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

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

1862  On this day in history 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  Frederick Shepherd Converse, Newton Mass, composer on January - 05.  

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

1874  Joseph Erlanger, doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944) on this day in history.  

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

1875  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1888  Dutch Heidemaatschappij established on this day in history.  

1888  Henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday on January - 05.  

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

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

1895  Henry James' play "Guy Domville" opens in London on this day in history.  

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

1896  On January - 05 german physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays  

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

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1209  On this day in history birth of richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272)  

1548  On January - 05 birth of francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617)  

1560  William Cobbold, composer was born on this day in history.  

1587  On this day in history birth of xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)  

1592  Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1661  Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1066  On January - 05 edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies  

1387  On this day in history 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 January - 05.  

1425  On this day in history 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 January - 05.  

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