Historical Events In January - 09

1855  Clipper Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies on January - 09.   

1856  On this day in history anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar)   

1857  On January - 09 7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon CA   

1857  7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon Calif on January - 09.   

1857  Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights) on January - 09.   

1858  On this day in history anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide.   

1859  On this day in history carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader   

1861  Mississippi becomes 2nd state to secede on January - 09.   

1861  The first hostile act of Civil War; Star of the West fired on, Sumter SC on January - 09.   

1861  On this day in history 1st hostile act of Civil War; Star of West fired on, Sumter, SC   

1862  On January - 09 in Halifax, Nova Scotia the Grenadier Guards land to garrison the Citadel Fort   

1863  On this day in history -Jan 11th] Battle of Arkansas Post, AK (Ft Hindman)   

1863  On January - 09 ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71   

1866  Fisk University establishes on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher   

1867  On this day in history jacques Urlus, Dutch tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth)   

1870  On January - 09 joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder (Golden Gate Bridge)   

1871  On this day in history charles Kortright, British(?) cricket player   

1876  Hans Bethge, writer on this day in history.   

1878  Umberto I becomes King of Italy on this day in history.   

1878  On January - 09 victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57   

1879  On January - 09 cheyenne prisoners led by Dull Knife revolt at Fort Robinson   

1879  Kirland Warbler discovered on Andros Island in Bahamas on January - 09.   

1879  On January - 09 cheyenne prisoners led by Dull Knife revolt at Ft Robinson   

1879  On January - 09 john Broadus Watson, behaviorist psychologist   

1879  On January - 09 don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86   

1880  On this day in history 6' (1.8 meters) of snow falls in Seattle in 5 days   

1881  On January - 09 giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo)   

1886  Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1889  On January - 09 near Queenston Ontario the Niagara Suspension Bridge collapses during a winter storm   

1890  Karel Capek, Czech, writer (R U R); coined the word "robot" on this day in history.   

1891  August Gailit, Estonia, writer (Ekke Moor) on January - 09.   

1893  Mohara, Arab ivory/slave trader, dies in battle & is eaten on this day in history.   

1894  "Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze" released in movie theaters on January - 09.   

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1554  On this day in history birth of gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], pope (1621-23)   

1571  On this day in history birth of karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (d. 1621)   

1574  On January - 09 birth of christoph Buel, composer   

1620  On this day in history birth of johann Weichmann, composer   

1624  On this day in history birth of empress Meishō (d. 1696)   

1695  On this day in history birth of john E Loovens, lawyer   

1699  Robert J Pothier, French lawyer was born on this day in history.   

1728  On this day in history birth of thomas Warton, poet laureate of England (Pleasures of Melancholy)   

1150  Death of Emperor Xizong of Jin was murdered by Prince Hailing of Jin in a Coup d'état on this day in history.   

1282  On this day in history death of abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (b. 1204)   

1283  On this day in history death of wen Tianxiang, Prime Minister of China (executed) (b. 1236)   

1499  On this day in history johan Cicero, elector of (Brandenburg, 1486-99), dies at 43   

1514  On January - 09 anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian, dies at 36   

1543  Death of Guillaume du Bellay, French diplomat and general (b. 1491) on January - 09.   

1562  Death of Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1514) on January - 09.   

1571  Death of Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French naval officer (b. 1510) on this day in history.