He was the son of sultan Ahmed III ( 1703 – 30 ) and succeeded his brother Mustafa III ( 1757 – 74 ) on January 21, 1774.

* January 23 – Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, British admiral ( b. 1757 )

* January 5 – Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect / painter ( d. 1757 )

Gervasio Antonio de Posadas y Dávila ( 18 June 1757 ( Buenos Aires ) – 2 July 1833 ( Buenos Aires )) was a member of Argentina's Second Triumvirate from 19 August 1813 to 31 January 1814, after which he served as Supreme Director until 9 January 1815.

On 5 January 1757, would-be assassin Robert-Francois Damiens entered the Palace of Versailles, as did thousands of people every day to petition the king.

On January 1, 1757, Francis and his brother Job were recruited by Captain John Postell to serve in the French and Indian War and to drive the Cherokee Indians away from the border.

Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle ( 11 February 16579 January 1757 ), also called Bernard Le Bouyer de Fontenelle, was a French author.

Hastings served as a volunteer in Clive's forces as they retook Calcutta in January 1757.

Shortly afterwards, on 2 January 1757, Calcutta itself was taken with similar ease.

After residing in Leipzig for a time, he returned to Edinburgh where in January 1757 he succeeded David Hume as librarian to the Faculty of Advocates ( see Advocates ' Library ), but soon relinquished this office on becoming tutor in the family of the Earl of Bute.

On 25 February 1754 Taylor laid the first stone of the Octagon Chapel, Norwich, opened 12 May 1756, and described by John Wesley ( 23 December 1757 ) as ‘ perhaps the most elegant one in all Europe ,’ and too fine for ‘ the old coarse gospel .’ In his opening sermon, Taylor, who had received ( 6 April ) the diploma ( dated 20 January ) of D. D.

Osman III or Othman III ( Ottoman Turkish: عثمان ثالث ‘ O < u > s </ u > mān-i < u > s </ u > āli < u > s </ u >) < span dir =" ltr ">( January 2 / 3, 1699 – January 30 / October 30, 1757 )</ span > was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 to 1757.

Mustafa III ( Ottoman Turkish: مصطفى ثالث Muṣṭafā-yi < u > s </ u > āli < u > s </ u >) < span dir =" ltr ">( January 28 / 18, 1717 – January 21, 1774 )</ span > was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774.

* January 4-Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet ( born 1757 )

By January 1757, the fort was still incomplete and composed of earth and moats, mounted by 36 cannon waiting for an attack that the French were anticipating.

Devonshire supported the Duke of Newcastle after Henry Pelham's death in 1754 and was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 2 April 1755 until 3 January 1757 in Newcastle's administration.

Countess ( later Princess ) Augusta Caroline Reuss of Ebersdorf () ( 19 January 1757 – 16 November 1831 ), was by marriage a duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

The marriage proved happy, and they had three children together before she died in January 1757.

The city was reoccupied without difficulty in January 1757.

In early January 1757, shortly before embarking, d ' Estaing was awarded the Order of Saint Louis.

He met Mira Edgerly, a painter of portraits on ivory, shortly after the Armistice, and married her in January, 1919.

Abby May wrote in her journal on January 17, 1843, " A day of some excitement, as Mr. Alcott refused to pay his town tax ... After waiting some time to be committed jail, he was told it was paid by a friend.

On January 14, 1863, the Alcotts received a telegram that Louisa was sick ; Bronson immediately went to bring her home, briefly meeting Abraham Lincoln while there.

Anne, the youngest member of the Brontë children, was born on 17 January 1820, at 74 Market Street in Thornton where her father was curate and she was baptised there on 25 March 1820.

The Duchess converted to Roman Catholicism on 14 January 1994, but her husband did not lose his place in the succession, as the Duchess had been an Anglican at the time of their marriage.

On 4 January 2008, Dr. Gail Dinter-Gottlieb decided to step down as President and Vice Chancellor of the University before her term expired.

Anaïs Nin (; born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell, February 21, 1903 – January 14, 1977 ) was a French-Cuban author, based at first in France and later in the United States, who published her journals, which span more than 60 years, beginning when she was 11 years old and ending shortly before her death, her erotic literature, and short stories.

On 18 June 1959, she married actor Jacques Charrier, by whom she had her only child, a son, Nicolas-Jacques Charrier ( born 11 January 1960 ).

* The Iris Robinson scandal in which First Minister of Northern Ireland Peter Robinson stepped aside for six weeks in January 2010 following revelations of his wife ’ s involvement in an extramarital affair, her attempted suicide and allegations that he had failed to properly declare details of loans she had procured for her lover to develop a business venture.

Four years later Victoria made her last visit, three months before her death on 22 January 1901.

In January 2007, she and her colleagues published an article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science and reported that they have found a virus-like particle ( but without finding nucleic acids so far ) in less than 10 % of the cells a scrapie-infected cell line and in a mouse cell line infected by a human CJD agent.

In January 2008, shortly before plans to retire to Blackpool, Vera's husband Jack found that she had died in her armchair.

After being banished from court, she lived out the remainder of her life at Kimbolton Castle, and died there on 7 January 1536.

Kane made her West End debut in January 2011 in a major revival of Lillian Hellman's drama The Children's Hour, at London's Comedy Theatre.

Dolly Rebecca Parton ( born January 19, 1946 ) is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress, and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music.

On January 6, 2011, Parton announced her new album would be titled, Better Day.

Victoria was in mourning for her grandson, Albert Duke of Clarence, who died January 1892.

Dean ( August 16, 1926 – February 24, 1997 ) and Florine " Kay " Plato ( December 27, 1938 – January 2, 1988 ) adopted the child in June 1965 and raised her in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles County.

Jones married his second wife, Anita Pollinger, on 24 January 1981, and also had two daughters with her: Jessica Lillian ( born 4 September 1981 ) and Annabel Charlotte ( born 26 June 1988 ).

Whatever the truth Olympia, rather than face trial, subsequently fled France for Brussels in January 1680, leaving Eugene in the care of his father's mother, Marie de Bourbon, and her daughter, Hereditary Princess of Baden, mother of Prince Louis of Baden.

On 3 January 2007, after the birth of her son, Prince Hisahito, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that he would drop the proposal.