Page 2: Historical Events In January - 09

1793  Jean-Pierre Blanchard makes the first successful balloon flight in the U.S. His hydrogen-filled balloon lifts off in Philadelphia, PA and lands 15 miles away in Woodbury, NJ on January - 09.   

1793  On January - 09 1st hot-air balloon flight in the US lifts off in Phila   

1798  Pedro Pablo Abarca d Bolea earl of Aranda, Spanish officer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1799  Income Tax introduced in UK on this day in history.   

1803  On January - 09 christopher Gustavus Memminger, Secy Treas (Confederacy) died in 1888   

1806  Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred in St Paul's Cathedral on January - 09.   

1811  On this day in history the first Women's Golf Tournament held   

1811  1st Women's Golf Tournament held on this day in history.   

1812  On January - 09 swedish Pomerania (Germany) seized by Napoleon   

1815  On January - 09 william Jackson, composer   

1816  John Palmer Usher, Secy Int (Union) died in 1889 on January - 09.   

1820  On January - 09 pavel Krizkovsky, composer   

1822  On this day in history john Porter Hatch, volunteers Bvt Major General (Union), died in 1901   

1828  On January - 09 pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot (Neder-Rhijn), dies at 83   

1829  On this day in history adolf von Schlagintweit, German explorer (Tarimbekken)   

1832  Esquire Maurits A de Savornin Lohman, Dutch governor of Suriname on January - 09.   

1834  On this day in history hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin arrives in Port San Julian, Patagonia   

1839  On this day in history daguerrotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science   

1839  On January - 09 thomas Henderson measures first stellar parallax (Alpha Centauri)   

1839  On January - 09 john Knowles Paine, Portland Maine, composer   

1843  On this day in history christiaan A Ulder, Curacao, composer (waltzes/tumbas)   

1843  Caroline Herschel, "1st lady of astronomy", dies at 98 in Germany on January - 09.   

1847  The first San Francisco newspaper published (California Star) on January - 09.   

1847  1st SF newspaper published (California Star) on this day in history.   

1848  On January - 09 people's uprising in Palermo Sicily   

1848  On January - 09 the first commercial bank in San Francisco established   

1848  On January - 09 1st commercial bank in SF established   

1849  Jan Kops, Dutch agriculturist/vicar, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1851  On January - 09 giuseppi Gallignani, composer   

1853  On January - 09 juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter (El dos de Mayo), dies at 75   

1854  Astor Library opens in New York City NY on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history astor Library opens in NYC   

1854  Filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history the clipper ship Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies   

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1554  Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], pope (1621-23) was born on January - 09.   

1571  On January - 09 birth of karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (d. 1621)   

1574  Christoph Buel, composer was born on January - 09.   

1620  Johann Weichmann, composer was born on January - 09.   

1624  On January - 09 birth of empress Meishō (d. 1696)   

1695  On this day in history birth of john E Loovens, lawyer   

1699  Robert J Pothier, French lawyer was born on January - 09.   

1728  On this day in history birth of thomas Warton, poet laureate of England (Pleasures of Melancholy)   

1150  On January - 09 death of emperor Xizong of Jin was murdered by Prince Hailing of Jin in a Coup d'état.   

1282  Death of Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (b. 1204) on January - 09.   

1283  On this day in history death of wen Tianxiang, Prime Minister of China (executed) (b. 1236)   

1499  Johan Cicero, elector of (Brandenburg, 1486-99), dies at 43 on January - 09.   

1514  Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian, dies at 36 on January - 09.   

1543  On January - 09 death of guillaume du Bellay, French diplomat and general (b. 1491)   

1562  On January - 09 death of amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1514)   

1571  Death of Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French naval officer (b. 1510) on this day in history.