Historical Events
- Jan 1 1st US public bath opens in New York City
- Jan 1 National debt of Britain & Ireland is 765,126,582 pounds
- Jan 1 Netherlands begins issuing postage stamps
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 1 Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist (d. 1904)
- Jan 8 James Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (d. 1931)
- Jan 11 Konstantin Fehrenbach, German chancellor of the Weimar Republic (1920-21), born in Wellendingen, Baden (d. 1926)
- Jan 12 Joseph Joffre, French army Chief of Staff (Indo China, WWI Battle of Marne), born in Rivesaltes, France (d. 1931)
- Jan 26 Frederick Corder, British composer (The Nabob's Pickle), born in Hackney, London, England (d. 1932)
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852-1905)
Jan 26 Italian-French explorer of the Congo (Brazzaville named after him), born in Rome, Papal States
- Jan 29 Frederic Hymen Cowen, British pianist, conductor, and composer (Thorgrim), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1935)
- Jan 29 Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian actor and playwright (O Noapte Furtunoasa), born in Haimanalele, Ploiesti, Romania (d. 1912)
- Jan 31 Alfredo Napoleão dos Santos, Portuguese pianist, and composer, born in Porto, Portugal (d. 1917)
Famous Deaths
Louis Braille (1809-1852)
Jan 6 French educator and inventor of a system of reading and writing for the blind, dies of tuberculosis at 43
- Jan 22 George Rodwell, English composer, dies at 51
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (1779-1852)
Jan 25 Russian explorer who discovered the continent of Antarctica, dies at 72
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