On This Day

January 1851 in History

Events in History

  • Jan 1 City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line
  • Jan 15 General Mariano Arista replaces Mexican President José Joaquín de Herrera
  • Jan 28 Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered
  • Jan 31 San Francisco Orphan's Asylum founded, 1st in California

Birthdays in History

  • Jan 14 Théophile de Bock, Dutch painter, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1904)
  • Jan 17 A. B. Frost, American illustrator (d. 1928)
  • Jan 19 David Starr Jordan, American biologist and university president (Leland Stanford), born in New York
  • Jan 19 Johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer
  • Jan 25 Arne Garborg, Norwegian writer & playwright (Bondestudentar), born in Jæren, Norway (d. 1924)
  • Jan 27 Rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega)

Deaths in History

  • Jan 10 Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal, dies at 75
  • Jan 12 Johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72
  • Jan 19 Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (b. 1805)

Person of interestJohn James Audubon

Jan 27 John James Audubon, American ornithologist and painter (The Birds Of America), dies at 65

Ornithologist John James Audubon
Ornithologist
John James Audubon