Bloch & SchneiderJohann Gottlob Schneider ( January 18, 1750 January 12, 1822), German classical scholar and naturalist, was born at Koilmen in Saxony. In 1774, on the recommendation of Heyne, he became secretary to the famous Strassburg scholar R. Brunck, and in 1811 pro, 1801Events January 1 Legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland completed under the Act of Union 1800, bringing about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. January 1 Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the first (and largest) asteroid Ceres. January 20 J