Historical Events
Vote to Washington African Americans
Jan 8 African American men granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C. despite President Andrew Johnson's veto
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 1 Charles Edward Montague, English journalist and author (Fiery Particles), born in Twickenham, England (d. 1928)
- Jan 1 Jeanne Lanvin, French fashion designer and perfumer (Lavin), born in Paris, France (d. 1946)
- Jan 1 Lew Fields [Moses Schoenfeld], Polish-American vaudeville and film comedian (Weber and Fields), and theatrical producer, born in Poland (d. 1941)
- Jan 6 Georges Martin Witkowski, French conductor and composer, born in Mostaganem, Algeria (d. 1943)
- Jan 8 Emily Greene Balch, American sociologist, feminist and pacifist (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - Nobel Peace Prize 1946), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1961)
- Jan 9 Jacques Urlus, Dutch dramatic tenor (Opera of Leipzig, 1900-14; Tristan und Isolde; Song of the Earth), born in Hergenrath, Rhine Province (now part of Kelmis, Belgium) (d. 1935)
- Jan 11 Edward B. Titchener, British psychologist. (d. 1927)
- Jan 17 Carl Laemmle, German-born film executive (d. 1939)
- Jan 18 Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan journalist, diplomat and poet, born in Metapa, Nicaragua (d. 1916)
- Jan 20 Yvette Guilbert [Emma Laure Esther Guilbert], French singer and actress, born in Paris, France (d. 1944)
- Jan 21 James Marcus, American actor (The Eagle, The Lonely Trail), born in New York City (d. 1937)
- Jan 21 Ludwig Thoma, German writer (d. 1921)
- Jan 21 Maxime Weygand, French general (head of French armed forces during German Invasion of France WWII), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1965)
- Jan 21 Willem Royaards, Dutch theater director (Summer Games), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1929)
- Jan 23 Herbert Bedford, English author and composer, born in Holborn, London, England (d. 1945)
- Jan 27 Claude Terrasse, French organist and operetta composer, born in L’Arbresle, Rhône, France (d. 1923)
- Jan 29 Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish writer (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse), born in Valencia, Spain (d. 1928)
Famous Weddings
Samuel Gompers
Jan 28 Labor union leader Samuel Gompers (17) weds co-worker Sophia Julian (16) in Brooklyn, New York
Famous Deaths
- Jan 11 Sir Stuart Donaldson, first Premier of the Colony of New South Wales (b. 1812)
- Jan 12 Victor Cousin, French philosopher and educational reformer, dies at 74
- Jan 14 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter (Valpincon Bather), dies at 86
- Jan 28 John J. Pettus, American politician, Confederate governor (D-Miss, 1859-63), dies at 53
- Jan 30 Emperor Kōmei of Japan (1846-67), dies of smallpox at 35
