- Jan 13 British lease Vancouver Island to the Hudson's Bay Company for seven shillings a year, granting them exclusive trading rights
First Woman Earns US Medical Degree
Jan 23 Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman in the US to earn a medical degree graduating from New York's Geneva Medical College
- Jan 23 US Patent granted for an envelope-making machine to Jesse K. Park and Cornelius S. Watson
- Jan 31 Corn Laws abolished in Britain
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