- Jan 7 2nd Bank of US opens in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
San Martin Crosses the Andres
Jan 18 Argentine general José de San Martín leads a revolutionary army over the Andes to attack Spanish royalists in Chile
- Jan 22 British freighter Diana sinks off Malaya
La Cenerentola
Jan 25 Gioachino Rossini's opera "La Cenerentola" (Cinderella) premieres in Rome
- Jan 31 Franz Grillparzer's "Die Ahnfrau" premieres in Vienna
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