Historical Events
- Jan 3 Tax revolt in Haarlem, Netherlands
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 1 Frederick Muhlenberg, American statesman (d. 1801)
- Jan 10 Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, British Lord Chancellor, born in Edinburgh, United Kingdom (d. 1823)
- Jan 11 Johann Jakob Walder, Swiss politician and composer, born in Unterwetzikon, Switzerland (d. 1817)
- Jan 24 Wybo Fijnje, Dutch politician, and journalist, born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1809)
- Jan 25 Johann Gottfried Vierling, German organist and composer, born in Metzels, Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen (d. 1813)
- Jan 31 Gerrit Jan Pijman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800, 1803-06) (d. 1839)
