17th » The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Boer colonies of the South African Republic or Transvaal.
Famous Birthdays on January in 1852
1st » Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist (d. 1904)
8th » James Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (d. 1931)
11th » Constantin Fehrenbach, German politician, 4th List of Chancellors of Germany Weimar Republic (Reichskanzler) (1919–1933) named Chancellor of Weimar Germany (d. 1926)
26th » Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (d. 1905)
30th » Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian playwright and poet (d. 1912)
Famous Deaths for January 1852
6th » Louis Braille, French educator, invented braille (b. 1809)
20th » Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 6th Makuuchi Yokozuna known as Yokozuna (b. 1794)
25th » Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer (b. 1778)