Historical Events
Newton Solves Problem in a Day
Jan 26 Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 1 Johann Pfeiffer, German violinist, composer and concert master at court (Bayreuth), born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1761)
- Jan 16 Richard Savage, English poet and playwright (d. 1743) date not proven
- Jan 30 Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist and composer, born in Oberscheden, Electorate of Hanover, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1773)
Famous Deaths
- Jan 1 Filippo Baldinucci, Florentine biographer & art historian, dies at 71
- Jan 6 Carlo Mannelli, Italian composer, dies at 56
- Jan 26 Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician who proved the Mohr–Mascheroni theorem, dies at 56
- Jan 28 John Fenwick, English conspirator (plotted to assassinate William III), executed by beheading
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