Historical Events In January - 07

1862  On January - 07 battle of Manassas Junction VA  

1862  On this day in history romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney WV  

1862  On this day in history battle of Manassas Junction, VA  

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 on this day in history.  

1868  Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock on this day in history.  

1868  On January - 07 mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson  

1868  Abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist on this day in history.  

1868  On January - 07 william Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51  

1870  Karl Schwencke, composer, dies at 72 on January - 07.  

1873  On this day in history the birth of Adolph Zukor, American film producer  

1873  On this day in history the birth of Charles Peguy, French poet  

1873  Adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount) on January - 07.  

1875  Thomas Hicks, English/US marathon runner: (Olympic-gold-1904) on this day in history.  

1876  William Yeates Hurlstone, composer on January - 07.  

1877  On January - 07 johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog)  

1879  Dutch King Willem II marries Emma von Waldeck-Pyrmont on January - 07.  

1879  On January - 07 st Bernadette (Marie-Bernarde Soubirous), 1844(?), religious visionary  

1883  On January - 07 andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (WW II)  

1887  On January - 07 abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74  

1888  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Valley of Fear" (BG)  

1888  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Valley of Fear" (BG)  

1890  On January - 07 nellie Bly boards the S.S. Oceanic at Yokohama January 7 and sails for San Francisco after having crossed the Atlantic, Europe, and Asia in her well-publicized attempt to girdle the earth in less than 80 days  

1890  On January - 07 w B Purvis patents fountain pen  

1890  Henny Porten, Magdeburg Germany, silent screen star (Deception) on this day in history.  

1890  Augusta Maria L Katharina, wife of Germ emperor Wilhelm I, dies at 78 on January - 07.  

1891  Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1892  Mine explosion kills 100, Krebs OK-blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns on January - 07.  

1892  Mine explosion kills 100, Krebs, Okla-blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns on January - 07.  

1892  On this day in history rudolf Moser, composer  

1892  On January - 07 tewfik Pasja, viceroy of Egypt, dies at 39  

1893  On this day in history hermann Sudermanns "Heimat," premieres in Berlin  

1894  On this day in history motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing  

1894  On this day in history jose Rozo Contreras, composer  

1895  Marie-Dominique Chenu, French Roman Catholic theologist on January - 07.  

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1355  Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III of England (d. 1397) was born on January - 07.  

1528  Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra/mother of French King Henry IV was born on this day in history.  

1539  Sebastian de Covarrubias Horozco, Spanish lexicographer was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of adam Krieger, German composer  

1647  On this day in history birth of wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677)  

1652  On this day in history birth of pavao Vitezovic, Croatia, writer/historian  

0312  On January - 07 lucianus of Antioch, theologist/saint, dies  

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

1285  On this day in history charles I of Anjou, king of Naples/bro of King Louis IX, dies at 58  

1325  Dionysius, the justified, King of Portugal (1279-1325), dies on January - 07.  

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 January - 07.  

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

1536  On January - 07 catherine of Aragon, 1st wife of England's King Henry VIII, dies