In January 1864 Johnson organized a gathering of his state's Union loyalists, where resolutions were passed to elect county officials throughout the state, including a plan for a convention to dispose of the slavery issue ; also adopted was a very controversial and mandatory oath for voters, to protect and preserve the Union in the future.

The first systematic census in Portugal was carried out in January 1, 1864.

Alfred Henry ( Freddy ) Heineken ( November 4, 1923, Amsterdam, Netherlands – January 3, 2002, Noordwijk, Netherlands ) was a Dutch major stock holder and president of Heineken International, the brewing company bought in 1864 by his grandfather Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam.

George Washington Carver ( January 1864 – January 5, 1943 ), was an American scientist, botanist, educator, and inventor.

The exact day and year of his birth are unknown ; he is believed to have been born into slavery in Missouri in January 1864.

The warfare was limited to the Kingdom and lasted from January 1863 to the spring of 1864, when Romuald Traugutt, the dedicated last supreme commander of the insurgence, was captured by the tsarist police.

His father, Franjo Broz ( 26 November 1860 – 16 December 1936, Zagreb, buried at Mirogoj ), was a Croat, while his mother Marija ( born Javeršek, 25 March 1864, Loka pri Podsredi – 14 January 1918, Kupinec ), was a Slovene.

Finally, in January 1864, after long resisting the plan, Carson sent a company into Canyon de Chelly to investigate the last Navajo stronghold, presuming them to be under the leadership of Manuelito.

23 December 1863 for Schwerin and 4 January 1864 for Strelitz blue-yellow-red was ordered.

It was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, by the House on January 31, 1865, and adopted on December 6, 1865.

On January 11, 1864, Senator John B. Henderson of Missouri submitted a joint resolution for a constitutional amendment abolishing slavery.

* January 2 – Roman Dmowski, Polish politician ( b. 1864 )

* January 5 – George Washington Carver, African-American botanist ( b. 1864 )

* January 5 – Kitty Cheatham, American singer ( b. 1864 )

* January 13 – Wilhelm Souchon, German admiral ( b. 1864 )

* January 14 – John Francis Dodge, American automobile manufacturer ( b. 1864 )

* January 15 – Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French anarchist ( d. 1864 )

* January 14 – Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, second in line for the throne of the United Kingdom ( b. 1864 )

* January 6 – Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer ( d. 1864 )

* January 1 – Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel ( d. 1864 )

On 1 January 1864, part of Strinda ( population: 1, 229 ) was transferred to Trondheim.

An inaugural game using the new FA rules was initially scheduled for Battersea Park on 2 January 1864, but enthusiastic members of the FA couldn't wait for the new year and an experimental game was played at Mortlake on 19 December 1863 between Morley's Barnes team and their neighbours Richmond ( who were not members of the FA ), ending in a goalless draw.

The Battersea Park game was postponed for a week, and the first exhibition game using FA rules was played there on Saturday 9 January 1864.

Over the next month, 21 men were hanged, including, on January 10, 1864, Henry Plummer the sheriff of Bannack, who was also the leader of a major gang of highwaymen.

* January 3-Anna McNeill Whistler, " Whistler's Mother " ( b. 1804 )

Anna Matilda ( née McNeill ) Whistler ( September 27, 1804 – January 3, 1881 ) was the mother of American-born, British-based painter, James McNeill Whistler, who made her the subject of his famous painting " Arrangement in Grey & Black No. 1 ", often titled, Whistler's Mother.

Campbell was awarded the CBE in January 1957 for his water speed record breaking, and in particular his record at Lake Mead in the USA which earned him and Britain very positive acclaim.

:" I remember very vividly the first month, January, 1939, that I started working at the Pupin Laboratories because things began happening very fast.

That kind of world is the very antithesis of the so-called new order of tyranny which the dictators seek to create with the crash of a bomb .— Franklin D. Roosevelt, excerpted from the State of the Union Address to the Congress, January 6, 1941

In January 1949, in a very weak condition, he set off for a sanatorium in Gloucestershire, escorted by Richard Rees.

The fear was increased when, on the very day the new national parliament was meeting, 21 January 1919, members of the IRA Third Tipperary Brigade led by Seán Treacy and Dan Breen seized a quantity of gelignite and two Royal Irish Constabulary constables ( James McDonnell and Patrick O ' Connell ) were shot dead in the process.

His ships, the Boussole and Astrolabe, anchored off the northern side of the island on 13 January 1788, but at the time high seas were running that made it too dangerous for the two ships ’ boats that were put out to attempt a landing: “ It was obvious that I would have had to wait maybe for a very long time for a moment suitable for a landing and a visit to this island was not worth this sacrifice ”, he recorded in his journal.

Much of the rain in these areas falls from October to January ; during the rest of the year there is very little precipitation, and all living creatures must conserve precious moisture.

After 12 years in bondage, he regained his freedom in January 1853 ; he was one of very few to do so in such cases.

With the Labor Party split between Scullin's supporters and Langites, and with a very popular leader ( Lyons had a genial manner and the common touch ), the UAP won the subsequent parliamentary elections in December 1931 in a massive landslide which saw the two wings of the Labor Party cut down to 18 seats between them, and Lyons became Prime Minister in January 1932.

Winters can be very cold, with temperatures rarely reaching above freezing – temperatures below negative 25 degrees Celsius (− 13 ° F ) are not unheard-of in January and February.

On 18 January 1871, the victorious Germans proclaimed the king of Prussia, Wilhelm I, emperor of Germany in the very Hall of Mirrors of the castle, in an attempt to take revenge for the conquests of Louis XIV two centuries earlier.

The production was very well received and transferred to London's West End opening at the Prince Edward Theatre in October 1998, transferring to the Prince of Wales Theatre where it closed in January 2000.

The summers are usually very hot with the temperature in August reaching up to, while winters generally carry snowfall and freezing temperatures with January often being as cold as.

In this interim, the British made one last major invasion, attempting to capture New Orleans, but were decisively defeated with very heavy losses by General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans in January 1815.

Mazzini, together with a few Italian friends, moved in January 1837 to live in London in very poor economic conditions.

Also every year, to the very beginning ( from 1 to 8 January ), mostly in regions of the Western Macedonia, there are Carnival fiestas and festivals.

Starting in January 1942, the Navy began a very intense and difficult training program for electronic maintenance technicians.

On 15 January 1856 the new tsar took Russia out of the war on very unfavorable terms which included the loss of a military fleet on the Black Sea.

The school was the subject of some controversy in the 1990s, but an Ofsted report published in January 2008 stated: " It is held in very high regard by the vast majority of students and their parents, and rightly so.

Despite Henry's very vocal misgivings, the two were married on 6 January 1540 at the royal Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, London by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer.

Raeder left the meeting of 6 January very depressed, especially over the prospect of seeing his beloved capital ships scrapped and of Hitler's criticism of his leadership.

The same phrase found its way into the very first resolution adopted by the United Nations General assembly in January 1946 in London, which used the wording "... the elimination from national armaments of atomic weapons and of all other weapons adaptable to mass destruction.

Drogheda also boasts a long tradition of its very own pantomime, which is usually held in January / February of each year.