Famous Birthdays
- Jan 3 Karl Collan, Finnish composer
- Jan 5 August Valentine Kautz, German-American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Baden, Germany (d. 1895)
- Jan 10 Herman Koeckemann, German Catholic prelate, born in Ostbevern, Germany (d. 1892)
- Jan 17 Lewis Addison Grant, American teacher, lawyer, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Winhall, Vermont (d. 1918)
- Jan 17 Eduard Remenyi, Hungarian violinist (d. 1898)
- Jan 23 Calvin Edward Pratt, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Worcester County, Massachusetts (d. 1896)
- Jan 24 Adam Jacoby Slemmer, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (d. 1868)
- Jan 24 Ferdinand Cohn, German biologist, born in Wrocław, Poland (d. 1898)
- Jan 24 Karol Studzinski, Polish violinist & composer, born in Krakow; (d. 1883)
- Jan 26 Johan T Buys, Dutch lawyer
- Jan 27 Louis Schubert, German composer (d. 1884)
- Jan 27 Samuel Allen Rice, American Attorney General of Iowa and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Cattaraugus, New York (d. 1864)
- Jan 28 Michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor
- Jan 28 Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Jr., American attorney, and Confederate Army Major General, born in Knoxville Tennessee (d. 1868)
Famous Deaths
- Jan 9 Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist and patriot (Neder-Rhijn), dies at 83
- Jan 10 François de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure, dies at 77
- Jan 13 Abbé Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, French composer and painter, dies at 80
- Jan 25 Caroline Lamb, English aristocrat, author (Glenarvon), wife of William Lamb, lover of Lord Byron, dies at 42
- Jan 31 Alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35
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