Page 4: Historical Events In January - 05

1859  The first steamboat sails, Red River on January - 05.   

1859  1st steamboat sails, Red River on this day in history.   

1859  On January - 05 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 this day in history alabama troops seize Forts Morgan & Gaines at Mobile Bay   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  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 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 this day in history.   

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

1880  On January - 05 nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer   

1881  Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer on January - 05.   

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

1888  Dutch Heidemaatschappij established on January - 05.   

1888  On this day in history 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  On January - 05 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 this day in history.   

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  On January - 05 french Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent   

1895  On this day in history henry James' play "Guy Domville" opens in London   

1895  On this day in history jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest   

1896  On this day in history german physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays   

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 this day in history.   

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 January - 05.   

1592  Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal was born on January - 05.   

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 January - 05 birth of jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer   

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

1066  Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies on this day in history.   

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  On January - 05 death of john of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned   

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

1465  Death of Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394) on this day in history.   

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