What happened on 24 January?

7 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 41 Reign of Claudius Conqueror of Britain.
2. 1848 California Gold Rush Discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill triggers mass migration.
3. 76 Born: Hadrian 14th Roman Emperor (117-138). Consolidated empire on defensible borders — most famously the wall across northern Britain that bears his name. Patron of Greek culture and architect-
4. 1984 Apple Macintosh launched First mass-market computer with a graphical user interface and mouse.
5. 1966 Indira Gandhi's first premiership Bank nationalisation, the 1971 war and Bangladesh, India's first nuclear test — and the Emergency that cost her power.
6. 1862 Born: Edith Wharton American novelist; The Age of Innocence.
7. 1915 Battle of Dogger Bank Royal Navy battlecruisers ambush German raiders.