What Happened in January 1815

Historical Events

Jan 30 Burned US Library of Congress re-established with Thomas Jefferson's 6,500 volumes

Jan 1 Charles Renouvier, French philosopher (neocriticism)
Jan 8 George Webb Morell, American Major General (Union Army), born in Cooperstown, New York (d. 1883)
Jan 8 Lawrence Pike Graham, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Amelia County, Virginia (d. 1905)
Jan 9 William Jackson of Masham, English composer and organist, born in Masham, Yorkshire (d. 1866)
Jan 10 Alexander Brydie Dyer, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1874)
Jan 10 Thomas Williams, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Albany, New York (d. 1862)

Jan 11 John A. Macdonald, First Prime Minister of Canada (1867-1873 and 1878-1891), born in Glasgow, Scotland

Jan 13 William Henry French, American Major General (Union Army), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1881)
Jan 15 Henry Morris Naglee, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1886)
Jan 16 Adolph Trube, composer
Jan 16 Henry Wagner "Old Brains" Halleck, American expert in military studies and Major General (Union Army), born in Oneida County, New York (d. 1872)
Jan 18 James Chesnut Jr, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1885)
Jan 18 Richard Yates Gov, MC (Union), (d. 1873)
Jan 18 Constantin von Tischendorf, German biblical scholar (d. 1874)
Jan 21 Horace Wells, dentist (pioneered use of medical anethesia)
Jan 21 John Bingham, American politician and lawyer (d. 1900)
Jan 22 Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger, composer
Jan 28 Andrew Jackson Hamilton, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Huntsville, Alabama (d. 1875)

Jan 2 Leading Romantic poet Lord Byron (27) marries Anne Isabella Milbanke (22) by special licence, at Seaham Hall in County Durham