Events in History
Event of Interest
Jan 16 Charles Darwin lands at Porto Prayo in the Cape Verde islands, the first landing of his HMS Beagle voyage
Charles Darwin
- Jan 17 Johannes van den Bosch appointed governor general of Dutch East Indies
Birthdays in History
- Jan 4 George Tryon, British admiral (d. 1893)
- Jan 6 Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1883)
- Jan 7 James Munro, Premier of Victoria (d. 1908)
- Jan 9 Esquire Maurits A de Savornin Lohman, Dutch governor of Suriname
- Jan 9 Félix-Gabriel Marchand, journalist, author and politician, Premier of Quebec (d. 1900)
- Jan 12 Richard Waterhouse Jr, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1876)
- Jan 13 Horatio Alger, American clergyman and author (Disagreeable Woman, Ragged Dick), born in Chelsea, Massachusetts (d. 1899)
Edouard Manet
Jan 23 Edouard Manet, French impressionist painter (Olympia, The Luncheon on the Grass), born in Paris, France (d. 1883)
Edouard Manet
Lewis Carroll
Jan 27 Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], English author (Alice in Wonderland), born in Daresbury, England (d. 1898)
Lewis Carroll
- Jan 30 Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, born in Royal Palace of Madrid, Spain (d. 1897)
Deaths in History
- Jan 28 Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)