Theater Premiere
Jan 21 Clyde Fitch's play "The Climbers" premieres in NYC
Historic Event
Jan 22 After 63 years Britain stops sale of Queen Victoria postage stamps series & begins King Edward VII series
- Jan 24 Emily Hobhouse views the British administrated concentration camp at Bloemfontein for women and children
- Jan 24 Denmark and the US sign a treaty under which Denmark will sell the Danish West Indies to the USA for $5 million, but the sale will be postponed until 1917
- Jan 31 Boer generals Jan Smuts & De la Rey conqueror Mud river, Transvaal
- Jan 31 Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Winnipeg Victorias edge Montreal Shamrocks, 2-1 to sweep challenge series, 2-0
- Jan 31 Austro-Hungarian Empire: The Reichsrath, dissolved on September 7, 1900, by Emperor Franz Joseph, reopens after the recent elections sees the defeat of extremists