Historical Events In January - 04
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
1726 On January - 04 cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector
1729 Joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French lt-general, dies at 77 on January - 04.
1739 Henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii) on January - 04.
1745 On January - 04 willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62
1752 On January - 04 gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47
1754 Columbia University founded, as Kings College (New York City NY) on this day in history.
1754 On January - 04 columbia University founded, as Kings College (NYC)
1756 On this day in history anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician
1759 On this day in history maria Rosa Coccia, composer
1761 Stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83 on January - 04.
1762 On this day in history england declares war on Spain & Naples
1765 On January - 04 joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39
1772 Paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter on January - 04.
1773 On January - 04 johann Peter Heuschkel, composer
1778 Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1780 On this day in history snowstorm hit Washington's army at Morristown New Jersey
1780 On January - 04 snowstorm hit Washington's army at Morristown, NJ
1781 On this day in history andre Mechain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio)
1781 On January - 04 andre Méchain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio)
1782 Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83 on this day in history.
1785 On this day in history jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Germany, librarian (fairy tale collector)
1786 On January - 04 mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56
1789 On this day in history benjamin Lundy, philanthropist/abolitionist
1793 Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35 on January - 04.
1797 On January - 04 wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map)
1804 On this day in history charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies
1805 On this day in history stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer
1807 Baltasar Saldoni, composer on January - 04.
1809 On January - 04 the birth of Louis Braille, creates the Braille system for the blind
1809 On January - 04 louis Braille, Coupvray France, developer (reading system for blind)
1809 On January - 04 bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67
1813 Alexander Freiherr von Bach, Austria attorney/premier (1852-59) on this day in history.
1821 Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first native-born American saint, dies in Emmitsburg, Maryland on January - 04.
1821 On January - 04 john James Peck, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878
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