Historical Events
- Jan 1 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week)
- Jan 15 University of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana
- Jan 25 Recontre between Reps Weller & Shriver, US House of Representative
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 4 Thomas H Rollinson, composer
- Jan 7 St Bernadette of Lourdes [Marie-Bernarde Soubirous], French saint and visionary (her visions led to establishment of Shrine of Lourdes), born in Lourdes, France (d. 1879)
- Jan 14 Clara Kathleen Rogers, American composer, born in Cheltenham, London (d. 1931)
- Jan 16 Ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919)
- Jan 20 Johan Peter Selmer, Norwegian composer, born in Christiania, Norway (d. 1910)
- Jan 25 Frederick E. Kitziger, German composer, born in Altenburg, Germany (d. 1903)
- Jan 30 Moritz von Bissing, German gov-gen of Belgium (1914-17), born in Ober Bellmannsdorf, Prussia (d. 1917)
- Jan 30 Richard T. Greener, African-American pioneering scholar and diplomat who was Harvard College's 1st Black graduate, University of South Carolina 1st Black professor and America's 1st Black diplomat to a white country, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1922) [1]
Famous Deaths
- Jan 15 Joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78
- Jan 25 Horace H. Hayden, 1st American licensed dentist and cofounds 1st dental college, dies at 74
- Jan 26 John Wedgwood, British ceramicist and founder of the Royal Horticultural Society, dies at 77
- Jan 31 Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general and engineer, dies at 70
