Famous Birthdays Jan 7 Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company Jan 7 Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (d. 1761) Jan 18 Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized Famous Deaths Jan 2 Harbottle Grimston, English politician, dies at 82 Jan 6 Malachias Siebenhaar, composer, dies at 68 1684 History by Year 1686