Historical Events In January - 07

1862  On January - 07 battle of Manassas Junction VA   

1862  Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney WV on this day in history.   

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 January - 07.   

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

1868  Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson on January - 07.   

1868  On January - 07 abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist   

1868  On this day in history william Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51   

1870  On January - 07 karl Schwencke, composer, dies at 72   

1873  On January - 07 the birth of Adolph Zukor, American film producer   

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

1873  On January - 07 adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount)   

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

1876  William Yeates Hurlstone, composer on this day in history.   

1877  Johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog) on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history dutch King Willem II marries Emma von Waldeck-Pyrmont   

1879  St Bernadette (Marie-Bernarde Soubirous), 1844(?), religious visionary on January - 07.   

1883  Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (WW II) on January - 07.   

1887  Abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1888  On January - 07 start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Valley of Fear" (BG)   

1888  Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Valley of Fear" (BG) on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history 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  W B Purvis patents fountain pen on January - 07.   

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

1890  On January - 07 augusta Maria L Katharina, wife of Germ emperor Wilhelm I, dies at 78   

1891  Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer, dies at 79 on January - 07.   

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

1892  On this day in history mine explosion kills 100, Krebs, Okla-blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns   

1892  Rudolf Moser, composer on January - 07.   

1892  Tewfik Pasja, viceroy of Egypt, dies at 39 on January - 07.   

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

1894  Motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing on this day in history.   

1894  Jose Rozo Contreras, composer on this day in history.   

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  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 January - 07 birth of james Harrington, England, political author (Commonwealth of Oceans)   

1612  On January - 07 birth of paul de La Pierre, composer   

1634  Adam Krieger, German composer was born on this day in history.   

1647  Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677) was born on January - 07.   

1652  On January - 07 birth of pavao Vitezovic, Croatia, writer/historian   

0312  On this day in history lucianus of Antioch, theologist/saint, dies   

1130  Baldricus Burgoliensis, French historian/archbishop, dies at about 83 on January - 07.   

1285  Charles I of Anjou, king of Naples/bro of King Louis IX, dies at 58 on January - 07.   

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

1400  On this day in history death of thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, English politician (b. 1374)   

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  Catherine of Aragon, 1st wife of England's King Henry VIII, dies on this day in history.