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

1860  On January - 05 st John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male US saint, dies   

1861  On January - 05 250 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  On January - 05 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 January - 05 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  CDR Edward Lull begins expedition to locate best ship canal route across Panama on January - 05.   

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

1875  On January - 05 president Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg MS   

1876  On this day in history konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949)   

1880  On this day in history nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer   

1881  On January - 05 nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer   

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

1888  Dutch Heidemaatschappij established on January - 05.   

1888  On January - 05 henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday   

1889  Albert van Dalsum, Dutch actor/director (Little Rascal) [or 1899] on this day in history.   

1890  Cora Witherspoon, New Orleans LA, actress (Bank Dick), dies on January - 05.   

1891  Johan Boskamp, Dutch actor/singer (Potasch & Perlemoer) [or 1893] on January - 05.   

1891  On January - 05 guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49), dies at 89   

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

1892  Francesca Bertini, Florence Italy, actress (Odette, Assunta Spina) on this day in history.   

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 January - 05.   

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

1895  On January - 05 henry James' play "Guy Domville" opens in London   

1895  Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest on January - 05.   

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)   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1209  On January - 05 birth of richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272)   

1548  Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

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

1587  Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641) was born on January - 05.   

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

1596  Henry Lawes, English composer was born on this day in history.   

1614  Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662) was born on this day in history.   

1661  Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer was born on January - 05.   

0842  Death of Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794) on January - 05.   

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 January - 05.   

1400  On this day in history death of john Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350)   

1425  On this day in history death of john of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned   

1448  On January - 05 death of christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416)   

1465  Death of Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394) on January - 05.   

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