Portal:Scouting/Selected anniversaries/January

2nd

• 1911 – The National Council office of the Boy Scouts of America is established at 200 Fifth Avenue in New York City.

4th

• 1912 – The Scout Association is formed throughout the British Commonwealth.

7th

• 1999 – 19th World Scout Jamboree ends at Picarquin Hacienda, Rancagua City, Chile (began Dec. 27, 1998).
• 2003 – 20th World Scout Jamboree ends in Sattahip, Chonburi Province Thailand (began Dec. 28, 2002).

8th

• 1941 – Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting, dies in Nyeri, Kenya.

17th

• 1927 – Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of Girl Scouts of the USA, dies in Savannah, Georgia.

24th

• 1908 – Robert Baden-Powell begins the Boy Scout movement.