Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 1 William Lewis Cabell ", Old Tige" American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) and Mayor of Dallas, born in Danville, Virginia (d. 1911)
- Jan 2 Peter Semenov of Tian Shan, Russian explorer (d. 1914)
- Jan 6 John Calvin Brown, Major General (Confederate Army), born in Giles County, Tennessee (d. 1889)
- Jan 6 John Wesley Frazer, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Hardin County, Tennessee (d. 1906)
- Jan 7 Sir Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer; introduced Universal Standard Time (d. 1915)
- Jan 19 Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentine poet (Mexico, canto epico), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1918)
- Jan 21 Ivan Pervushin, Russian mathematician, born in Perm Oblast, Russia (d. 1900)
- Jan 23 SaigÅ Takamori, Japanese samurai & leader of Satsuma rebellion, born in Kajiyacho, Japan (d. 1877)
Famous Weddings
- Jan 4 Naturalist and entomologist Thomas Say (39) secretly weds natural science illustrator Lucy Way Sistare (26)
Joseph Smith
Jan 18 American religious leader Joseph Smith Jr (21) weds future church group movement leader Emma Hale (22) in South Bainbridge, New York, until his death in 1844
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Boxers
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Tennis Champions