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illustration of January from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry
illustration of January from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry The illustration for January from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, manuscript illuminated by the Limburg Brothers, c. 1416; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, France.

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January, first month of the Gregorian calendar. It was named after Janus, the Roman god of all beginnings. January replaced March as the first month of the Roman year no later than 153 bce.

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