Historical Events
- Jan 7 2nd Bank of US opens in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
San Martin Crosses the Andres
Jan 18 Argentine general José de San Martín leads a revolutionary army over the Andes to attack Spanish royalists in Chile
- Jan 22 British freighter Diana sinks off Malaya
La Cenerentola
Jan 25 Gioachino Rossini's opera "La Cenerentola" (Cinderella) premieres in Rome
- Jan 31 Franz Grillparzer's "Die Ahnfrau" premieres in Vienna
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 8 John Selden Roane, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1867)
- Jan 8 Sir Theophilus Shepstone, South African statesman, born in England, United Kingdom (d. 1893)
- Jan 14 Harmen Sytstra, Dutch poet and editor (Iduna), born in Mullum, Netherlands (d. 1862)
- Jan 15 Lewis Golding Arnold, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey (d. 1871)
- Jan 18 Jacques Gregoir, Belgian pianist and composer, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1876)
- Jan 31 Anthony Winkler Prins, Dutch writer, encyclopedist (Winker Prins Encyclopedia), and Mennote preacher, born in Voorst, Netherlands (d. 1908)
Famous Deaths
- Jan 1 Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (discovered uranium), dies at 73
- Jan 12 Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1740)
- Jan 14 Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, French composer, dies at 87
- Jan 16 Alexander J. Dallas, American statesman and financier, dies at 57
- Jan 16 Antonín Volánek, Czech organist and composer, dies at 55
- Jan 28 Friedrich Ludwig Æmilius Kunzen, German composer, dies at 55
