Events in History
- Jan 13 James Oglethorpe & 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, South Carolina
- Jan 18 1st polar bear exhibited in America in Boston
Birthdays in History
- Jan 22 Philip Carteret, British Naval Officer
Benjamin Lincoln
Jan 24 Benjamin Lincoln, American military officer (Battles of Saratoga, Charleston and Yorktown during the American Revolutionary War), born in Hingham, Massachusetts (d. 1810)