Wedgwood Blue
Jan 1 English potter Josiah Wedgwood writes that he has developed his famous 'wedgwood blue' color in a letter to Thomas Bentley [1]
- Jan 11 Francis Salvador becomes 1st Jew elected to office in America (SC)
- Jan 17 9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests in Kalisk, Poland
- Jan 17 Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play "The Rivals" premieres in London
- Jan 18 The West India Committee founded in London by London sugar merchants and Caribbean planters. Initially instrumental in promoting slavery, later aided campaign to end slavery. [1]
- Jan 22 Marshal Oscar von Lubomirski confiscates goods being sold by Jews in settlements on the outskirts of Warsaw, Poland
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