Historical Events
- Jan 7 French Revolution: A major riot breaks out in Versailles as people demand lower bread prices
1st State of the Union
Jan 8 First US President George Washington delivers the first state of the union address
- Jan 11 Statisten & Vonckisten unite as Belgium
Cosi Fan Tutte
Jan 26 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria
- Jan 30 Lifeboat 1st tested at sea, by Mr Greathead, the inventor
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 19 Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish romantic poet (Blommorna (The Flowers), Lycksalighetens Ö (The Island of Bliss)) and historian (Svenska Siare och Skalder), born in Åsbo, Sweden (d. 1855)
- Jan 27 Juan Álvarez, Mexican revolutionary leader (President of Mexico 1855), born in Concepción de Atoyac, Mexico (d. 1867)
Famous Deaths
- Jan 2 Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer, German rococo sculptor, dies at 73
- Jan 6 Johann Trier, German composer, dies at 73
- Jan 7 Antonio Corbisiero, Italian Baroque composer, dies at 69
- Jan 8 John Stinstra, Dutch baptist vicar, dies at 81
- Jan 13 Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, comte de Guichen, French admiral, dies at 77
- Jan 15 John Landen, English mathematician (b. 1719)
- Jan 31 Thomas Lewis, Irish-American surveyor, lawyer, and a pioneer of early Virginia, dies at 71
