Event of Interest
Jan 7 Early 5 second film of Fred Ott sneezing shot by Edison Manufacturing - 1st ever copyrighted
Thomas Edison
- Jan 8 Columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed by fire
- Jan 9 Georges Feydeau's "Un à la Patte" premieres in Paris
- Jan 9 New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
- Jan 11 Donghak Peasant Rebellion begins in Mujiang, Korea over local corruption, sparking the 1st Sino-Japanese War
- Jan 13 Revolution in Sicily crushed by government troops
- Jan 21 Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 500m in 47.8 sec
- Jan 23 G W Bunbury of Dublin sets shorthand record of 250 wpm for 10 min
- Jan 27 Midwinter Fair opens in Golden Gate Park
- Jan 30 Pneumatic hammer patented by Charles King of Detroit
- Jan 30 US flag fired on in Rio; prompt satisfaction exacted by Adm Benham