Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 2 Henry Kingsley, English Australian writer, born in Northamptonshire (d. 1876)
- Jan 3 Alexander Ewing, composer
- Jan 7 [Samuel] Emerson Opdycke, American businessman and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Hubbard, Ohio (d. 1884)
- Jan 7 Albert Bierstadt, German painter (US landscapes)
- Jan 8 Gouverneur Kemble Warren, American civil engineer and Major General (Union Army), born in Cold Spring, New York (d. 1882)
- Jan 8 Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (d. 1894)
- Jan 17 Eyre Massey Shaw, British first chief of London Fire Brigade, born in Ballymore, Ireland (d. 1908)
- Jan 19 George Blake Cosby, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1909)
- Jan 23 Gaston AA Marquis de Gallifet, French general/min of War (1899-1900)
- Jan 27 Georg Hellmesberger, composer
- Jan 27 William Henry Fitzhugh Payne, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
- Jan 31 James G. Blaine, US Secretary of State (1881 and 1889-92) known as the "Plumed Knight", born in West Brownsville, Pennsylvania (d. 1893)
Famous Deaths
- Jan 7 Infanta Carlota Joaquina, daughter of Charles IV of Spain and wife of John VI of Portugal, dies at 53
- Jan 7 Thomas Lawrence, English painter (b. 1769)
- Jan 14 Johann Georg Repsold, German instrument maker and astronomer, dies at 59
- Jan 17 W Waiblinger, writer, dies
- Jan 19 Wenzel Thomas Matiegka, composer, dies at 56
- Jan 20 Michal Bogdanowicz, composer, dies at 50