28th » Horace Walpole coins the word 'serendipity' in a letter to Horace Mann.
Famous Birthdays on January in 1754
15th » Richard Martin (Irish politician) e.g Richard Martin, Irish activist and politician, co-founded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (d. 1834)
24th » Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (d. 1820)
29th » Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1806)
30th » John Lansing, Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1829)
Famous Deaths for January 1754
28th » Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian-Danish historian and philosopher (b. 1684)