* January 7-John Molson, established the Champlain and Saint Lawrence Railroad, the first railway into Canada ( b. 1763 ).

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.

# Alexander, Prince of Scotland ( 21 January 1264 Jedburgh – 28 January 1284 Lindores Abbey ); buried in Dunfermline Abbey

He was the first Cistercian placed on the calendar of saints, and was canonized by Pope Alexander III on 18 January 1174.

He returned a third time in January 1859 under the patronage of Czar Alexander II of Russia to find more of the Codex Frederico-Augustanus or similar ancient Biblical texts.

Alexander was then in February 1928 promoted to colonel ( backdated to 14 May 1926 ) and was the next month appointed Officer Commanding the Irish Guards Regimental District and 140th ( 4th London ) Infantry Brigade in the Territorial Army a post he held until January 1930, when he again returned to study, attending the Imperial Defence College for one year.

Alexander then held staff appointments as ( from January 1931 ) GSO2 in the Directorate of Military Training at the War Office and ( 1932-4 ) GSO1 at HQ Northern Command, York, before being made in October 1934 a temporary brigadier and given command of the Nowshera Brigade, on the Northwest Frontier in India.

Alexander thus chose to retire from the army and take up the new position, and, in anticipation of his viceregal posting, was on 26 January 1946 appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.

Sir John Alexander Macdonald, ( 11 January 1815 – 6 June 1891 ), was the first Prime Minister of Canada.

John Alexander Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 11 January 1815.

* 1929 – King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution ( the January 6th Dictatorship ).

In January 1216 John marched against Alexander II of Scotland, who had allied himself with the rebel cause.

By the judicious use of money, however, Alexander III got him into his power, so that he was deposed in January 1180.

It began on 5 January 1968, when reformist Alexander Dubček was elected the First Secretary of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, and continued until 21 August when the Soviet Union and all members of the Warsaw Pact, with the notable exception of Romania, invaded the country to halt the reforms.

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James Matheson and his nephew, Alexander Matheson, joined the firm Magniac and Co. in 1827, but their association was officially advertised on 1 January 1828.

* January 8 – Charles Alexander Eastman, Native American author, physician, reformer, helped found the Boy Scouts of America ( b. 1858 )

* January 23 – Alexander Woollcott, American critic ( b. 1887 )

* January 26 – Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ( b. 1921 )

* January 24 – Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza under the name Romania ( see December 1, 1918 for the final unification, Transylvania and other regions are still missing at that time ).

* January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as the leader of the Communist Party in Czechoslovakia.

** 6 January Dictatorship: King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution.

* January 24 – Sir Alexander Korda, Hungarian-born film director ( b. 1893 )

* January 4 – England celebrates its first ever win over the All Blacks in Rugby Union, in particular the 2 famous tries by " The Prince " HH Alexander Obolensky.

* January 30 – Lloyd Alexander, American writer ( d. 2007 )

John Alexander Mathieson ( May 19, 1863 – January 7, 1947 ) was a Prince Edward Island politician and jurist, the 12th Premier.

In January 2005 the Italian record company Frontiers released Tommy Funderburk's debut album Anything For You, an album featuring several songs co-written by Funderburk with the likes of Michael Thompson, Bruce Gaitsch and Greg Mathieson in the style of Toto, Richard Marx and Journey.

Andrea Alciato ( May 8, 1492 – January 12, 1550 ), commonly known as Alciati ( Andreas Alciatus ), was an Italian jurist and writer.

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban, Kt., KC ( 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626 ) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author.

Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm ( also Karl ; 4 January 1785 – 20 September 1863 ) was a German philologist, jurist and mythologist.

* January 8 – Samuel von Pufendorf, German jurist ( d. 1694 )

* January 1 – Christian Thomasius, German jurist ( d. 1728 )

* January 20 – Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist ( d. 1718 )

* January 6 – Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist ( b. 1664 )

* January 22 – Ibn Taymiya, Syrian philosopher and jurist ( d. 1328 )

Samuel Huntington ( January 5, 1796 ) was a jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut.

Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (; January 28, 1865 – September 22, 1952 ) was a Finnish jurist and academic, who played a central role in the drafting of the Constitution of Finland in 1919.

Giovanni Battista ( Giambattista ) Vico or Vigo ( 23 June 1668 – 23 January 1744 ) was an Italian political philosopher, rhetorician, historian, and jurist.

Christian Thomasius ( January 1, 1655 – September 23, 1728 ) was a German jurist and philosopher.

Baron Samuel von Pufendorf ( January 8, 1632 – October 13, 1694 ) was a German jurist, political philosopher, economist, statesman, and historian.

Salmon Portland Chase ( January 13, 1808May 7, 1873 ) was an American politician and jurist who served as U. S. Senator from Ohio and the 23rd Governor of Ohio ; as U. S. Treasury Secretary under President Abraham Lincoln ; and as the sixth Chief Justice of the United States.

Frederic Harrison ( 18 October 1831 – 14 January 1923 ) was a British jurist and historian.

James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce OM, GCVO, PC, FRS, FBA ( 10 May 1838 – 22 January 1922 ) was a British academic, jurist, historian and Liberal politician.

Harry A. Cole ( January 21, 1921 – February 14, 1999 ) was an American lawyer and jurist from Baltimore, Maryland.

Simeon Eben Baldwin ( February 5, 1840 – January 30, 1927 ), jurist, law professor and the 65th Governor of Connecticut, was the son of jurist, Connecticut governor and U. S. Senator Roger Sherman Baldwin and Emily Pitkin Perkins.

* January 14 — Dana Porter, politician and jurist ( d. 1967 )

* January 14-Alexander Warburton, politician, jurist, author and Premier of Prince Edward Island ( b. 1852 )

* January 14 – James Lorimer Ilsley, politician, Minister and jurist ( b. 1894 )

* January 7-Lyman Duff, jurist and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada ( died 1955 )

* January 3-James Lorimer Ilsley, politician, Minister and jurist ( d. 1967 )

* January 13-George Anthony Walkem, jurist and Premier of British Columbia ( b. 1834 )