Historical Events In January - 04
Saturday, 30 September 2023
1726 Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector on this day in history.
1729 On this day in history joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French lt-general, dies at 77
1739 On this day in history henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii)
1745 Willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1752 On this day in history gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47
1754 On January - 04 columbia University founded, as Kings College (New York City NY)
1754 Columbia University founded, as Kings College (NYC) on this day in history.
1756 On this day in history anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician
1759 Maria Rosa Coccia, composer on this day in history.
1761 Stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83 on January - 04.
1762 On January - 04 england declares war on Spain & Naples
1765 Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.
1772 On January - 04 paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter
1773 On January - 04 johann Peter Heuschkel, composer
1778 On this day in history charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57
1780 On January - 04 snowstorm hit Washington's army at Morristown New Jersey
1780 Snowstorm hit Washington's army at Morristown, NJ on this day in history.
1781 Andre Mechain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio) on this day in history.
1781 On this day in history andre Méchain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio)
1782 On this day in history ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83
1785 On this day in history jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Germany, librarian (fairy tale collector)
1786 Mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56 on this day in history.
1789 On this day in history benjamin Lundy, philanthropist/abolitionist
1793 On this day in history bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35
1797 On January - 04 wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map)
1804 Charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies on January - 04.
1805 On January - 04 stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer
1807 On January - 04 baltasar Saldoni, composer
1809 The birth of Louis Braille, creates the Braille system for the blind on this day in history.
1809 Louis Braille, Coupvray France, developer (reading system for blind) on this day in history.
1809 Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67 on January - 04.
1813 On this day in history alexander Freiherr von Bach, Austria attorney/premier (1852-59)
1821 Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first native-born American saint, dies in Emmitsburg, Maryland on this day in history.
1821 John James Peck, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878 on this day in history.
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