Events in History
Birthdays in History
- Jan 2 Prof Gilbert Murray, Australian classical scholar (d. 1957)
- Jan 8 William G. Conley, American politician (d. 1940)
- Jan 9 Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter and etcher, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1922)
- Jan 15 Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop & recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, born in Uppsala, Sweden (d. 1931)
- Jan 25 Emile Vandervelde, President (1900–1918) of the International Socialist Bureau and Minister of 3 Belgian governments (d. 1938)
- Jan 29 Romain Rolland, French writer (Jean-Christophe, Nobel Prize for Literature 1915), born in Clamecy, France (d. 1944)
- Jan 31 Emil Strauss, German writer (Naked Man) (d. 1960)
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