Historical Events
- Jan 19 Cold Friday: temperature at Portsmouth, New Hampshire drops from 54°F to minus 12°F in one day with many frozen to death
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 3 Antoine T. d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1897)
- Jan 5 Auguste Mermet, French opera composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1889)
- Jan 10 Jeremiah S. Black, American statesman and lawyer, born in Stony Creek, Pennsylvania (d. 1883)
- Jan 12 Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies (1830-59), born in Palermo (d. 1859)
- Jan 29 Earnest Kummer, German mathematician (d. 1893)
- Jan 31 Daniel Ruggles, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army - Battle of Shiloh), born in Barre, Massachusetts (d. 1897)
Famous Divorces
Napoléon Bonaparte
Jan 10 French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I and Empress Joséphine
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