Historical Events
- Jan 24 Edward Wigglesworth appointed 1st north American divinity professor (Harvard)
Russian Civil System Begins
Jan 24 Tsar Peter the Great begins civil system
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 3 Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752)
- Jan 14 Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, German organist and composer, born in Köthen, Duchy of Anhalt-Köthen, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1806)
- Jan 26 Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (Moderator of the General Assembly 1770), born in Cummertrees, Dumfriesshire (d. 1805)
- Jan 28 Johann Ernst Bach, German kapellmeister and composer, born in Eisenach, Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1777)
