Historical Events
- Jan 1 Russia appoints 1st Jewish censor to censor Hebrew books
- Jan 8 11th Amendment ratified, judicial powers construed
- Jan 22 Coup d'état in Batavian Republic
- Jan 30 Rep Matthew Lyon (Vt) spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold (Ct) in US House of Representatives, after an argument
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 6 Ferdinand Simon Gassner, Austrian composer and music writer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1851)
- Jan 14 Isaac da Costa, Jewish poet, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1860)
- Jan 14 Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Premier of Netherlands (Lib-1849..72), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1872)
- Jan 15 Thomas Crofton Croker, Irish story teller (Fairy legends), born in Cork, Ireland (d. 1854)
Auguste Comte (1798-1857)
Jan 19 French philosopher and father of sociology (A General View of Positivism), born in Montpellier, France
- Jan 20 Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas, born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts (d. 1858)
- Jan 24 Karl von Holtei, Silesian actor, playwright and author (Die Vagabunden), born in Poland (d. 1880)
- Jan 24 Karl von Staudt, German mathematician (projective geometry), born in the Free Imperial City of Rothenburg, (d. 1867)
- Jan 29 Henry Neele, English poet, born in London, England (d. 1828)
- Jan 31 Carl Gottlieb Reissiger, German composer and Kapellmeister (Dresden), born in Belzig (d. 1859)
Famous Deaths
- Jan 9 Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, Spanish officer and 10th Count of Aranda, dies at 79
- Jan 20 Christian Cannabich, German violinist, composer and royal chaplain master, dies at 66
- Jan 22 Lewis Morris, American landowner and farmer (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at 71
- Jan 22 Matija A Reljkovic, Croatian writer (Satire of Wild Man), dies at 66
- Jan 26 Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer, conductor and tutor of Ludwig van Beethoven, dies at 49 [some sources give date as 28th]
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