- Jan 7 James Fisk, American financier “Barnum of Wall Street”, dies at 38
- Jan 14 Greyfriars Bobby, a Skye-Terrier who spent 14 years guarding the grave of his owner John Gray, dies at 16
- Jan 21 Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81
- Jan 21 Thomas Bragg, American politician, 34th Governor of North Carolina (1859-61), dies at 61
- Jan 25 Richard S. Ewell, US Army officer and Confederate General (Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House), dies at 54
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