Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 6 Herman Grimm, German writer and novelist (Ralph Waldo Emerson), born in Kassel, Hesse (d. 1901)
- Jan 12 Charles Cruft, American teacher, lawyer, railroad executive, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Terre Haute, Indiana (d. 1883)
- Jan 15 Mikhail Saltykov, Russian satirist (Family of Noblemen), born in Spas-Ugol, Russia (d. 1889)
- Jan 22 [Merriwether] Jeff Thompson, Partisan (Confederate Army), (d. 1876)
- Jan 25 Rembt Tobias Hugo Pieter Liebrecht Alexander van Boneval Faure, Dutch lawyer and politician, born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1909)
- Jan 26 Julia Dent Grant, American First Lady (1869-77), wife of US President Ulysses S. Grant, born at White Haven Plantation, Missouri (d. 1902)
- Jan 27 Richard Taylor, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), (d. 1879)
