Historical Events Happened In January - 25

1755  Moscow University established on Tatiana Day on this day in history.  Share it »

1759  On this day in history the birth of Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet  Share it »

1759  Robert Burns, Alloway Scotland, poet (Auld Lang Syne) on this day in history.  Share it »

1766  On this day in history hans CE Freiherr von Gagern, German advisor to Dutch king Willem I  Share it »

1770  On this day in history francis Burdett, British politician  Share it »

1775  Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx) on this day in history.  Share it »

1777  Elias Canneman, Dutch liberal minister of Finance (1813-14) on this day in history.  Share it »

1787  Shays' Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Captain Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield MA on this day in history.  Share it »

1787  On this day in history shays' Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Capt Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Mass  Share it »

1791  On this day in history british Parliament approves bill splitting the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada.  Share it »

1792  The London Corresponding Society is founded on this day in history.  Share it »

1796  On this day in history william McGillivray, Old Aberdeen, naturalist  Share it »

1799  On this day in history the first US patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont  Share it »

1799  1st US patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont on this day in history.  Share it »

1802  On this day in history napoleon elected President of the Italian (Cisalpine) Republic  Share it »

1802  On this day in history napoleon elected president of Italian (Cisalpine) Republic  Share it »

1806  On this day in history daniel Maclise, Irish painter  Share it »

1814  Francis Harrison Pierpont, governor (Union), died in 1899 on this day in history.  Share it »

1817  Rossini's opera "La Cenerentola" premieres in Rome on this day in history.  Share it »

1820  Joseph F Weigl, German/Austria violin cellist, dies at 79 on this day in history.  Share it »

1821  On this day in history johan Valckenier, Dutch politician/patriot, dies at 62  Share it »

1825  On this day in history the first US engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy NY  Share it »

1825  On this day in history 1st US engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy, NY  Share it »

1826  Rembt T H P L A van Boneval Faure, Dutch MP on this day in history.  Share it »

1829  William Shield, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  Share it »

1834  Pablo Hernandez Salces, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1835  On this day in history vincenzo Bellini's opera "I Puritani," premieres in Paris  Share it »

1835  Opera "I Puritani," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  Share it »

1839  On this day in history seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917  Share it »

1841  On this day in history john Arbuthnot Fisher, Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet  Share it »

1844  On this day in history recontre between Reps Weller & Shriver, US House of Representative  Share it »

1844  Frederick E Kitziger, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1848  Last convict ship to Port Phillip in Victoria, the Marion, disembarks passengers on this day in history.  Share it »

1851  Sojourner Truth addresses first Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron) on this day in history.  Share it »

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1037  Su Tung-p'o, [J Sotoba], China, layman/poet/administrator [or Dec 19] was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1477  On this day in history birth of anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian of Austria & Louis XII  Share it »

1509  On this day in history birth of giovanni Morone, Italian theologist/diplomat/cardinal/"heretic"  Share it »

1540  Edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr (Decem Rationes) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1615  On this day in history birth of govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob)  Share it »

1626  On this day in history birth of john van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, landscape painter  Share it »

1627  On this day in history birth of robert Boyle, Ireld, physicist/chemist/author (experiments with color)  Share it »

1634  Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/pension advisor of Holland (1672-88) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1067  Death of Emperor Yingzong of China (b. 1032) on this day in history.  Share it »

1138  On this day in history anacletus II, [Pietro Pierleone], Jewish anti-pope (1130-38), dies  Share it »

1139  On this day in history godfried I, with the Beard, duke of Brabant/earl of Leuven, dies  Share it »

1366  On this day in history death of henry Suso, German mystic  Share it »

1431  Death of Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364) on this day in history.  Share it »

1494  On this day in history ferdinand I, cruel king of Naples, dies  Share it »

1547  On this day in history lieven Algoet, Flemish humanist, dies  Share it »

1573  On this day in history death of hirate Hirohide, Japanese samurai (b. 1553)  Share it »