What Happened in January 1733

Historical Events

Jan 13 James Oglethorpe & 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, South Carolina
Jan 18 1st polar bear exhibited in America in Boston

Famous Birthdays

Jan 15 Joseph Lederer, German composer, born in Swabia (d. 1796)
Jan 17 Thomas Linley the elder, English composer and tenor, born in Badminton, Gloucestershire (d. 1795)
Jan 22 Philip Carteret, British Naval Officer

Benjamin Lincoln

Jan 24 Benjamin Lincoln, American military officer (Battles of Saratoga, Charleston and Yorktown during the American Revolutionary War), born in Hingham, Massachusetts (d. 1810)