Historical Events In January - 12

1875  On January - 12 kwang-su becomes emperor of China.  

1875  On this day in history marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella)  

1876  On this day in history the birth of Jack London, American author  

1876  Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Venice Italy, composer on January - 12.  

1878  Ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk) on this day in history.  

1879  On this day in history british Zulu War begins Lieutenant-General Chelmsford invades Zululand  

1879  British Zulu War begins: Lt-General Chelmsford invades Zululand on January - 12.  

1882  On this day in history jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist  

1884  Louis Horst, composer on this day in history.  

1888  Claude Delvincourt, composer on this day in history.  

1890  On this day in history mordecai W Johnson, educator  

1893  The birth of Hermann Goering, German Nazi leader on January - 12.  

1893  Hermann Goering, propoganda minister (Nazi Germany) on January - 12.  

1894  On January - 12 billy Gilbert, Louisville KY, actor (Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio)  

1895  The National Trust is founded in Britain on this day in history.  

1896  The first X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC) on this day in history.  

1896  1st X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC) on this day in history.  

1896  Rex Ingram, Ireland, actor/director (Elmer Gantry, God's Little Acre) on this day in history.  

1897  On this day in history hendrik J Valk, painter/cartoonist/graphic artist  

1898  Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan on January - 12.  

1898  On this day in history jose Forns y Cuadras, composer  

1899  On this day in history paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948)  

1900  Freeland Colony founded in US on January - 12.  

1900  On this day in history vaino Hannikainen, composer  

1902  On this day in history ibn Abdul-Aziz Saud, Kuwait, king (Saudi Arabia)  

1903  On this day in history harry Houdini performs at Rembrandt theater, Amsterdam  

1903  Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown PA, killing 170 on January - 12.  

1903  Igor V Kurtshatov, Russian nuclear physicist on this day in history.  

1904  On this day in history southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison  

1904  On January - 12 mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist  

1906  On January - 12 first time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26)  

1906  1st time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26) on this day in history.  

1906  On January - 12 henny Youngman, England, comedian (Take my wife please...)  

1907  On January - 12 britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal  

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1483  Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland was born on this day in history.  

1483  Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538) was born on January - 12.  

1492  On this day in history birth of andreas Alicatus, Italian author  

1562  Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy was born on January - 12.  

1576  On this day in history birth of peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian  

1577  Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.  

1580  On this day in history birth of jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp)  

1580  On January - 12 birth of lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)  

0689  Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies on January - 12.  

1049  Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81 on January - 12.  

1167  On this day in history aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56  

1321  On January - 12 death of maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)  

1390  On this day in history peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67  

1519  Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies on this day in history.  

1537  Lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies on this day in history.  

1665  Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63 on this day in history.