Page 3: Historical Events In January - 06

1786  On January - 06 in Saint John, New Brunswick the first sitting of the New Brunswick legislature takes place at Saint John.   

1790  On January - 06 johann Trier, composer, dies at 73   

1791  Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer on this day in history.   

1794  On January - 06 kaspar Masek, composer   

1798  Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer on this day in history.   

1799  Jedediah Strong Smith, US fur trader/explorer on this day in history.   

1799  W G Frederik, prince of Orange/general, dies at 25 on January - 06.   

1800  On this day in history willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician   

1800  On January - 06 william Jones, composer, dies at 73   

1802  On this day in history ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romania, author/novelist/writer (Gramatica)   

1803  On this day in history henri Herz, composer   

1807  On this day in history joseph Holt, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1894   

1811  On this day in history charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874   

1822  Heinrich Schliemann, German polyglot/archeologist (Troje) on January - 06.   

1826  Herman Grimm, Germany, writer/novelist (Ralph Waldo Emerson) on this day in history.   

1827  John Calvin Brown, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889 on this day in history.   

1829  On this day in history kanagaki Robun [Bunzo Nozaki], Japanese humorist/gesaku-author   

1831  Rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1832  On January - 06 new England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston)   

1832  On January - 06 the birth of Gustave Dore, French illustrator   

1838  Samuel F.B. Morse makes the first public demonstration of the telegraph, in Morristown, New Jersey on this day in history.   

1838  Samuel Morse gives the first demonstration of the electric telegraph on January - 06.   

1838  On January - 06 max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer   

1839  On January - 06 2 day storm off Irish &English coast immortalized as "The Big Wind"   

1839  On this day in history 2 day storm off Irish & English coast immortalized as "Big Wind"   

1842  On this day in history 4,500 British &Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India   

1842  On January - 06 4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India   

1842  Clarence King, mining engineer (geologist) on this day in history.   

1845  On January - 06 protestants and Catholics riot in Stratford, Ontario following the council election; eighty men fight in the streets   

1850  On this day in history eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era)   

1854  Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle) on this day in history.   

1856  On January - 06 giuseppe Martucci, composer   

1857  On this day in history patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Pennsylvania   

1857  Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn on January - 06.   

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1367  On this day in history birth of richard II, Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99)   

1367  On this day in history birth of richard II of England (d. 1400)   

1367  On this day in history birth of richard II, Bordeaux, France, King of England (1377-99) (d. 1400)   

1412  Joan of Arc, Domremy, martyr was born on this day in history.   

1412  Joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431) was born on this day in history.   

1412  On this day in history birth of joan of Arc, Domrémy, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431)   

1486  On this day in history birth of martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor   

1488  Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae) was born on January - 06.   

0664  Death of Amr ibn al-A'as, Arab general (bc. 583) on this day in history.   

1088  Berengarius of Tours, French theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1275  Raymundus of Penafort, Spanish church law scholar, dies on this day in history.   

1374  On January - 06 andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies   

1425  On this day in history jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies   

1448  On January - 06 christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies   

1481  Death of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde on January - 06.   

1536  Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies on this day in history.