Page 4: Historical Events In January - 07
Friday, 05 December 2025
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 Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson on this day in history. 

1868 Abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist on January - 07. 

1868 William Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history. 

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 The birth of Charles Peguy, French poet on January - 07. 

1873 On this day in history adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount) 

1875 On January - 07 thomas Hicks, English/US marathon runner: (Olympic-gold-1904) 

1876 On this day in history william Yeates Hurlstone, composer 

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 this day in history. 

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 January - 07. 

1888 On January - 07 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 W B Purvis patents fountain pen on this day in history. 

1890 On January - 07 henny Porten, Magdeburg Germany, silent screen star (Deception) 

1890 Augusta Maria L Katharina, wife of Germ emperor Wilhelm I, dies at 78 on this day in history. 

1891 On this day in history carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer, dies at 79 

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

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

1893 Hermann Sudermanns "Heimat," premieres in Berlin on this day in history. 

1894 Motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing on January - 07. 

1894 Jose Rozo Contreras, composer on January - 07. 

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

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