Page 2: Historical Events In January - 04

1726  On this day in history cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector   

1729  On January - 04 joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French lt-general, dies at 77   

1739  Henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii) on this day in history.   

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 January - 04.   

1754  On January - 04 columbia University founded, as Kings College (NYC)   

1756  Anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician on this day in history.   

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 this day in history england declares war on Spain & Naples   

1765  On this day in history joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39   

1772  Paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter on this day in history.   

1773  Johann Peter Heuschkel, composer on this day in history.   

1778  Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57 on January - 04.   

1780  Snowstorm hit Washington's army at Morristown New Jersey on this day in history.   

1780  Snowstorm hit Washington's army at Morristown, NJ on this day in history.   

1781  On this day in history andre Mechain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio)   

1781  Andre Méchain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio) on January - 04.   

1782  Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1785  On January - 04 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 January - 04 benjamin Lundy, philanthropist/abolitionist   

1793  On January - 04 bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35   

1797  On January - 04 wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map)   

1804  On January - 04 charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies   

1805  On January - 04 stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer   

1807  Baltasar Saldoni, composer on January - 04.   

1809  On this day in history 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  Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1813  Alexander Freiherr von Bach, Austria attorney/premier (1852-59) on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history elizabeth Ann Seton, the first native-born American saint, dies in Emmitsburg, Maryland.   

1821  John James Peck, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878 on this day in history.   

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1077  Emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty in China (d. 1100) was born on January - 04.   

1334  On January - 04 birth of amadeus VI, [Green Earl], earl of Savoye   

1334  On January - 04 birth of amadeus VI of Savoy (d. 1383)   

1567  On this day in history birth of franciscus Aguilon, physicist/mathematician/jesuit/architect   

1579  On this day in history birth of willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar   

1581  On this day in history birth of james Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (gave age to Earth based on bible)   

1604  On this day in history birth of jacob Balde, German jesuit/barok conductor (Jephthe)   

1643  On January - 04 birth of isaac Newton, Grantham England, physicist, mathematician and astronomer ("Whatever goes up must come down") [NS]   

0838  Death of Babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred on this day in history.   

1248  Death of King Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207) on January - 04.   

1428  Death of Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 'The Warlike' (b. 1370) on this day in history.   

1564  On this day in history death of hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514)   

1584  Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1612  On this day in history henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62   

1678  On January - 04 johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71   

1695  Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies on this day in history.