Events in History Jan 1 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week) Jan 15 University of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana Jan 25 Recontre between Reps Weller & Shriver, US House of Representative Birthdays in History Jan 7 Marie-Bernarde Soubirous [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary Jan 16 Ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919) Jan 30 Moritz von Bissing, German gov-gen of Belgium (1914-17), born in Ober Bellmannsdorf, Prussia (d. 1917) Deaths in History Jan 25 Horace H. Hayden, 1st American licensed dentist and cofounds 1st dental college, dies at 74 Jan 26 John Wedgwood, British ceramicist and founder of the Royal Horticultural Society, dies at 77 Jan 31 Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general and engineer, dies at 70 1843 On This Day in History 1845