Historical Events
- Jan 9 1st hot-air balloon flight in the US lifts off in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, piloted by Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard, it lands 15 miles away in Deptford, New Jersey
- Jan 9 Dutch Prince Willem V establishes 2 brigades Drive Artillery
Louis XVI Sentenced to Death
Jan 16 French King Louis XVI sentenced to death by the National Convention during the French Revolution
Execution of Louis XVI
Jan 21 Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine in Paris, following his conviction for "high treason" by the newly created French Parliament (Convention nationale), during the French Revolution
- Jan 23 Humane Society of Philadelphia (1st aid society) organized
- Jan 23 Prussia and Russia sign the Treaty of Grodno, later known as the 2nd Partition of Poland, ceding large portions of Poland to their bigger neighbors
Famous Birthdays
Lucretia Mott (1793-1880)
Jan 3 American Quaker, abolitionist and women's right activist (1st Woman's Rights Convention), born in Nantucket, Massachusetts
- Jan 6 James Madison Porter, American politician, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania (d. 1862)
- Jan 14 John C. Clark, American politician, born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts (d. 1852)
- Jan 18 William Henry Havergal, British composer, hymn writer, and Anglican clergyman, born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England (d. 1870)
Famous Deaths
Louis XVI (1754-1793)
Jan 21 King of France (1774-93), beheaded during the French Revolution at 38
