15th » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
Famous Birthdays on January in 1876
1st » Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (d. 1933)
3rd » Wilhelm Pieck, German politician, 1st Leadership of East Germany known as President of the German Democratic Republic (d. 1960)
5th » Konrad Adenauer, German politician, List of Chancellors of Germany e.g Chancellor of West Germany (d. 1967)
7th » William Hurlstone, English pianist and composer (d. 1906)
9th » Arthur Darby, English rugby player (d. 1960)
11th » Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971)
12th » Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and politician, List of Prime Ministers of Turkey or Prime Minister of the Turkish Provisional Government (d. 1950)
12th » Jack London, American author (d. 1916)
12th » Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (d. 1948)
17th » Frank Hague, American politician, 30th Mayor of Jersey City (d. 1956)
19th » Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Makuuchi Yokozuna known as Yokozuna (d. 1943)
19th » Dragotin Kette, Slovenian poet (d. 1899)
20th » Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (d. 1967)
22nd » Warren McLaughlin, American baseball player (d. 1923)
23rd » Otto Diels, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954)