Historical Events
- Jan 1 The Reichsbank opens in Berlin.
- Jan 15 "Die Afrikaanse Patriot", the first newspaper in Afrikaans, is published in Paarl
- Jan 31 The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations.
Famous Birthdays
Konrad Adenauer
Jan 5 Konrad Adenauer, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949), born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1967)
- Jan 7 William Hurlstone, English composer, born in London, England (d. 1906)
- Jan 9 Hans Bethge, German poet, born in Dessau (d. 1946)
- Jan 10 Jan Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1957)
- Jan 11 Thomas Hicks, English athlete (Olympic gold marathon 1904), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1952)
- Jan 11 Elmer Flick, American Baseball HOF outfielder (AL batting champion 1905; NL RBI leader 1900; 2 × AL stolen base leader; Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Bronchos/Naps), born in Bedford, Ohio (d. 1971)
- Jan 12 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian light opera composer, born in Venice, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1948)
- Jan 12 Jack London, American writer/socialist (Call of the Wild), born in San Francisco (d. 1916)
- Jan 17 Olga Fastrová, Czech writer and editor (National Policy), born in Prague (d. 1965)
- Jan 17 Frank Hague, American politician (d. 1956)
- Jan 20 Józef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist, composer, educator (Curtis Institute, 1924-38), and inventor, born in Podgórze, Austro-Hungarian Galicia (now Poland) (d. 1957)
- Jan 29 Ludolf Nielsen, Danish composer, born in Nørre Tvede, Denmark (d. 1939)
- Jan 29 [William] Havergal Brian, British composer ("Gothic" symphony), born in Dresden, Staffordshire (d. 1972)
Famous Deaths
Gordon Granger
Jan 10 Gordon Granger, American Major General during the Civil War (Union Army), dies at 54
- Jan 15 Eliza Johnson, U.S. First Lady (b. 1810)
