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 January - 06.   

1794  Kaspar Masek, composer on this day in history.   

1798  On this day in history ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer   

1799  On January - 06 jedediah Strong Smith, US fur trader/explorer   

1799  On January - 06 w G Frederik, prince of Orange/general, dies at 25   

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  Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romania, author/novelist/writer (Gramatica) on January - 06.   

1803  On this day in history henri Herz, composer   

1807  On January - 06 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 January - 06.   

1827  On this day in history john Calvin Brown, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889   

1829  On January - 06 kanagaki Robun [Bunzo Nozaki], Japanese humorist/gesaku-author   

1831  On January - 06 rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64   

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

1832  The birth of Gustave Dore, French illustrator on January - 06.   

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  2 day storm off Irish &English coast immortalized as "The Big Wind" on this day in history.   

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

1842  On January - 06 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  On January - 06 clarence King, mining engineer (geologist)   

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

1850  Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era) on January - 06.   

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

1856  On this day in history giuseppe Martucci, composer   

1857  Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

1857  Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn on this day in history.   

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1367  On January - 06 birth of richard II, Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99)   

1367  Richard II of England (d. 1400) was born on January - 06.   

1367  Richard II, Bordeaux, France, King of England (1377-99) (d. 1400) was born on this day in history.   

1412  On this day in history birth of joan of Arc, Domremy, martyr   

1412  On January - 06 birth of joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431)   

1412  On January - 06 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 this day in history.   

0664  On January - 06 death of amr ibn al-A'as, Arab general (bc. 583)   

1088  On this day in history berengarius of Tours, French theologist, dies   

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

1374  Andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies on this day in history.   

1425  Jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies on this day in history.   

1448  On this day in history christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies   

1481  On this day in history death of akhmat Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde   

1536  Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies on January - 06.