Historical Events
- Jan 6 Turkey & Russia sign treaty in Constantinople
- Jan 7 1st US seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia
- Jan 14 US Congress of the Confederation ratifies the Treaty of Paris, signed September 3, 1783, ending the Revolutionary War, and forwards it to Great Britain
- Jan 15 The Asiatic Society is founded by William Jones at a meeting in Calcutta's Fort William, India
Franklin Unhappy Over Eagle
Jan 26 Benjamin Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America's symbol
Famous Birthdays
George Hamilton-Gordon (1784-1860)
Jan 28 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Peelite: 1852-55) and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1841-46), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Jan 31 Carl Wilhelm Henning, German composer and conductor, born in Öls (d. 1867)
Famous Deaths
- Jan 11 Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, Czech composer, dies at 59
