Historical Events In January - 06

1786  In Saint John, New Brunswick the first sitting of the New Brunswick legislature takes place at Saint John on January - 06.   

1790  Johann Trier, composer, dies at 73 on January - 06.   

1791  On January - 06 jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer   

1794  Kaspar Masek, composer on this day in history.   

1798  On January - 06 ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer   

1799  Jedediah Strong Smith, US fur trader/explorer on January - 06.   

1799  W G Frederik, prince of Orange/general, dies at 25 on January - 06.   

1800  Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician on January - 06.   

1800  William Jones, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1802  On this day in history ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romania, author/novelist/writer (Gramatica)   

1803  Henri Herz, composer on January - 06.   

1807  On this day in history joseph Holt, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1894   

1811  On this day in history charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874   

1822  On this day in history heinrich Schliemann, German polyglot/archeologist (Troje)   

1826  On this day in history herman Grimm, Germany, writer/novelist (Ralph Waldo Emerson)   

1827  On January - 06 john Calvin Brown, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889   

1829  On this day in history kanagaki Robun [Bunzo Nozaki], Japanese humorist/gesaku-author   

1831  Rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1832  On this day in history new England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston)   

1832  On January - 06 the birth of Gustave Dore, French illustrator   

1838  On this day in history samuel F.B. Morse makes the first public demonstration of the telegraph, in Morristown, New Jersey.   

1838  Samuel Morse gives the first demonstration of the electric telegraph on January - 06.   

1838  Max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer on January - 06.   

1839  On January - 06 2 day storm off Irish &English coast immortalized as "The Big Wind"   

1839  On January - 06 2 day storm off Irish & English coast immortalized as "Big Wind"   

1842  4,500 British &Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India on January - 06.   

1842  4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India on this day in history.   

1842  Clarence King, mining engineer (geologist) on January - 06.   

1845  Protestants and Catholics riot in Stratford, Ontario following the council election; eighty men fight in the streets on January - 06.   

1850  Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era) on January - 06.   

1854  Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle) on this day in history.   

1856  Giuseppe Martucci, composer on January - 06.   

1857  Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

1857  On January - 06 patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn   

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1367  On this day in history birth of richard II, Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99)   

1367  On this day in history birth of richard II of England (d. 1400)   

1367  On this day in history birth of richard II, Bordeaux, France, King of England (1377-99) (d. 1400)   

1412  On this day in history birth of joan of Arc, Domremy, martyr   

1412  On this day in history birth of joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431)   

1412  Joan of Arc, Domrémy, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431) was born on this day in history.   

1486  Martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor was born on this day in history.   

1488  Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae) was born on this day in history.   

0664  On January - 06 death of amr ibn al-A'as, Arab general (bc. 583)   

1088  On this day in history berengarius of Tours, French theologist, dies   

1275  On January - 06 raymundus of Penafort, Spanish church law scholar, dies   

1374  Andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies on this day in history.   

1425  On January - 06 jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies   

1448  On January - 06 christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies   

1481  Death of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde on January - 06.   

1536  Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies on January - 06.