January 1885 Day Of The Week - 1885 January Calendar Month View

About Month of January Calendar

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.

Day of Week 3rd » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
Day of Week 17th » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
Day of Week 26th » Troops loyal to Muhammad Ahmad called The Mahdi conquer Siege of Khartoum named Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.

1st » Béla Balogh, Hungarian director (d. 1945)
2nd » Gordon Flowerdew, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)
3rd » Harry Elkins Widener, American businessman (d. 1912)
5th » Humbert Wolfe, Italian-English poet (d. 1940)
7th » Edwin Swatek, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1966)
8th » John Curtin, Australian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1945)
8th » A. J. Muste, Dutch-American clergyman and activist (d. 1967)
11th » Jack Hoxie, American actor and rodeo performer (d. 1965)
11th » Alice Paul, American activist (d. 1977)
13th » Alfred Fuller, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Fuller Brush Company (d. 1973)
15th » Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician (d. 1973)
15th » Miles Burke, American boxer (d. 1928)
15th » Huang Yuanyong, Chinese journalist and author (d. 1915)
15th » Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (d. 1968)
16th » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author (d. 1967)
21st » Ernst Gustav Kühnert, Estonian-German architect and historian (d. 1961)
21st » Umberto Nobile, Italian engineer (d. 1978)
25th » Kitahara Hakushū, Japanese poet and author (d. 1942)
26th » Michael Considine, Irish-Australian politician (d. 1959)
27th » Jerome Kern, American composer (d. 1945)
27th » Eduard Künneke, German composer (d. 1953)
27th » Maeda Seison, Japanese painter (d. 1977)
28th » Vahan Terian, Armenian poet and activist (d. 1920)

6th » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (b. 1812)
6th » Bhartendu Harishchandra, Indian author (b. 1850)
13th » Schuyler Colfax, American politician, 17th Vice President of the United States (b. 1823)
15th » Leopold Damrosch, German-American conductor (b. 1832)
26th » Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)
26th » Charles George Gordon, English general (b. 1833)