, 1815 – The Battle of New Orleans occurred. General Andrew Jackson and American troops defended themselves against a British attack, inflicting over 2,000 casualties. Both sides in this battle were unaware that peace had been declared two weeks earlier with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent ending the War of 1812.
- January 8, 1982 – The American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) Company was broken up as a result of an antitrust suit. AT&T gave up 22 local Bell system companies, opening the U.S. telephone system to competition.
- January 10, 1863 – The world’s first underground railway service opened in London, the Metropolitan line between Paddington and Farringdon.
- January 10, 1878 – The 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote was introduced in Congress by Senator A.A. Sargent of California. The amendment didn’t pass until 1920, forty-two years later.
- January 10, 1912 – The flying boat airplane, invented by Glenn Curtiss, made its first flight at Hammondsport, New York.
- January 10, 1946 – The first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly took place in London with delegates from 51 countries. The U.N. superseded its predecessor, the League of Nations.
- January 11, 1964 – The U.S. Surgeon General declared cigarettes may be hazardous to health. This has been the first such official government report.
- January 12, 1990 – Romania outlawed the Communist Party following the overthrow of Dictator Nicolae Ceausescu who had ruled for 24 years.
- January 12, 1991 – Congress authorized President George Bush to use military force against Iraq, following its invasion of Kuwait.
- January 12, 1996 – The first joint American-Russian military operation since World War II occurred, as Russian troops arrived to aid in peacekeeping efforts in Bosnia.
- January 15, 1559 – Elizabeth Tudor, the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, was crowned as Elizabeth I in Westminster Abbey.
- January 16, 1991 – The war against Iraq began as Allied aircraft conducted a major raid against Iraqi air defenses. The air raid on Baghdad was broadcast live to a global audience by CNN correspondents as operation Desert Shield became Desert Storm.
- January 17, 1773 – The ship Resolution, sailing under Captain James Cook, became the first vessel to cross the Antarctic Circle.
- January 18, 1966 – Robert Clifton Weaver was sworn in as the first African American cabinet member in U.S. history, becoming President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
- January 24, 1848 – The California gold rush began with the accidental discovery of the precious metal near Coloma during the construction of a Sutter’s sawmill. An announcement by President Polk later in the year caused a national sensation and resulted in a flood of “Forty-niners” seeking wealth.
- January 24, 1895 – Queen Liliuokalani forcefully abdicates Hawaii’s monarchy. The U.S. then annexes Hawaii and it remains a territory until statehood they grant it in 1959.
- January 25, 1959 – An American Airlines Boeing 707 made the first scheduled transcontinental U.S. flight, traveling from California to New York.
- January 25, 1961 – President John F. Kennedy conducted the first live televised presidential news conference, five days after taking office.
- January 27, 1967 – Fire erupted inside inside Apollo 1 during a launch simulation test at Cape Kennedy, Florida. Three American astronauts lost their lives.
- January 27, 1973 – U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ended as North Vietnamese and American representatives signed an agreement in Paris.
- January 28, 1986 – The U.S. Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 74 seconds into its flight, killing seven persons, including Christa McAuliffe, a teacher who was to be the first ordinary citizen in space.
- January 29, 1919 – The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (Prohibition Amendment) was ratified. For nearly 14 years, until December 5, 1933, the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages were illegal in the United States. The Amendment had the unexpected result of causing enormous growth of organized crime which provided bootleg liquor to thirsty Americans.
- January 30, 1835 – President Andrew Jackson survived the first assassination attempt on a U.S. President.
- January 30, 1948 – A religious fanatic assassinated Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi, India.
- January 30, 1973 – During the Watergate scandal, Gordon Liddy and James McCord were convicted of burglary, wire-tapping, and attempted bugging of the Democratic headquarters inside the Watergate building in Washington, D.C.
Celebrities who were born in January (both modern and historical)
Actors:
- 5 January 1975 – Bradley Cooper was born.
- 17 January 1922 – was the birthday of Betty White.
- 17 January 1957 – Steve Harvey, the comedian, and TV host was born in Welch, West Virginia.
- 17 January 1962 – Jim Carry was born in Newmarket, Canada.
- 29 January 1954 – Oprah Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, USA.
- 30 January 1974 – Christian Bale was born in Haverfordwest, Wales.
Singers, Composers, and Musicians:
- 8 January 1935 – Elvis Presley is born in Tupelo, Mississippi.
- 8 January 1947 – David Bowie was born in London, England.
- 19 January 1946 – Dolly Parton was born in Sevier County, Tennessee, USA.
- 27 January 1756 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria.
- 31 January 1981 – Justin Timberlake was born in Memphis, Tennessee.
Authors & Writers:
- 3 January 1892 – J. R. Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
- 19 January 1809 – Edgar Allen Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 27 January 1832 – British novelist Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) was born in Daresbury, England.
- 29 January 1860 – Anton Chekhov was born in Taganrog, Russia.
Sports Players:
- 3 January 1969 – Michael Schumacher was born in Hürth, Germany.
- 17 January 1942 – Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) was born in Louisville, Kentucky.
Historical figures:
- 4 January 1643 – Isaac Newton was born in Lincolnshire, England.
- 6 January 1412 – Joan of Arc was born in France.
- 7 January 1800 – Millard Fillmore, the 13th U.S. President, was born in Cayuga County, NY, USA.
- 8 January 1942 – Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England.
- 9 January 1913 – Richard M. Nixon (the 37th U.S. President) was born in Yorba Linda, California.
- 15 January 1929 – Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
- 16 January 1853 – French industrialist Andre Michelin (Michelin Tire Company founder) was born in Paris.
- 17 January 1706 – Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 30 January 1882 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd U.S. President, was born in Hyde Park, New York.
Supplies to Print Your Free January Calendar Printables
There are a few supplies that you’ll want to prepare in advance when printing your calendar templates. These are some of my favorite printing and planning supplies:
Printers
Paper
Pens
Frixion erasable pens are amazing! They come in black, blue, and a mix of bright colors, and they aren’t like the erasable pens I grew up with that made a mess of paper and didn’t really erase. They erase easily, look great, and are my most favorite pens to plan with because I can color-code events, and I can easily erase them when things change.
If you want a pen that doesn’t erase, the BIC Gel-Ocity pens are my favorite. They write so smoothly and area. pleasure to use. According to my Amazon history, I’ve purchased the 12 pack linked below 14 times so my love for them is pretty serious!
Highlighters
These Frixion Highlighters are just as great as the pens! They erase beautifully, don’t damage paper, and make my color-coding dreams come true!
If you like a more subtle highlighter, these Mildliner Highlighters are gorgeous. I like to use these when I want a softer look, and I’m certain I won’t need to change or erase anything. They also have ink on both ends so you can easily make different sized lines.
Post-it Notes
I love post-it notes. They’re great for reminders, organizing ideas, quick decluttering labels, and even bookmarks! I like to use post-its in various colors, sizes, and sometimes different shapes too. The heart notes are a great way to leave little love notes for your partner or kiddo. These are my favorites:
January is a special month for many reasons. It marks the end of the year and the beginning of the new year. It is a month full of fun holidays and reasons to celebrate. You can use the January calendar printables to plan around these and make the most out of your January.
As you can see, January is a very busy month. Even though the winter season is filled with joy and laughter, it also brings a lot of stress and worry. This is why these printable calendars are so helpful. They can assist you in managing your time and keep you on track with all the things you have to do in the month.
You can use these calendar templates for any purpose you want: for personal use or to print them and give them as gifts to your loved ones. Choose the one that works for you and start enjoying the benefits. Which calendar did you like the most? I can’t wait to read what you’re going to use them for in the comments below!
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