What Happened in January 1798

Historical Events

Jan 6 Ferdinand Simon Gassner, Austrian composer and music writer, born in Vienna; (d. 1851)
Jan 14 Isaac da Costa, Jewish poet, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1860)
Jan 14 Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Premier of Netherlands (Lib-1849..72), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1872)
Jan 15 Thomas Crofton Croker, Irish story teller (Fairy legends), born in Cork, Ireland (d. 1854)
Jan 19 Auguste Comte, French philosopher & writer (A General View of Positivism), born in Montpellier, France (d. 1857)
Jan 20 Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas, born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts (d. 1858)
Jan 24 Karl von Holtei, Silesian actor, playwright and author (Die Vagabunden), born in Poland (d. 1880)
Jan 24 Karl von Staudt, German math professor (projective geometrician)
Jan 29 Henry Neele, English poet, born in London, England (d. 1828)
Jan 31 Karl Gottlieb Reissiger, composer

Jan 9 Pedro Pablo Abarca d Bolea, Spanish officer, and ount earl of Aranda, dies at 79
Jan 20 Christian Cannabich, German composer and royal chaplain master, dies at 66
Jan 22 Lewis Morris, American landowner and farmer (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at 71
Jan 22 Matija A Reljkovic, Croatian writer (Satire of Wild Man), dies at 66
Jan 26 Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer, conductor and tutor of Ludwig van Beethoven, dies at 49