Historical Events
- Jan 5 Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire
- Jan 7 1st printing in Hawaii of a ceremonial broadside for King Kamehameha II by Elisha Loomis
- Jan 7 Liberia colonized by the American Colonization Society
- Jan 13 The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus
- Jan 14 Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrius Ypsilanti
- Jan 15 Greek War of Independence: Demetrius Ypsilanti is elected president of the legislative assembly.
Famous Birthdays
Heinrich Schliemann
Jan 6 Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist who rediscovered Troy, born in Neubukow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Confederation (d. 1890
- Jan 7 Lucius Bakker, Frisian physician and author (Goethe)
- Jan 7 Theodor Aufrecht, German linguist, Indologist and translator (Rigveda's Hymns), born in Leschnitz, Prussian Silesia (d. 1907)
- Jan 8 Alfredo Carlo Piatti, Italian composer, born in Bergamo, Italy (d. 1901)
- Jan 9 John Porter Hatch, volunteers Bvt Major General (Union), (d. 1901)
- Jan 12 Étienne Lenoir, French engineer (d. 1900)
- Jan 27 Thomas Leiper Kane, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1883)
Alexander Mackenzie
Jan 28 Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (Liberal: 1873-78), born in Logierait, Scotland (d. 1892)
Famous Deaths
- Jan 14 Franz Innocenz Joseph Kobell, German landscape painter, dies at 72
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