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
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 25 Francis Burdett, British politician, born in Derbyshire, United Kingdom (d. 1844)
