Events in History
Event of Interest
Jan 8 African American men granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C. despite President Andrew Johnson's veto
Andrew Johnson
- Jan 11 Benito Juárez becomes Mexican president again.
Event of Interest
Jan 12 Leo Tolstoy's "Smert Ioonna Groznogo" premieres in St Petersburg
Leo Tolstoy
- Jan 31 Maronite nationalist leader Youssef Karam leaves Lebanon on board of a French ship for Algeria
Birthdays in History
- Jan 1 Charles Edward Montague, English author/critic (Fiery Particles)
- Jan 8 Emily Green Balch, American sociologist/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1946)
- Jan 11 Edward B. Titchener, British psychologist. (d. 1927)
- Jan 18 Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan Journalist, Diplomat, Poet (d. 1916)
- Jan 21 Maxime Weygard, French general/gov-gen (Algeria)
- Jan 21 Willem Royaards, Dutch theater director (Summer Games), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1929)
- Jan 21 Ludwig Thoma, German writer (d. 1921)
- Jan 29 Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish writer (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse)
Weddings in History
Wedding of Interest
Jan 28 Labor union leader Samuel Gompers (17) weds co-worker Sophia Julian (16) in Brooklyn, New York
Samuel Gompers
Deaths in History
- Jan 11 Sir Stuart Donaldson, first Premier of the Colony of New South Wales (b. 1812)
- Jan 12 Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education, dies at 74
- Jan 14 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter (Valpincon Bather), dies at 86
- Jan 28 John J. Pettus, American politician, Confederate governor (D-Miss, 1859-63), dies at 53
- Jan 30 Emperor Kōmei of Japan (b. 1831)