What day of the week was January 13, 1842?

The day of the week January 13th, 1842 fell on was a Thursday.

Dr. William Brydon the an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.