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- Jacobite rising of 1689Scottish Highlands revolt to restore the House of Stuart
- Jacobite rising of 1745Attempt by the House of Stuart to regain the British throne
- Jacobitism17th to 18th-century British political ideology
- Jacobus de KerleFlemish composer and organist
- James NoyesEnglish clergyman
- Jan JanssoniusJohannes Janssonius (1588, in Arnhem – buried July 11, 1664, in Amsterdam) (born Jan Jansz
- Jan van ScorelJan van Scorel (1 August 1495 – 6 December 1562) was a Dutch painter, who played a leading
- Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies1942–1945 occupation during World War II
- Jay Treaty1794 treaty between the US and Great Britain
- Jean de la CassièreFra' Jean l'Evesque de la Cassière (1502 – 21 December 1581) was the 51st Grand Master of
- Jean-Baptiste SanterreJean-Baptiste Santerre (French pronunciation: ; 23 March 1651 – 21 November 1717) was a Fr
- Jeanne d'AlbretQueen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572
- Jeffersonian democracyAmerican political persuasion of the 1790s until the 1820s
- Jianzhou JurchensThe Jianzhou Jurchens (Chinese: 建州女真) were one of the three major groups of Jurchens as id
- Jihad of Usman dan FodioMilitary conflict in Nigeria and Cameroon (1804–1808)
- Joachim van PlettenbergBaron Joachim Ammena van Plettenberg (8 March 1739, in Leeuwarden, Netherlands – 18 August
- Joachim von SandrartJoachim von Sandrart (12 May 1606 – 14 October 1688) was a German Baroque art-historian an
- Johann Philipp Kratz von ScharffensteinJohann Philipp Kratz von Scharffenstein (1585 – 26 July 1635) was a German nobleman and fi
- Johann von GeysoJohann von Geyso (1593 – 1661) was a German nobleman and General-Lieutenant, who fought du
- John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of StairField Marshal John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, KT, PC (20 July 1673 – 9 May 1747) was a
- John Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-WeimarJohann Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (21 February 1594 in Altenburg – 6 December 1626 in Sa
- John Frederick I of SaxonyElector of Saxony from 1532 to 1547
- John I of PortugalKing of Portugal from 1385 to 1433
- John III of PortugalKing of Portugal from 1521 to 1557
- John MarshallChief Justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835
- John Spencer (Lord Mayor of London)Sir John Spencer (died 1610) was a successful English merchant and Lord Mayor of London.
- John Thomson (cartographer)John Thomson (c. 1777 – c. 1840) was a Scottish cartographer from Edinburgh, celebrated fo
- Johor LamaJohor Lama is a mukim in Kota Tinggi District, Johor, Malaysia. It is situated on the bank
- Johor SultanateSultanate of Johor
- Joseon1392–1897 Korean dynasty
- Joseph Augustine Di NoiaJoseph Augustine Di Noia OP (born July 10, 1943) is an American member of the Dominican Or
- Joseph BannisterJoseph Bannister (died 1687, first name occasionally given as George) was an English pirat
- Joseph Marie de BoufflersJoseph Marie de Boufflers, 2nd Duke of Boufflers (22 May 1706 – 2 July 1747) was a French
- Josias von RantzauJosias Rantzau (Bothkamp, near Kiel, 18 October 1609 – Paris, 14 September 1650) was a Dan
- Juan Carreño de MirandaJuan Carreño de Miranda (25 March 1614 — 3 October 1685) was a Spanish painter of the Baro
- Juan de la CosaJuan de la Cosa (c. 1450 – 28 February 1510) was a Castilian navigator and cartographer, k
- Juan de Valdés LealSpanish painter
- Junker (Prussia)Member of the landed nobility
- Jurchen unification1583–1619 unification of the Jurchen tribes