Top Historical Events That Happened on January 05 Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1813  Thomas Neville Waul, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903.   

1814  Johann Gottfried Krebs, composer, dies at 72   

1822  Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire   

1822  Joseph Brevard Kershaw, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1894.   

1823  William Rockstro, composer   

1825  Alexandre Dumas pare fights his inaugural duel; his pants fall down   

1827  Frederick of York, English duke/bishop/general, dies at 63.   

1828  inaugural edition of Amsterdam General Trade Journal (Algemeen Handelsblad)   

1828  1st edition of Amsterdam General Trade Journal (Algemeen Handelsblad)   

1828  August Valentine Kautz, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895.   

1834  Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell   

1835  Friedrich Richard Faltin, composer   

1836  Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo   

1837  A Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5].   

1840  Records show 95820 licensed public houses in England on this date.   

1840  John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896.   

1841  James Clark Ross (UK) is inaugural to enter pack ice near Ross Ice Shelf.   

1841  James Clark Ross (UK) is 1st to enter pack ice near Ross Ice Shelf   

1846  The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom   

1846  Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Germany, Idealist philosopher (Nobel 1908)   

1848  Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet.   

1848  Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73.   

1850  California Exchange opens.   

1850  Calif Exchange opens   

1850  Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher   

1854  Steamship San Francisco wrecked-300 die.   

1855  USS Plymouth crew skirmish with Chinese troops.   

1855  King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor)   

1856  Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67.   

1858  Gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror).   

1858  Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91   

1859  The inaugural steamboat sails, Red River   

1859  1st steamboat sails, Red River   

1859  DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)   

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