Birthdays in History
- Jan 19 Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin)
John Hancock
Jan 23 John Hancock, American merchant & statesman who was 1st to sign the Declaration of Independence, born in Braintree, Massachusetts (d. 1793)
John Hancock
Thomas Paine
Jan 29 Thomas Paine, English-American political essayist (Common Sense, Age of Reason), born in Thetford, England (d. 1809)
Thomas Paine
Deaths in History
- Jan 29 George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, British soldier (b. 1666)