Page 4: Historical Events In January - 05
Thursday, 03 July 2025
1859 The first steamboat sails, Red River on January - 05.
1859 1st steamboat sails, Red River on January - 05.
1859 DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer) on this day in history.
1860 On January - 05 st John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male US saint, dies
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 On January - 05 joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81
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 On this day in history frederick Shepherd Converse, Newton Mass, composer
1874 The city of Winnipeg holds first civic election. Only 304 voters were registered, but 331 ballots are cast. go figure on January - 05.
1874 Joseph Erlanger, doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944) on January - 05.
1875 CDR Edward Lull begins expedition to locate best ship canal route across Panama on this day in history.
1875 Charles Garnier's new Opera opens in Paris on January - 05.
1875 President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg MS on January - 05.
1876 On January - 05 konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949)
1880 Nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer on this day in history.
1881 Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer on this day in history.
1887 1st US school of librarianship opens at Columbia University on this day in history.
1888 Dutch Heidemaatschappij established on this day in history.
1888 On this day in history henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday
1889 On this day in history albert van Dalsum, Dutch actor/director (Little Rascal) [or 1899]
1890 Cora Witherspoon, New Orleans LA, actress (Bank Dick), dies on January - 05.
1891 On January - 05 johan Boskamp, Dutch actor/singer (Potasch & Perlemoer) [or 1893]
1891 Guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49), dies at 89 on January - 05.
1892 1st successful auroral photograph made on this day in history.
1892 Francesca Bertini, Florence Italy, actress (Odette, Assunta Spina) on this day in history.
1893 Friedrich Blume, German musicologist (Das Rassenproblem in der Musik) on January - 05.
1895 French Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank in anti-semitic trial; later declared innocent on January - 05.
1895 On this day in history french Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent
1895 On January - 05 henry James' play "Guy Domville" opens in London
1895 Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest on this day in history.
1896 On this day in history german physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays
1896 On this day in history hendrik Algra, Dutch MP (ARP)
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