Historical Events
- Jan 1 Regular mail delivery begins between NY & Boston
Mithridate
Jan 13 Jean Racine's play "Mithridate" premieres in Paris
- Jan 22 Postal service between New York & Boston inaugurated
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 6 James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English aristocrat, eponym of Handel's Chandos Anthems, born in Herefordshire, England (d. 1744)
- Jan 31 Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest and saint who preached Mariology (Secret of the Rosary; True Devotion to Mary), born in Montfort-sur-Meu, France (d. 1716)
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