Page 3: Historical Events In January - 06

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

1790  Johann Trier, composer, dies at 73 on January - 06.   

1791  Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer on January - 06.   

1794  On January - 06 kaspar Masek, composer   

1798  On this day in history ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer   

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

1799  On this day in history w G Frederik, prince of Orange/general, dies at 25   

1800  On January - 06 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 January - 06 henri Herz, composer   

1807  Joseph Holt, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1894 on this day in history.   

1811  Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874 on this day in history.   

1822  On this day in history heinrich Schliemann, German polyglot/archeologist (Troje)   

1826  On this day in history herman Grimm, Germany, writer/novelist (Ralph Waldo Emerson)   

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

1829  Kanagaki Robun [Bunzo Nozaki], Japanese humorist/gesaku-author on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1838  Max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history clarence King, mining engineer (geologist)   

1845  Protestants and Catholics riot in Stratford, Ontario following the council election; eighty men fight in the streets on this day in history.   

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

1854  On this day in history sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle)   

1856  On this day in history giuseppe Martucci, composer   

1857  On January - 06 patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Pennsylvania   

1857  On January - 06 patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn   

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

1367  On January - 06 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  On this day in history birth of joan of Arc, Domremy, martyr   

1412  Joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431) was born on January - 06.   

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

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

1488  On this day in history birth of helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae)   

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

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

1275  On this day in history raymundus of Penafort, Spanish church law scholar, dies   

1374  Andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies on January - 06.   

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

1536  On January - 06 baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies