Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 4 Antonio Maria Mazzoni, Italian opera composer, born in Milan, Lombardy, Austrian Empire (d. 1785)
- Jan 5 William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman, born in Becket, Massachusetts (d. 1793)
- Jan 28 Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (1757-74), born in Edirne Palace, Edirne, Ottoman Empire (d. 1774)
- Jan 29 Jeffrey Amherst, English army general (commanded British forces in North America) and Royal Governor of Virginia (1759-1768), born in Sevenoaks, England (d. 1797)