Historical Events Happened In January - 20

1870  Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1872  California Stock Exchange Board organized on this day in history.  Share it »

1872  Calif Stock Exchange Board organized on this day in history.  Share it »

1873  Charles A Ellwood, US, sociologist/psychologist on this day in history.  Share it »

1877  On this day in history ruth St Denis, Newark NJ, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses)  Share it »

1878  Finlay Currie, Scotland, actor (Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Avengers) on this day in history.  Share it »

1879  On this day in history british troops under Lord Chelmsford set camp at Isandlwana  Share it »

1879  The Schooner Janet Wignall, in passage from Liverpool to Creetown, Scotland, in ballast stranded at Bargue near Dumfries with the loss of all hands on this day in history.  Share it »

1882  John Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1883  On this day in history billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England vs Australia MCG  Share it »

1883  On this day in history billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England v Aust MCG  Share it »

1883  Betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces on this day in history.  Share it »

1884  On this day in history a[braham P] Merritt, US, sci-fi author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!)  Share it »

1887  On this day in history the U.S. Senate approves a proposal to lease the port of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for use as a naval base.  Share it »

1887  On this day in history uS Senate approves the naval base lease of Pearl Harbor  Share it »

1887  US Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor on this day in history.  Share it »

1888  Leadbelly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line) on this day in history.  Share it »

1890  On this day in history franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86  Share it »

1891  On this day in history mischa Elman, Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist  Share it »

1891  On this day in history david Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies  Share it »

1892  On this day in history the first officially recognized basketball game was played at the YMCA gym in Springfield, Mass.  Share it »

1892  1st basketball game played (Mass) on this day in history.  Share it »

1892  On this day in history roscoe Ates, Grange Miss, actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass)  Share it »

1893  Kaj Birket-Smith, Danish etnologist/anthropologist (Eskimos) on this day in history.  Share it »

1894  On this day in history harold L Gray, creator (Little Orphan Annie)  Share it »

1895  On this day in history eva A Jessye, US singer/actress/songwriter (Hallelujah)  Share it »

1896  The birth of George Burns, American comedian on this day in history.  Share it »

1896  Elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik) on this day in history.  Share it »

1896  Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37 on this day in history.  Share it »

1897  On this day in history mae Busch, Australian/US actress (Cowboy Socialist)  Share it »

1898  On this day in history colin Clive, [Greig], St Malo France, actor (Bride of Frankenstein)  Share it »

1899  On this day in history alexander Tcherepnin, composer  Share it »

1900  On this day in history boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer  Share it »

1900  John Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81 on this day in history.  Share it »

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0225  Gordian III, Roman Emperor (d. 244) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1292  On this day in history birth of elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330)  Share it »

1358  On this day in history birth of eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (d. 1382)  Share it »

1435  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490)  Share it »

1554  On this day in history birth of king Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578)  Share it »

1586  Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1622  On this day in history birth of susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns  Share it »

1654  On this day in history birth of michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet  Share it »

0250  On this day in history fabianus, Pope (236-50)/saint, dies  Share it »

0287  Death of St. Sebastian on this day in history.  Share it »

0820  On this day in history abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i, islamic (Book of Mother), dies  Share it »

0842  Theophilus, Byzantine kaiser (829-42), dies on this day in history.  Share it »

0882  Louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1156  On this day in history death of bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland  Share it »

1191  Death of Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (b. 1167) on this day in history.  Share it »

1479  John II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81 on this day in history.  Share it »