Historical Events
- Jan 1 Date of action in the opera "Madeleine"
- Jan 13 Pierre de Beaumarchais' "Les Deux Amis" premieres in Paris
- Jan 19 Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan)
Election of Interest
Jan 28 Frederick North becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain after Augustus FitzRoy resigns
Frederick North
Augustus FitzRoy
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 25 Francis Burdett, British politician, born in Derbyshire, United Kingdom (d. 1844)
