Events in History
- Jan 1 1st illustrated weekly magazine in US publishes 1st issue, NYC
- Jan 2 1st US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn
Historic Event
Jan 3 Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine leave Liverpool, England for America on board the RMS Britannia
- Jan 6 4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before reaching India
- Jan 8 Dutch King Willem II charters Technical College Delft
- Jan 12 Franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherland Antilles
- Jan 13 Dr. William Brydon, a surgeon in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for (reputedly) being the sole survivor of an army of 16,500 when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad.
- Jan 22 Charles Dickens arrives in Boston, Massachusetts with his wife, Catherine
Birthdays in History
William James
Jan 11 William James, American psychologist & philosopher (The Principles of Psychology), born in New York (d. 1910)
- Jan 12 Francois Coppee, French poet
- Jan 15 Blessed Mary McKillop, Australian nun & candidate for sainthood, born in Fitzroy, Australia (d. 1909)
- Jan 15 Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1925)
- Jan 18 Albert Alonzo Ames, American politician, famously corrupt Mayor of Minneapolis, born in Garden Prairie, Illinois (d. 1911)
Weddings in History
- Jan 31 10th US President John Tyler's daughter Elizabeth marries in the White House
Authors
Civil Rights Activists
Inventors
Kings
Revolutionaries
Scientists