Historical Events
"Frankenstein" Published
Jan 1 Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" is published anonymously by the small London publishing house of Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones
- Jan 1 Official reopening of the White House
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Jan 2 Lord Byron completes the long narrative poem "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (4th canto)
- Jan 2 The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded.
- Jan 21 Keats writes his poem "On a Lock of Milton's Hair"
"When I Have Fears"
Jan 30 John Keats composes his sonnet "When I Have Fears"
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 11 John Reese Kenly, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1891)
- Jan 14 Zacharias Topelius, Finnish historical novelist (Surgeon's Stories), born in Nykarleby, Finland (d. 1898)
- Jan 17 Antoine-Aimé Dorion, Canadian politician and jurist (joint premier of Canada 1858, 1863-64), born in Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Lower Canada (d. 1891)
- Jan 18 Johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary figure and theologist (d. 1883)
- Jan 28 George Sewall Boutwell, MC (Union), (d. 1905)
- Jan 31 William Raine Peck, American planter, politician and solder (Confederate Army Louisiana Tigers), born in Jefferson County, Tennessee (d. 1871)
Famous Deaths
- Jan 1 Fedele Fenaroli, Italian composer, dies at 87
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