Events in History
- Jan 1 The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is completed
Historic Correspondence
Jan 10 Poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning begin corresponding
- Jan 23 Uniform US election day for President & VP authorized
Historic Publication
Jan 29 American writer Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" 1st published in The Evening Mirror newspaper (New York City)
Birthdays in History
- Jan 7 Ludwig III, the last king of Bavaria (1913-18), born in Munich, Bavaria (d. 1921)
- Jan 7 Paul Deussen, German philosopher (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft), born in Oberdreis, Germany (d. 1919)
- Jan 13 Félix Tisserand, French Astronomer (d. 1896)
- Jan 14 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, British statesman, born in London, United Kingdom (d. 1927)
- Jan 15 Ella Flagg Young, American educator & 1st woman pres. (National Educational Association), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1918)
- Jan 17 Lucas Lindeboom, Dutch evangelist (Vredebond) (d. 1933)
- Jan 22 Paul Vidal de la Blanche, French geographer, born in Pézenas, France (d. 1918)
Weddings in History
David Livingstone
Jan 2 Explorer and medical missionary David Livingstone (31) weds Mary Moffat
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