In 1897, Felix Hoffmann created a synthetically altered version of salicin ( in his case derived from the Spiraea plant ), which caused less digestive upset than pure salicylic acid.

His breakthrough film was Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull ( 1957 ) in which he played the lead, it was directed by Kurt Hoffmann and based on the novel by Thomas Mann.

In 1897, Felix Hoffmann created a synthetically altered version of salicin, derived from the species, which caused less digestive upset than pure salicylic acid.

The standard story credits Felix Hoffmann, a young Bayer chemist, with the invention of Aspirin in 1897.

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* Felix Hoffmann ( 1868 – 1949 ), German chemist ( aspirin )

* Felix Hoffmann ( artist ) ( 1911 – 1975 ), Swiss graphic designer and artist ( de )

Felix Hausdorff ( November 8, 1868 – January 26, 1942 ) was a German mathematician who is considered to be one of the founders of modern topology and who contributed significantly to set theory, descriptive set theory, measure theory, function theory, and functional analysis.

* 1941-Germany planned to occupy Gibraltar ( and presumably hand it over to Spain ) in " Operation Felix " which was due to start on 10 January 1941.

Pope Saint Felix I was Pope from 5 January 269 to 30 December 274.

A Roman by birth, Felix was chosen as Pope on 5 January 269, in succession to Pope Dionysius, who had died on 26 December 268

* January 3 – Felix Dahn, writer ( b. 1834 ).

* January 26 – Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician ( suicide ) ( b. 1868 )

* January 25 – The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter Victoria, Princess Royal to Prince Friedrich of Prussia in St. James's Palace, London.

* January 3 – Pope Felix III dies after a 9-year reign in which he has excommunicated Acasius of Constantinople.

* January 3 – Pope Felix III

* January 5 – Felix Manz, co-founder of the Swiss Anabaptists, is drowned in the Limmat in Zürich by the Zürich Reformed state church.

* January 5 – Felix Manz, leader of the Swiss Anabaptist ( executed ) ( b. 1498 )

* January 21 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother on Neustadt-Gasse, Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.

* January 4 – Pope Eutychian succeeds Pope Felix I as the 27th pope.

* January 5 – Pope Felix I succeeds Pope Dionysius as the 26th pope.

Pope Saint Felix III ( though as Antipope Felix the " II " was not actually pope, he could also be called " Pope St. Felix II ") was pope from 13 March 483 to 3 January 492.

McCay's first major comic strip series was A Tale of the Jungle Imps by Felix Fiddle with 43 installments published from January to November 1903 in the Cincinnati Enquirer.

The county was organized January 29, 1841, from part of Livingston County, Missouri and named after U. S. Attorney General Felix Grundy.

In January 2005, under the leadership of Dr. Eric Conway, the choir performed Felix Mendelssohn ’ s Symphony # 2, “ Lobgesang ,” with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, as well as performing at the State Department at the personal invitation of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, to wide acclaim.

* January 6: Felix Camacho takes office as governor of Guam.

Jean Felix Piccard ( Basel, Switzerland, January 28, 1884 – January 28, 1963, Minneapolis, Minnesota ), also known as Jean Piccard, was a Swiss-born American chemist, engineer, professor and high-altitude balloonist.

* January 16-Anton Felix Schindler, biographer of Beethoven ( born 1795 )

January 16, 1939 cover featuring Felix Frankfurter