Historical Events In January - 01

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

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

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 January - 01.  

1808  On January - 01 sierra Leone becomes a British colony  

1808  Congress prohibits importation of slaves on January - 01.  

1809  On this day in history holland Brigade under brig gen Chasse reaches Madrid  

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

1809  On this day in history holland Brigade under Brigadier General Chassé reaches Madrid  

1814  On this day in history field marshal Blucher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub  

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

1815  On January - 01 charles Renouvier, French philosopher (neocriticism)  

1816  On this day in history francois Alexander Sallantin, composer, dies at 60  

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

1817  On January - 01 martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies at 73  

1818  On this day in history official reopening of the White House  

1818  Fedele Fenaroli, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

1819  Arthur Hugh Clough, poet, friend of Matthew Arnold on this day in history.  

1826  On this day in history baron Van der Capellen resigns as Governor of Dutch-Indies  

1827  On January - 01 dutch Trade Company NHM gets opium monopoly on Java  

1827  On January - 01 william Lewis "Old Tige" Cabell, Brig General (Confederate Army)  

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

1831  On January - 01 william Lloyd Garrison publishes 1st issue of abolitionist journal  

1831  William Joseph Westbrook, composer on January - 01.  

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  On January - 01 the first official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide  

1838  1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide on January - 01.  

1838  On January - 01 william Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901  

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

1842  1st illustrated weekly magazine in US publishes 1st issue, NYC on January - 01.  

1843  Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky, composer on this day in history.  

1844  First edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week) on January - 01.  

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0766  On this day in history birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)  

1387  Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87) was born on January - 01.  

1431  Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) was born on January - 01.  

1449  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on this day in history.  

1449  On January - 01 birth of lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)  

1467  Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland was born on this day in history.  

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

1484  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)  

0379  On this day in history basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies  

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

0898  On January - 01 odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39  

0962  Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies on January - 01.  

1204  Death of King Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) on January - 01.  

1387  On this day in history karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies  

1502  Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies on this day in history.  

1515  On this day in history louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52