Historical Events In January - 12

1875  On January - 12 kwang-su becomes emperor of China.  

1875  On this day in history marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella)  

1876  The birth of Jack London, American author on this day in history.  

1876  On this day in history ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Venice Italy, composer  

1878  On January - 12 ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk)  

1879  British Zulu War begins Lieutenant-General Chelmsford invades Zululand on January - 12.  

1879  British Zulu War begins: Lt-General Chelmsford invades Zululand on January - 12.  

1882  On this day in history jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist  

1884  Louis Horst, composer on this day in history.  

1888  On January - 12 claude Delvincourt, composer  

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1890  Mordecai W Johnson, educator on January - 12.  

1893  On January - 12 the birth of Hermann Goering, German Nazi leader  

1893  Hermann Goering, propoganda minister (Nazi Germany) on January - 12.  

1894  Billy Gilbert, Louisville KY, actor (Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio) on this day in history.  

1895  The National Trust is founded in Britain on this day in history.  

1896  On January - 12 the first X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC)  

1896  On this day in history 1st X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC)  

1896  On January - 12 rex Ingram, Ireland, actor/director (Elmer Gantry, God's Little Acre)  

1897  Hendrik J Valk, painter/cartoonist/graphic artist on January - 12.  

1898  Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan on this day in history.  

1898  On January - 12 jose Forns y Cuadras, composer  

1899  Paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948) on January - 12.  

1900  Freeland Colony founded in US on this day in history.  

1900  Vaino Hannikainen, composer on this day in history.  

1902  On January - 12 ibn Abdul-Aziz Saud, Kuwait, king (Saudi Arabia)  

1903  On this day in history harry Houdini performs at Rembrandt theater, Amsterdam  

1903  Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown PA, killing 170 on this day in history.  

1903  On January - 12 igor V Kurtshatov, Russian nuclear physicist  

1904  On this day in history southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison  

1904  Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist on this day in history.  

1906  First time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26) on January - 12.  

1906  On this day in history 1st time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26)  

1906  Henny Youngman, England, comedian (Take my wife please...) on January - 12.  

1907  On this day in history britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal  

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1483  On this day in history birth of hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland  

1483  Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538) was born on this day in history.  

1492  Andreas Alicatus, Italian author was born on January - 12.  

1562  Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.  

1576  On this day in history birth of peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian  

1577  On this day in history birth of jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644)  

1580  Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp) was born on January - 12.  

1580  Lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600) was born on January - 12.  

0689  Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies on January - 12.  

1049  On this day in history abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81  

1167  Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56 on this day in history.  

1321  On January - 12 death of maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)  

1390  Peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1519  Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies on this day in history.  

1537  On January - 12 lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies  

1665  On this day in history pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63