Events in History
Event of Interest
Jan 14 General Sherman begins his march to the South
William Tecumseh Sherman
- Jan 16 Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee
Event of Interest
Jan 17 General longstreet's command ends heavy fighting at Dandridgem, Tennessee
James Longstreet
Birthdays in History
Alfred Stieglitz
Jan 1 Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer/art dealer (Camera Work), born in Hoboken, New Jersey
Alfred Stieglitz
- Jan 1 Qi Baishi, Chinese artist, born in Xiangtan, China (d. 1957)
- Jan 8 Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (d. 1892)
- Jan 9 Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician (d. 1926)
- Jan 10 George Washington Carver, African-American agricultural scientist (studied the peanut), born in Diamond Grove, Missouri [or Jul 12] (d. 1943)
- Jan 10 Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich (d. 1931)
- Jan 11 Thomas Dixon, US attorney/playwright (Flaming Sword)
- Jan 13 Wilhelm K W Wien, German physicist (Nobel 1911)
- Jan 15 Frances Benjamin Johnston, Grafton West Virginia, early female photographer
- Jan 17 Lucien Herr, French scientist (Corresp entre Schiller et Schiller)
- Jan 24 Marguerite Durand, French feminist leader (d. 1936)
- Jan 25 Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and writer (d. 1934)
- Jan 28 Herbert Akroyd Stuart, English engineer - inventor of the first compression ignition engine (d. 1927)
Weddings in History
Wedding of Interest
Jan 16 White chapel murder victims Mary Ann Nichols (18) weds printer's machinist William Nichols
Mary Ann Nichols
Deaths in History
- Jan 7 Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior, dies at 55
- Jan 24 Stephen Gardner Champlin, brigadier general (Union), dies at about 36
- Jan 27 Franz von Klenze, German architect (palace Leuchtenberg), dies at 59
- Jan 28 Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799)
- Jan 31 Hamilton Rowan Gamble, US judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies