Historical Events In January - 07

1785  On this day in history 1st balloon flight across English Channel (Blanchard & Jeffries)  

1789  On January - 07 first national (Presidential) election in US  

1789  George Washington is voted in as U.S. president in the first nationwide election on January - 07.  

1790  Antonio Corbisiero, composer, dies at 69 on January - 07.  

1797  The modern Italian flag is first used on January - 07.  

1799  Daniel Tyler, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1882 on this day in history.  

1800  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

1808  Jacob Ammen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1894 on this day in history.  

1810  Joseph Lipavsky, composer, dies at 37 on January - 07.  

1816  On this day in history stephen Miller, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881  

1817  2nd Bank of the United States opens on January - 07.  

1817  2nd Bank of US opens on this day in history.  

1821  Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell, Brig General (Confed Army), died in 1891 on January - 07.  

1822  On January - 07 liberia colonized by Americans  

1822  1st printing in Hawaii on this day in history.  

1822  Lucius C M Bakker, Frisian physician/author (Goethe) on January - 07.  

1824  James Morrison Hawes, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1889 on January - 07.  

1830  On January - 07 baltimore &Ohio Railroad Co begins carrying revenue traffic - first US Railroad Station (Baltimore MD)  

1830  1st US Railroad Station opens (Baltimore) on January - 07.  

1830  (Samuel) Emerson Opdycke, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on January - 07.  

1830  Charlotte J T, infant of Portugal's ex, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1833  On this day in history ramon Felix Cuellar y Altarriba, composer, dies at 55  

1835  On this day in history hMS Beagle anchors off Chonos Archipelago  

1842  On this day in history gioacchino Rossini's opera "Stabat Mater" premieres in Paris  

1842  Johan Lindegren, composer on January - 07.  

1843  On this day in history franz Schoberlechner, composer, dies at 45  

1844  On January - 07 marie-Bernarde Soubirous, [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary  

1845  Louis III, last king of Bavaria (1913-18) on this day in history.  

1853  On January - 07 nikolai Arkas, composer  

1858  Willem Broes, vicar/theologist (Textenrol), dies at 91 on this day in history.  

1860  On January - 07 emanuil Mandlov, composer  

1861  Florida troops takeover Fort Marion at St Augustine on this day in history.  

1861  Florida troops takeover Ft Marion at St Augustine on this day in history.  

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1355  On this day in history birth of thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III of England (d. 1397)  

1528  On January - 07 birth of jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra/mother of French King Henry IV  

1539  On January - 07 birth of sebastian de Covarrubias Horozco, Spanish lexicographer  

1611  On this day in history birth of james Harrington, England, political author (Commonwealth of Oceans)  

1612  On this day in history birth of paul de La Pierre, composer  

1634  Adam Krieger, German composer was born on January - 07.  

1647  Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677) was born on this day in history.  

1652  Pavao Vitezovic, Croatia, writer/historian was born on this day in history.  

0312  Lucianus of Antioch, theologist/saint, dies on January - 07.  

1130  On January - 07 baldricus Burgoliensis, French historian/archbishop, dies at about 83  

1285  Charles I of Anjou, king of Naples/bro of King Louis IX, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1325  Dionysius, the justified, King of Portugal (1279-1325), dies on this day in history.  

1400  Death of Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, English politician (b. 1374) on January - 07.  

1451  Amadeus VIII, last anti-pope Felix V (1439-49), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1529  On this day in history peter Vischer, the Old, German count of Sebaldus, dies  

1536  On this day in history catherine of Aragon, 1st wife of England's King Henry VIII, dies