Events in History
- Jan 1 Russia appoints 1st Jewish censor to censor Hebrew books
- Jan 8 11th Amendment ratified, judicial powers construed
- Jan 22 Coup d'état in Batavian Republic
- Jan 30 Rep Matthew Lyon (Vt) spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold (Ct) in US House of Representatives, after an argument
Birthdays in History
- Jan 14 Isaac da Costa, Jewish poet, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1860)
- Jan 14 Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Premier of Netherlands (Lib-1849..72), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1872)
- Jan 15 Thomas Crofton Croker, Irish story teller (Fairy legends), born in Cork, Ireland (d. 1854)
- Jan 19 Auguste Comte, French philosopher & writer (A General View of Positivism), born in Montpellier, France (d. 1857)
- Jan 20 Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas, born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts (d. 1858)
- Jan 24 Karl von Staudt, German mathematician (projective geometry), born in Free Imperial City of Rothenburg, (d. 1867)
- Jan 29 Henry Neele, English poet, born in London, England (d. 1828)
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