Historical Events In January - 05
1463 French poet François Villon banished from Paris
1477 Battle at Nancy, Burgundy vs Switzerland,7000+ killed
1500 Duke Ludovico Sforza's troops reconquer Milan
1531 Pope Clemens VII forbids English king Henry VIII to re-marry
1554 Great fire in Eindhoven Netherlands
1589 Catherine de Medici, Queen of France dies at age 69.
1593 William Louis of Nassau becomes Governor/Viceroy of Drenthe
1616 Samuel de Champlain c1570-1635 sets off to visit Petun (Tobacco) Nation, south of Nottawasaga Bay, with Father Le Caron.
1638 Petition in Recife Brazil leads to closing of their 2 synagogues
1649 Francesco Cavalli's opera "Giasone," premieres in Venice
1675 Battle at Turkheim (Colmar) French army beats Brandenburg
1709 Sudden extreme cold kills 1000s of Europeans
1717 Prussian King Frederik Willem I buys conscript for nobles
1719 England/Hannover/Saxony-Poland/Austria sign anti-Prussian/Russian pact
1757 Failed assassination attempt on French king Louis XV by Damiens
1776 Assembly of New Hampshire adopts its first state constitution
1781 British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond VA
1795 First Assembly of Lower Canada imposes licensing requirements on taverns, retailers of wine and spirits, and peddlars.
1800 First Swedenborgian temple in US holds first service, Baltimore MD
1802 John Murray names Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
1804 Ohio legislature passes first laws restricting free blacks movement
1809 Treaty of Dardanelles concluded between Britain & France
1840 Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date
1841 James Clark Ross (UK) is first to enter pack ice near Ross Ice Shelf
1850 California Exchange opens
1854 Steamship San Francisco wrecked-300 die
1855 USS Plymouth crew skirmish with Chinese troops
1859 The first steamboat sails, Red River
1861 250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Fort Sumter
1861 Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan & Gaines at Mobile Bay
1871 A group of Chinese find a nugget at Dunolly, Victoria, called The Precious, which yields 50.418 kg of pure gold.
1874 The city of Winnipeg holds first civic election. Only 304 voters were registered, but 331 ballots are cast. go figure
1875 CDR Edward Lull begins expedition to locate best ship canal route across Panama.
1875 Charles Garnier's new Opera opens in Paris
1875 President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg MS
