Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- 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, poet, born in London, England
- Jan 31 Karl Gottlieb Reissiger, composer
Famous Deaths
- Jan 9 Pedro Pablo Abarca d Bolea earl of Aranda, Spanish officer, dies at 79
- Jan 20 Christian Cannabich, German composer/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