E. B. Tylor ( 2 October 1832 – 2 January 1917 ) and James George Frazer ( 1 January 1854 – 7 May 1941 ) are generally considered the antecedents to modern social anthropology in Britain.

Words primarily used in Austria are Jänner ( January ) rather than Januar, heuer ( this year ) rather than dieses Jahr, Stiege ( stairs ) instead of Treppe, Rauchfang ( chimney ) instead of Schornstein, many administrative, legal and political terms – and a whole series of foods and vegetables such as: Erdäpfel ( potatoes ) German Kartoffeln ( but Dutch Aardappel ), Schlagobers ( whipped cream ) German Schlagsahne, Faschiertes ( ground beef ) German Hackfleisch, Fisolen ( green beans ) German Gartenbohne ( but Czech fazole and Italian fagioli ), Karfiol ( cauliflower ) German Blumenkohl ( but Italian cavolfiore ), Kohlsprossen ( Brussels sprouts ) German Rosenkohl, Marillen ( apricots ) German Aprikosen but Slovak marhuľa, Paradeiser ( tomatoes ) German Tomaten, Palatschinken ( pancakes ) German Pfannkuchen ( but Czech palačinky ), Topfen ( a semi-sweet cottage cheese ) German Quark and Kren ( horseradish ) German Meerrettich ( but Czech křen ).

Alfred Elton van Vogt ( April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000 ) was a Canadian-born science fiction author regarded as one of the most popular and complex science fiction writers of the mid-twentieth century: the " Golden Age " of the genre.

Albert Camus (; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960 ) was an algerian born author, journalist, and philosopher.

Albert Schweitzer, OM ( 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965 ) was a German and then French theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary.

* Colonel Shahin Musayev ( January – February 1992 )

According to the National Statistical Service, during the January – August 2007 period, Armenia's industrial sector was the single largest contributor to the country's GDP, but remained largely stagnant with industrial output increasing only by 1. 7 percent per year.

Armenia's agricultural output dropped by 17. 9 percent in the period of January – September 2010.

During January – February 2007, Armenia ’ s trade with the European Union totaled $ 200 million.

During January – February 2007, Armenia ’ s trade with Russia and other former Soviet republics was $ 205. 6 million ( double the amount from the same period the previous year ), making them the country ’ s number one trading partner.

The volume of Chinese-Armenian trade soared by 55 percent to $ 390 million in January – November 2010.

From January – September 2010, bilateral trade with the United States measured approximately $ 150 million, on track for about a 30 percent increase over 2009.

According to official Armenian statistics, it rose by 11 percent to $ 91. 6 million in January – November 2010.

Over half of the tax revenues in the January – August 2008 time period were generated from value-added taxes ( VAT ).

Chris Tremlett bowls Michael Beer ( cricketer ) | Michael Beer to complete England's 3 – 1 Ashes victory on 7 January 2011

Abner Doubleday ( June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893 ) was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War.

Alexander Mackenzie, PC ( January 28, 1822 – April 17, 1892 ), a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.

A number of tour boats, ranging from large motorized vessels to small sailing yachts, visit the Antarctic Peninsula during the summer months ( January – March ).

" The Annales and the History of Technology ," Technology and Culture, Volume 46, Number 1, January 2005, pp. 177 – 186 in Project Muse

André-Marie Ampère ( 20 January 1775 – 10 June 1836 ) was a French physicist and mathematician who is generally regarded as one of the main founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as " electrodynamics ".

Alfred Russel Wallace, OM, FRS ( 8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913 ) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist.

* 1848 – California Gold Rush: the New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California ( although the rush started in January ).

The January 1996 FIDE ratings list was a landmark as Polgár's 2675 rating made her the No. 10 ranked player in the world, the only woman ever to enter the world's Top Ten.

In January 1998, she played in the category XVII event, the Hoogovens in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, in which 14 of the world's top grandmasters participated.

On 31 January 1968, following a two-year constitutional convention, Nauru became the world's smallest independent republic.

As of January 2009, 350 million cubes had been sold worldwide making it the world's top-selling puzzle game.

WRGB claims to be the world's oldest television station, tracing its roots to an experimental station founded on January 13, 1928, broadcasting from the General Electric factory in Schenectady, NY, under the call letters W2XB.

Paul approached Herb O ' Brien of HO Sports, and Herb went on to manufacture and sell the ' Hyperlite ' wakeboard in January, 1991 ; the world's first compression molded boards.

* January 3 – Motorola introduces the Motorola StarTAC Wearable Cellular Telephone, the world's smallest and lightest mobile phone at that time.

On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's first registered nurse.

* January 19 – Coopers Inc. sells the world's first briefs.

* January 13 – Opening of the Milan – Venice railway's bridge over the Venetian Lagoon between Mestre and Venice in Italy, the world's longest since 1151.

* January 15 – One of the world's first newspapers, Avisa Relation oder Zeitung, is published in Augsburg, Germany.

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol opened on September 16, 1916 as a military airfield, but only accepted civil aircraft from December 17, 1920, allowing Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia — which started operations in January 1920 — to claim to be one of the world's oldest continually operating commercial airports.

From January to March the Observatory offers what is claimed as the world's highest ice skating rink, using a synthetic surface that enables the use of standard ice skates at normal room temperature.

He was the author of the world's first radio play, Danger, commissioned from him for the BBC by Nigel Playfair and broadcast on January 15, 1924.

On January 24, 2009, Steinway installed the world's largest solar-powered rooftop air-conditioning and dehumidification system, at a cost of $ 875, 000, to dehumidify the factory in New York City, and protect the pianos.

Comoros is one of the world's poorest countries ; its per capita gross national product ( GNP — see Glossary ) was estimated at US $ 400 in 1994, following the January devaluation of the Comorian franc.

Aviation history was made in St. Petersburg on January 1, 1914 when Tony Jannus made the world's first scheduled commercial airline flight with the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line from St. Petersburg to Tampa.

When the Australian missionary and social worker Graham Staines and his two minor sons were burned alive ( 22 January 1999 ), President Narayanan condemned it as a barbarous crime belonging to the world's inventory of black deeds.

On January 19, 1883, the world's first electric lighting system employing overhead wires began service in Roselle, and was built by Thomas Edison to demonstrate that an entire community could be lit by electricity.

Christian Dior () ( 21 January 1905 – 23 October 1957 ) was a French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, also called Christian Dior.

In January 2006, it took full ownership of Dreyer's, thus becoming the world's largest ice cream maker, with a 17. 5 % market share.

Throughout January and February 2006 the podcast was consistently ranked the number-one podcast in the world ; it appeared in the 2007 Guinness World Record for the world's most-downloaded podcast, having gained an average of 261, 670 downloads per episode during its first month.

* The Spire of Dublin project, the world's tallest sculpture, erected in January 2003, occupying the site of the former Nelson's Pillar.

* January 31-The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records.