Historical Events
Historic Publication
Jan 5 "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson published by Longmans, Green & Co.
Robert Louis Stevenson
- Jan 15 Weekly Herald, 1st newspaper in Vancouver, BC, publishes 1st issue
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 2 Moyshe Leyb Halpern, Galican/American poet (In New-York)
- Jan 2 Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (Lady Helen's Escapade), born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (d. 1938)
- Jan 2 Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English Antarctic explorer (d. 1959)
- Jan 3 Arthur Mailey, Australian cricket spin bowler (21 Tests, 99 wickets; 10/66 v Gloucestershire 1921), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1967)
- Jan 3 John G Fletcher, American poet (Epic of Arkansas)
- Jan 3 Josephine Hull, American Academy award actress (Harvey), born in Newtonville, Massachusetts (d. 1957)
- Jan 8 Noble Drew Ali [Timothy Drew], prophet (Moorish Science Temple), born in North Carolina
- Jan 10 Jose Antonio de Donostia, Basque musicologist & composer, born in Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain (d. 1956)
- Jan 11 George Zucco, British actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Captain Fury), born in Manchester, England (d. 1960)
- Jan 11 Chester Conklin, American actor (Every Day's a Holiday, Greed), born in Oskaloosa, Iowa (d. 1971)
- Jan 13 Art Ross, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (d. 1964)
- Jan 14 Hugh Lofting, English writer and illustrator (Dr. Doolittle), born in Maidenhead, England (d. 1947)
- Jan 17 Glenn Luther Martin, aviator (Collier Trophy-1933)
- Jan 17 Ronald Firbank, British novelist (The Flower Beneath the Foot), born in London, England (d. 1926)
- Jan 18 Antoine Pevsner, French sculptor
- Jan 18 Peter Alma, Dutch painter and graphic artist
- Jan 21 Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Finance/Economy
- Jan 22 John Joseph Becker, composer
- Jan 24 Henry King, Christiansburg Virginia, American film director (d. 1982)
- Jan 25 Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (Berlin Philharmonic, 1922-45, 1952-54), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1954)
- Jan 28 Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (d. 1973)
- Jan 28 Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese electrical engineer (d. 1976)
- Jan 31 Alfonso López Pumarejo, 16th President of Colombia (Liberal: 1934-38 and 1942-46) and statesman (President of UN security council 1948), born in Honda, Colombia (d. 1959)
Famous Deaths
- Jan 4 Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77
- Jan 9 Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, Austrian composer, dies at 73
- Jan 16 Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51
- Jan 16 Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise), dies at 81
- Jan 18 Michal Czajchovski [Sadik Pasja], writer, dies
- Jan 18 Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
- Jan 26 David Rice Atchison, American politician ((not President of the United States for a day on March 4, 1849), dies at 78 [1]