Page 3: Historical Events In January - 07
Wednesday, 17 June 2026
1790 Antonio Corbisiero, composer, dies at 69 

1797 The modern Italian flag is inaugural used. 

1799 Daniel Tyler, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1882 

1800 Millard Fillmore, Locke NY, (Whig) 13th president (1850-53). 

1807 A British Order in Council January 7 prohibits neutral nation ships from trading with France and her allies, but while the Royal Navy blockades Napoleon's ports, the French are agriculturally self-sufficient and suffer less than do the British 

1808 Jacob Ammen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1894. 

1810 Joseph Lipavsky, composer, dies at 37 

1816 Stephen Miller, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 

1817 2nd Bank of the United States opens 

1817 2nd Bank of US opens 

1821 Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell, Brig General (Confed Army), died in 1891. 

1822 Liberia colonized by Americans. 

1822 1st printing in Hawaii. 

1822 Lucius C M Bakker, Frisian physician/author (Goethe). 

1824 James Morrison Hawes, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1889. 

1830 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co begins carrying revenue traffic - inaugural US Railroad Station (Baltimore MD). 

1830 1st US Railroad Station opens (Baltimore). 

1830 (Samuel) Emerson Opdycke, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers). 

1830 Charlotte J T, infant of Portugal's ex, dies at 53. 

1833 Ramon Felix Cuellar y Altarriba, composer, dies at 55 

1835 HMS Beagle anchors off Chonos Archipelago 

1842 Gioacchino Rossini's opera "Stabat Mater" premieres in Paris 

1842 Johan Lindegren, composer. 

1843 Franz Schoberlechner, composer, dies at 45. 

1844 Marie-Bernarde Soubirous, [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary 

1845 Louis III, last king of Bavaria (1913-18) 

1853 Nikolai Arkas, composer. 

1858 Willem Broes, vicar/theologist (Textenrol), dies at 91 

1860 Emanuil Mandlov, composer 

1861 Florida troops takeover Fort Marion at St Augustine 

1861 Florida troops takeover Ft Marion at St Augustine 

1862 Battle of Manassas Junction VA. 

1862 Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney WV. 

1867 Private Timothy O'Hea is awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery in 1866, protecting the lives of 800 emigrants on a Grand Trunk train menaced by a fire in a boxcar carrying explosives. This is the only VC awarded for a brave deed not done in the face of the enemy 

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