Birthdays in History Jan 13 Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French tragic poet and playwright (Rhadamiste et Zénobie), born in Dijon, France (d. 1762) Jan 24 Thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735) Deaths in History Jan 10 Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/MP, dies at 84 1673 On This Day in History 1675