Birthdays in History
- Jan 1 Georges Cadoudal, Breton politician and royalist who plotted to overthrow Napoleon, born in Brech, Brittany, Kingdom of France (d. 1804)
- Jan 17 Charles Brockden Brown, father of American novel (Wieland)
- Jan 21 Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director
- Jan 26 Jacob Andries van Braam, colonial director (Suriname)
- Jan 30 George Bass, English explorer of Australia (Bass Strait), born in Sleaford, England (d? 1803)
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