Page 4: Historical Events In January - 05

1859  The first steamboat sails, Red River on this day in history.   

1859  On January - 05 1st steamboat sails, Red River   

1859  DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer) on January - 05.   

1860  St John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male US saint, dies on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history 250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Fort Sumter   

1861  Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan & Gaines at Mobile Bay on this day in history.   

1861  250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Ft Sumter on this day in history.   

1862  Joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81 on January - 05.   

1871  A group of Chinese find a nugget at Dunolly, Victoria, called The Precious, which yields 50.418 kg of pure gold on January - 05.   

1871  Frederick Shepherd Converse, Newton Mass, composer on January - 05.   

1874  On January - 05 the city of Winnipeg holds first civic election. Only 304 voters were registered, but 331 ballots are cast. go figure   

1874  Joseph Erlanger, doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944) on this day in history.   

1875  CDR Edward Lull begins expedition to locate best ship canal route across Panama on this day in history.   

1875  On January - 05 charles Garnier's new Opera opens in Paris   

1875  On this day in history president Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg MS   

1876  On January - 05 konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949)   

1880  Nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer   

1887  1st US school of librarianship opens at Columbia University on January - 05.   

1888  Dutch Heidemaatschappij established on January - 05.   

1888  On this day in history henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday   

1889  On January - 05 albert van Dalsum, Dutch actor/director (Little Rascal) [or 1899]   

1890  On this day in history cora Witherspoon, New Orleans LA, actress (Bank Dick), dies   

1891  On this day in history johan Boskamp, Dutch actor/singer (Potasch & Perlemoer) [or 1893]   

1891  Guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1892  1st successful auroral photograph made on January - 05.   

1892  On this day in history francesca Bertini, Florence Italy, actress (Odette, Assunta Spina)   

1893  On January - 05 friedrich Blume, German musicologist (Das Rassenproblem in der Musik)   

1895  French Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank in anti-semitic trial; later declared innocent on this day in history.   

1895  French Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent on January - 05.   

1895  Henry James' play "Guy Domville" opens in London on this day in history.   

1895  Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest on this day in history.   

1896  German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays on this day in history.   

1896  On January - 05 hendrik Algra, Dutch MP (ARP)   

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1209  Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272) was born on January - 05.   

1548  On January - 05 birth of francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617)   

1560  William Cobbold, composer was born on January - 05.   

1587  Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641) was born on this day in history.   

1592  On this day in history birth of shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal   

1596  On this day in history birth of henry Lawes, English composer   

1614  On January - 05 birth of archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662)   

1661  On this day in history birth of jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer   

0842  On this day in history death of al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794)   

1066  On January - 05 edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies   

1387  On January - 05 pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67   

1400  Death of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350) on this day in history.   

1425  Death of John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned on January - 05.   

1448  Death of Christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416) on this day in history.   

1465  On January - 05 death of charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394)   

1477  On January - 05 charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43