Page 4: Historical Events In January - 12

1875  Kwang-su becomes emperor of China on this day in history.   

1875  Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella) on January - 12.   

1876  On January - 12 the birth of Jack London, American author   

1876  Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Venice Italy, composer on January - 12.   

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

1879  On this day in history british Zulu War begins Lieutenant-General Chelmsford invades Zululand   

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 January - 12.   

1888  On January - 12 claude Delvincourt, composer   

1890  Mordecai W Johnson, educator on this day in history.   

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

1893  On January - 12 hermann Goering, propoganda minister (Nazi Germany)   

1894  Billy Gilbert, Louisville KY, actor (Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio) on January - 12.   

1895  On January - 12 the National Trust is founded in Britain.   

1896  The first X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC) on this day in history.   

1896  1st X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC) on January - 12.   

1896  Rex Ingram, Ireland, actor/director (Elmer Gantry, God's Little Acre) on January - 12.   

1897  On this day in history hendrik J Valk, painter/cartoonist/graphic artist   

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

1898  On January - 12 jose Forns y Cuadras, composer   

1899  On this day in history paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948)   

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

1900  On this day in history vaino Hannikainen, composer   

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

1903  Harry Houdini performs at Rembrandt theater, Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown PA, killing 170   

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

1904  On January - 12 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 January - 12 1st time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26)   

1906  Henny Youngman, England, comedian (Take my wife please...) on this day in history.   

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

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1483  On January - 12 birth of hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland   

1483  On this day in history birth of henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538)   

1492  Andreas Alicatus, Italian author was born on this day in history.   

1562  Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy was born on January - 12.   

1576  Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian was born on this day in history.   

1577  Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644) was born on January - 12.   

1580  Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp) was born on this day in history.   

1580  On this day in history birth of lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)   

0689  On this day in history benedict Biscop, English saint, dies   

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 January - 12.   

1321  On this day in history death of maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)   

1390  On January - 12 peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67   

1519  On this day in history maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies   

1537  On this day in history lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies   

1665  Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63 on this day in history.