Page 2: Historical Events In January - 04
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
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 January - 04 henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii)
1745 On January - 04 willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62
1752 Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47 on January - 04.
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 Anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician on January - 04.
1759 Maria Rosa Coccia, composer on this day in history.
1761 On January - 04 stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83
1762 On January - 04 england declares war on Spain & Naples
1765 On this day in history joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39
1772 On this day in history paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter
1773 Johann Peter Heuschkel, composer on this day in history.
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 this day in history snowstorm hit Washington's army at Morristown, NJ
1781 On January - 04 andre Mechain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio)
1781 On January - 04 andre Méchain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio)
1782 On January - 04 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 On January - 04 mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56
1789 Benjamin Lundy, philanthropist/abolitionist on this day in history.
1793 Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35 on January - 04.
1797 Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map) on January - 04.
1804 Charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies on January - 04.
1805 On this day in history stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer
1807 On January - 04 baltasar Saldoni, composer
1809 On this day in history the birth of Louis Braille, creates the Braille system for the blind
1809 On this day in history louis Braille, Coupvray France, developer (reading system for blind)
1809 On this day in history bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67
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 On this day in history john James Peck, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878
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