Page 4: Historical Events In January - 07

1862  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.   

1868  Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock   

1868  Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson.   

1868  Abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist.   

1868  William Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51.   

1870  Karl Schwencke, composer, dies at 72   

1873  Adolph Zukor, American film producer is born   

1873  Charles Peguy, French poet is born.   

1873  Adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount).   

1875  Thomas Hicks, English/US marathon runner: (Olympic-gold-1904)   

1876  William Yeates Hurlstone, composer.   

1877  Johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog)   

1879  Dutch King Willem II marries Emma von Waldeck-Pyrmont   

1879  St Bernadette (Marie-Bernarde Soubirous), 1844(?), religious visionary   

1883  Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (WW II).   

1887  Abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74   

1888  Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Valley of Fear" (BG).   

1888  Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Valley of Fear" (BG)   

1890  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   

1890  Henny Porten, Magdeburg Germany, silent screen star (Deception).   

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

1891  Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer, dies at 79.   

1892  Mine explosion results in the deaths of 100, Krebs OK-blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns.   

1892  Mine explosion results in the deaths of 100, Krebs, Okla-blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns   

1892  Rudolf Moser, composer.   

1892  Tewfik Pasja, viceroy of Egypt, dies at 39   

1893  Hermann Sudermanns "Heimat," premieres in Berlin.   

1894  Motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing.   

1894  Jose Rozo Contreras, composer.   

1895  Marie-Dominique Chenu, French Roman Catholic theologist.   

1896  In this year, Fanny Farmer publishes her inaugural cookbook   

1896  In this year, Fanny Farmer publishes her 1st cookbook   

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1355  Thomas of woodstock: 1st duke of gloucester, son of edward iii of england   

1528  Jeanne d'albret: Queen of navarra/mother of french king henry iv   

1539  Sebastian de covarrubias horozco: Spanish lexicographer   

1611  James harrington: England, political author (commonwealth of oceans)   

1612  Paul de la pierre: Composer   

1634  Adam krieger: German composer   

1647  Wilhelm ludwig: Duke of württemberg   

1652  Pavao vitezovic: Croatia, writer/historian   

0312  Death of Lucianus of antioch: Theologist/saint,   

1130  Death of Baldricus burgoliensis: French historian/archbishop,   

1285  Charles i of anjou: King of naples/bro of king louis ix,   

1325  Dionysius: The justified, king of portugal (1279-1325),   

1400  Thomas holland: 1st duke of surrey, english politician (b. 1374)   

1451  Amadeus viii: Last anti-pope felix v (1439-49),   

1529  Death of Peter vischer: The old, german count of sebaldus,   

1536  Catherine of aragon: 1st wife of england's king henry viii,