Historical Events In January - 16

1865  On this day in history general William Sherman issues Field Order #15 (land for blacks)  

1865  On January - 16 confederate brig-gen John Pegram marries Hetty Cary  

1868  On this day in history refrigerator car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit  

1868  On this day in history cyril Metodej Hrazdira, composer  

1870  Virginia becomes 8th state re-admitted to US after Civil War on January - 16.  

1870  Virginia becomes 8th state readmitted to US after Civil War on January - 16.  

1870  On this day in history wilhelm Normann, German chemist (hardening of oils)  

1871  On January - 16 jefferson Long of Georgia sworn in as 2nd black congressman  

1872  On January - 16 edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre)  

1873  On January - 16 boyd Alexander, English explorer  

1874  On January - 16 robert Service, England, Canadian poet (Cremation of Sam McGee)  

1876  On this day in history edmund H. Sears, author of It Came Upon A midnight Clear, dies.  

1877  Color organ (for light shows) patented, by Bainbridge Bishop on this day in history.  

1878  On January - 16 captain Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.  

1878  Harry Carey Sr, Bronx NY, actor (Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force) on this day in history.  

1879  January record 13" of snow falls in New York City NY (broken Jan 7, 1996) on January - 16.  

1879  On January - 16 january record 13" of snow falls in NYC (broken Jan 7, 1996)  

1883  On this day in history congress passed a bill creating the civil service.  

1883  Pendleton Act creates basis of US Civil Service system on January - 16.  

1883  On this day in history the U.S. Civil Service Commission is established.  

1885  Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, president of Poland (1939-40) on this day in history.  

1886  On January - 16 amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51  

1887  On this day in history cliff House damaged when schooner "Parallel"'s powder cargo explodes  

1887  On January - 16 john Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman)  

1889  On January - 16 128ºF (53ºC), Cloncurry, Queensland (Australian record)  

1889  Cloncurry, Queensland, recorded temperature of 53.1 Celsius, highest known in Australia on this day in history.  

1889  128°F (53°C), Cloncurry, Queensland (Australian record) on this day in history.  

1890  Karl Freund, Czech/Austrian cameraman/director on January - 16.  

1891  On this day in history clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54  

1892  On this day in history imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies  

1893  Johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74 on January - 16.  

1894  Guy Chamberlin, early NFL end/coach (Canton, Frankford, Cards) on this day in history.  

1896  Defeat of Cymru Fydd at South Wales Liberal Federation AGM, Newport, Monmouthshire on this day in history.  

1897  On this day in history john Dewey's essay "My Pedagogic Creed" appears in School Journal  

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1245  On January - 16 birth of edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)  

1409  On January - 16 birth of rené I of Naples (d. 1480)  

1477  On this day in history birth of johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)  

1501  Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559) was born on January - 16.  

1587  Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.  

1616  On January - 16 birth of françois de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)  

1626  On January - 16 birth of lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699)  

1634  On January - 16 birth of dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716)  

0308  On January - 16 marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies  

0429  On this day in history honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies [or 430]  

0960  Death of Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople on January - 16.  

1343  Robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies on this day in history.  

1400  On this day in history death of john Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (b. 1352)  

1545  Death of George Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484) on January - 16.  

1547  On this day in history death of johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)  

1554  Death of Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480) on this day in history.