Historical Events
- Jan 1 Dutch East Indies Company dissolves
- Jan 2 Free African American community of Philadelphia petitions US Congress to abolish the slave trade
- Jan 5 1st Swedenborgian temple in US holds 1st service in Baltimore
- Jan 8 Austrians defeat French in Second Battle of Novi
- Jan 8 Wild Boy of Aveyron (approx.12) discovered in southern France after possibly 7 years in the wild, later christened Victor of Aveyron
- Jan 30 US population: 5,308,483; African American population 1,002,037 (18.9%)
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 1 Sydney Nelson, English song composer (Rose of Allendale), born in London, England (d. 1862)
- Jan 1 Václav Emanuel Horák, Czech composer, chiefly of liturgical music, organist, and kapellmeister, born in Lobeč, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1871)
- Jan 6 Willem A. Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician, born in Doesburg, Netherlands (d. 1872)
Millard Fillmore (1800-1874)
Jan 7 13th President of the United States (Whig: 1850-53), born in Moravia, New York
- Jan 10 Lars Levi Laestadius, Swedish botanist and founder of Laestadianism, born in Jäckvik, Arjeplog, Sweden (d. 1861)
- Jan 11 Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist (d. 1895)
- Jan 14 Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian musicologist (Köchel catalogue of Mozart's works), born in Krems an der Donau, Austria (d. 1877)
- Jan 24 Edwin Chadwick, British social reformer (Poor law reform, sanitation movement), born in Manchester, England (d. 1890)
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800-1842)
Jan 31 Native American poet, born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Famous Weddings
- Jan 20 Napoleon I's sister Carolina marries French military leader Joachim Murat, future King of Naples
Famous Deaths
- Jan 1 Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French zoologist, dies at 83
- Jan 6 William Jones, British clergyman and author, dies at 73
- Jan 9 Jean Étienne Championnet, French general (b. 1762)
- Jan 10 Johan Wikmanson, Swedish composer, dies at 46
- Jan 23 Edward Rutledge, American founding father, Governor of South Carolina (1798-1800) and signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies at 50
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