Historical Events In January - 01

1807  Curacao is taken by English (until March, 1816) on this day in history.  

1807  On January - 01 curaçao is taken by English (until March, 1816)  

1808  On January - 01 african Benevolent Society (education) forms  

1808  Importation of slaves into the United States is banned as of January 1 by an act of Congress passed last year, but illegal imports continue on this day in history.  

1808  On January - 01 sierra Leone becomes a British colony  

1808  On January - 01 congress prohibits importation of slaves  

1809  On January - 01 holland Brigade under brig gen Chasse reaches Madrid  

1809  On January - 01 john Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet (Silver Fleet)  

1809  Holland Brigade under Brigadier General Chassé reaches Madrid on this day in history.  

1814  Field marshal Blucher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub on January - 01.  

1814  Field marshal Blücher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub on this day in history.  

1815  Charles Renouvier, French philosopher (neocriticism) on January - 01.  

1816  Francois Alexander Sallantin, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1817  On this day in history martin H Klaproth, Germany, chemist  

1817  Martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies at 73 on January - 01.  

1818  On January - 01 official reopening of the White House  

1818  Fedele Fenaroli, composer, dies at 87 on January - 01.  

1819  On this day in history arthur Hugh Clough, poet, friend of Matthew Arnold  

1826  Baron Van der Capellen resigns as Governor of Dutch-Indies on this day in history.  

1827  Dutch Trade Company NHM gets opium monopoly on Java on this day in history.  

1827  William Lewis "Old Tige" Cabell, Brig General (Confederate Army) on January - 01.  

1831  On this day in history william Lloyd Garrison publishes first issue of abolitionist journal  

1831  William Lloyd Garrison publishes 1st issue of abolitionist journal on this day in history.  

1831  William Joseph Westbrook, composer on this day in history.  

1833  On January - 01 british government demands Falkland islands  

1833  On this day in history curaçao census 2,602 whites, 6,531 free people & 5,894 slaves  

1834  German Tolunie goes into effect on January - 01.  

1838  The first official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide on this day in history.  

1838  On this day in history 1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide  

1838  William Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 on this day in history.  

1840  On January - 01 1st recorded bowling match in US, Knickerbocker Alleys, NYC  

1842  On this day in history 1st illustrated weekly magazine in US publishes 1st issue, NYC  

1843  On January - 01 nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky, composer  

1844  First edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week) on this day in history.  

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0766  On January - 01 birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)  

1387  On this day in history birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)  

1431  On this day in history birth of alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)  

1449  On January - 01 birth of lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence  

1449  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on January - 01.  

1467  On this day in history birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland  

1481  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer  

1484  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531) was born on this day in history.  

0379  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on this day in history.  

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on January - 01.  

0898  Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 on January - 01.  

0962  Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies on this day in history.  

1204  Death of King Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) on this day in history.  

1387  Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on this day in history.  

1502  Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies on January - 01.  

1515  Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52 on January - 01.