Historical Events In January - 05

1859  The first steamboat sails, Red River on this day in history.  

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

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  Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan & Gaines at Mobile Bay on January - 05.  

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

1862  Joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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  Frederick Shepherd Converse, Newton Mass, composer on this day in history.  

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

1875  President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg MS on January - 05.  

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

1880  Nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer on this day in history.  

1881  On this day in history nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer  

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

1888  On this day in history dutch Heidemaatschappij established  

1888  On this day in history henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday  

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

1890  On this day in history cora Witherspoon, New Orleans LA, actress (Bank Dick), dies  

1891  On January - 05 johan Boskamp, Dutch actor/singer (Potasch & Perlemoer) [or 1893]  

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

1892  On this day in history 1st successful auroral photograph made  

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

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history hendrik Algra, Dutch MP (ARP)  

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

1548  Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617) was born on January - 05.  

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 this day in history.  

1596  On this day in history 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 January - 05.  

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 January - 05.  

1400  Death of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350) on January - 05.  

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 January - 05.  

1465  On this day in history death of charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394)  

1477  Charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43 on January - 05.