January 22

Events

• On January 22, 1675 Huygens commissioned Isaac Thuret to complete the first model (prototype) of a pocket watch using a balance-spring (hairspring) and balance (foliot) after their design.

Births

• Jean Melly was born on 22nd January, 1676 in Geneva.
• Friedrich Berchthold was born on 22nd January, 1735.
• Pierre-Charles-Vincent Ancel was born on 22nd January, 1780 in Saint-Nicolas d'Aliermont geboren.
• Ulysse Nardin was born on 22nd January, 1823.
• Isaline-Mélanie Huguenin (Virchaux) was born on 22nd January, 1831 in La Chaux-du-Milieu.
• Feodor William Rüffert was born on 22nd January, 1835 in Borna near Leipzig.
• Adolphe Schley was born on 22nd January, 1844 in Beaucourt.
• Armand Couaillet was born on 22nd January, 1865.
• John Henri LeCoultre was born on 22nd January, 1872 in Le Sentier.
• Georges-Armand Gamard was born on 22nd January, 1877 in Saint-Nicolas d'Aliermont.

Deaths

• Jean-Jacques Delépine died on 22nd January, 1858 in Saint-Nicolas d'Aliermont.
• Marie-Marguerite-Constance Celleir died on 22nd January, 1860 in Saint-Nicolas d'Aliermont.
• Étienne-Nicolas Gamelin died on 22nd January, 1870 in Saint-Nicolas d'Aliermont.
• Samuel Franz died on 22nd January, 1896 in Engelfangen (Saarbrücken).
• Jules Étienne (Tiennon) Piguet died on 22nd January, 1898.
• Eugênie-Augustine Boé died on 22nd January, 1966 in Villy-Le-Bas, Seine-Maritime.