19th » An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, Crossing of the Andes named crosses the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.
24th » Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the Action of Picheuta.
Famous Birthdays on January in 1817
8th » Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician (d. 1893)
Famous Deaths for January 1817
1st » Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (b. 1743)
16th » Alexander J. Dallas (statesman) called Alexander J. Dallas, Jamaican-American politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1759)