Events in History
- Jan 21 Russia & Persia sign Treaty of Riascha
- Jan 29 Paris churchyard of Saint-Medard closed after Jansenistic ritual
Birthdays in History
- Jan 6 Matija A Reljkovic, Habsburg military officer & Croatian writer (Satir iliti divji covic), born in Davor, Croatia (d. 1798)
- Jan 17 Stanislaw II August Poniatowski, last king of Poland (1764-95)
- Jan 20 Richard Henry Lee, American farmer (signed US Declaration of Independence), born in Westmoreland county, Virginia (d. 1794)
- Jan 24 Pierre de Beaumarchais, French polymath and dramatist (The Marriage of Figaro, Barber of Seville), born in Paris, France (d. 1799)
Deaths in History
- Jan 12 John Horsley, British archaeologist (b. 1685)
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