Historical Events In January - 05

1859  On this day in history the first steamboat sails, Red River  

1859  On this day in history 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 January - 05.  

1861  250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Ft Sumter on January - 05.  

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 January - 05.  

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

1876  Konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949) on January - 05.  

1880  Nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer on January - 05.  

1881  Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer on January - 05.  

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

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 January - 05.  

1890  Cora Witherspoon, New Orleans LA, actress (Bank Dick), dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1892  On January - 05 1st successful auroral photograph made  

1892  On January - 05 francesca Bertini, Florence Italy, actress (Odette, Assunta Spina)  

1893  On this day in history friedrich Blume, German musicologist (Das Rassenproblem in der Musik)  

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

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

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

1895  On January - 05 jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest  

1896  German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays on January - 05.  

1896  Hendrik Algra, Dutch MP (ARP) on this day in history.  

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

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

1560  On January - 05 birth of william Cobbold, composer  

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 January - 05 birth of henry Lawes, English composer  

1614  Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662) was born on January - 05.  

1661  On January - 05 birth of jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer  

0842  Death of Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794) on this day in history.  

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  On January - 05 death of john Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350)  

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

1448  On this day in history death of christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416)  

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

1477  Charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43 on this day in history.