- Jan 1 Belgian Mining law introduces 9½ hour work day
- Jan 1 South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government
- Jan 3 The Government of India announces that emigration to Natal, Southern Africa, is prohibited with effect from 1 July
- Jan 3 The Russian Turkestan city of Almaty is destroyed by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake
Siege of Sidney Street
Jan 3 The Siege of Sidney Street: fire fight breaks out in London's East End between Latvian gang and Police, who request army back-up. First Siege caught on camera by Pathé News with Winston Churchill observing [1]
- Jan 3 US postal savings bank inaugurated
- Jan 5 San Francisco has its first air meet
- Jan 7 Dutch Scouts Organization established in Amsterdam
- Jan 10 1st photo in US taken from an airplane, San Diego
- Jan 10 Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified)
- Jan 10 Trumper scored double cricket ton v South Africa, goes on to get 214
- Jan 12 The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
"Die Ratten"
Jan 13 Gerhart Hauptmann's play "Die Ratten" (The Rats) premieres in Berlin
Amundsen at Walvis Bay
Jan 13 Roald Amundsen anchors at Walvis Bay, southwestern Africa
- Jan 13 South Africa cricket team's 1st win over Australia, at Adelaide
- Jan 14 Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition lands on the Ross Ice Shelf
- Jan 15 1st airplane bombing experiments with explosives at San Francisco
- Jan 16 Pandora becomes 1st 2-man sailboat to round Cape Horn west to east
Attempt on French PM
Jan 17 Failed assassination attempt on French Prime Minister Aristide Briand in the French Assembly
Die Rosenkavalier
Jan 26 Richard Strauss's opera "Der Rosenkavalier" (Knight of the Rose) premieres at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden, Germany
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