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

1876  Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Venice Italy, composer on this day in history.   

1878  Ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk) on this day in history.   

1879  British Zulu War begins Lieutenant-General Chelmsford invades Zululand on this day in history.   

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

1882  On January - 12 jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist   

1884  Louis Horst, composer on this day in history.   

1888  Claude Delvincourt, composer on this day in history.   

1890  Mordecai W Johnson, educator on January - 12.   

1893  The birth of Hermann Goering, German Nazi leader on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history hermann Goering, propoganda minister (Nazi Germany)   

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

1895  The National Trust is founded in Britain on January - 12.   

1896  On this day in history 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  Rex Ingram, Ireland, actor/director (Elmer Gantry, God's Little Acre) on this day in history.   

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

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

1898  Jose Forns y Cuadras, composer on this day in history.   

1899  Paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948) on this day in history.   

1900  On January - 12 freeland Colony founded in US   

1900  Vaino Hannikainen, composer on this day in history.   

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 January - 12 rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown PA, killing 170   

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  On this day in history first time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26)   

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 this day in history.   

1907  Britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal on January - 12.   

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1483  Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland was born on January - 12.   

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

1492  On this day in history birth of andreas Alicatus, Italian author   

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 January - 12 birth of jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644)   

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  Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81 on January - 12.   

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 January - 12.   

1519  On January - 12 maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies   

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

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