Events in History
Historic Publication
Jan 5 "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson published by Longmans, Green & Co.
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Birthdays in History
- Jan 2 Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English Antarctic explorer (d. 1959)
- Jan 2 Moyshe Leyb Halpern, Galican/American poet (In New-York)
- Jan 3 John G Fletcher, American poet (Epic of Arkansas)
- Jan 8 Noble Drew Ali [Timothy Drew], prophet (Moorish Science Temple), born in North Carolina
- Jan 10 Roman von Ungern-Sternberg 'the mad Baron', Baltic-German baron and anti-communist Russian general, born in Graz, Austria-Hungary (d. 1921)
- Jan 14 Hugh Lofting, English writer and illustrator (Dr. Doolittle), born in Maidenhead, England (d. 1947)
- Jan 17 Glenn Luther Martin, aviator (Collier Trophy-1933)
- Jan 17 Ronald Firbank, British novelist (The Flower Beneath the Foot), born in London, England (d. 1926)
- Jan 18 Antoine Pevsner, French sculptor
- Jan 18 Peter Alma, Dutch painter and graphic artist
- Jan 21 Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Finance/Economy
Deaths in History
- Jan 4 Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77
- Jan 16 Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise), dies at 81
- Jan 18 Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
- Jan 26 David Rice Atchison, American politician ((not President of the United States for a day on March 4, 1849), dies at 78 [1]
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