Page 4: Historical Events In January - 05

1859  On January - 05 the first steamboat sails, Red River   

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

1859  On this day in history deWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)   

1860  On this day in history st John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male US saint, dies   

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

1861  On January - 05 alabama troops seize Forts Morgan & Gaines at Mobile Bay   

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  On this day in history a group of Chinese find a nugget at Dunolly, Victoria, called The Precious, which yields 50.418 kg of pure gold.   

1871  On this day in history frederick Shepherd Converse, Newton Mass, composer   

1874  On this day in history the city of Winnipeg holds first civic election. Only 304 voters were registered, but 331 ballots are cast. go figure   

1874  On this day in history joseph Erlanger, doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944)   

1875  On January - 05 cDR Edward Lull begins expedition to locate best ship canal route across Panama.   

1875  Charles Garnier's new Opera opens in Paris on this day in history.   

1875  President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg MS on this day in history.   

1876  Konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949) on this day in history.   

1880  On January - 05 nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer   

1881  On this day in history nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer   

1887  On this day in history 1st US school of librarianship opens at Columbia University   

1888  Dutch Heidemaatschappij established on January - 05.   

1888  On January - 05 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  Cora Witherspoon, New Orleans LA, actress (Bank Dick), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1892  1st successful auroral photograph made on this day in history.   

1892  Francesca Bertini, Florence Italy, actress (Odette, Assunta Spina) on January - 05.   

1893  Friedrich Blume, German musicologist (Das Rassenproblem in der Musik) on this day in history.   

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 January - 05.   

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

1896  Hendrik Algra, Dutch MP (ARP) on January - 05.   

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1209  Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272) was born on this day in history.   

1548  On this day in history birth of francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617)   

1560  On this day in history birth of william Cobbold, composer   

1587  On January - 05 birth of xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)   

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

1596  On January - 05 birth of henry Lawes, English composer   

1614  On this day in history birth of archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662)   

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

0842  On January - 05 death of al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794)   

1066  On this day in history edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies   

1387  Pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1448  Death of Christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416) on January - 05.   

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