Famous Birthdays Jan 1 Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish novelist (d. 1849) Jan 8 Abraham de Veer, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1822-28), born in Curaçao (d. 1838) Jan 24 Antony CW Staring, Dutch lawyer/poet (Jaromir) Famous Deaths Jan 3 Luca Antonio Predieri, Italian composer and violinist, dies at 78 Jan 7 Thomas Clap, American academic, 1st president of Yale University, dies at 63 Jan 22 Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minterologist and geologist, dies at 47 Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1766 History by Year 1768