January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as the day of New Year. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of winter) and the warmest month of the year within most of the Southern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer).
January symbols: The birthstone of January is the garnet which represents constancy. Its birth flower is the cottage pink Dianthus caryophyllus or galanthus. In Finnish, the month of tammikuu means the heart of the winter and because the name literally means Oak moon. The zodiac signs for the month of January are Capricorn (until January 19) and Aquarius (January 20 onwards). The traditional English birth month flower is the Carnation.
Historical Events for January, 1808
Day of Week 1st » The importation of slavery e.g slaves into the United States is banned.
Day of Week 12th » The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh called Edinburgh, Scotland.
Day of Week 26th » Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia.
Famous Birthdays on January in 1808
5th » Anton Füster, Austrian priest and activist (d. 1881)
6th » Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American conchologist and palaeontologist (d. 1864)
13th » Salmon P. Chase, American jurist and politician, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1873)
19th » Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887)