Events in History
Morse Telegraph First Demonstrated
Jan 6 Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail demonstrate their telegraph machine in New Jersey
- Jan 8 Rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out
Historic Communication
Jan 11 First public demonstration of telegraph messages sent using dots and dashes at Speedwell Ironworks in Morristown, New Jersey by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail
Birthdays in History
- Jan 1 William Hugh Young, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1901)
- Jan 4 Charles Stratton [General Tom Thumb], famous short person
- Jan 5 Camille Jordan, French mathematician, born in Lyon, France (d. 1922)
- Jan 16 Franz Brentano, German philosopher & psychologist, born in Rhine Province, Germany (d. 1917)