January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as the day of New Year. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of winter) and the warmest month of the year within most of the Southern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer).
January symbols: The birthstone of January is the garnet which represents constancy. Its birth flower is the cottage pink Dianthus caryophyllus or galanthus. In Finnish, the month of tammikuu means the heart of the winter and because the name literally means Oak moon. The zodiac signs for the month of January are Capricorn (until January 19) and Aquarius (January 20 onwards). The traditional English birth month flower is the Carnation.
Historical Events for January, 1858
Day of Week 9th » Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide.
Day of Week 14th » Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt.
Day of Week 30th » The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of The Hallé orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra.
Famous Birthdays on January in 1858
4th » Carter Glass, American politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1946)
7th » Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Belarusian lexicographer (d. 1922)
10th » Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)
11th » Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (d. 1947)
13th » Oskar Minkowski, Lithuanian biologist (d. 1931)
17th » Tomás Carrasquilla, Colombian author (d. 1940)