Page 4: Historical Events In January - 12

1875  On this day in history kwang-su becomes emperor of China.   

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

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

1876  On January - 12 ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Venice Italy, composer   

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  On this day in history british Zulu War begins: Lt-General Chelmsford invades Zululand   

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

1884  On January - 12 louis Horst, composer   

1888  On January - 12 claude Delvincourt, composer   

1890  On January - 12 mordecai W Johnson, educator   

1893  On this day in history the birth of Hermann Goering, German Nazi leader   

1893  Hermann Goering, propoganda minister (Nazi Germany) on this day in history.   

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

1895  On this day in history the National Trust is founded in Britain.   

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

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

1896  On this day in history 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 January - 12.   

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

1899  On January - 12 paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948)   

1900  Freeland Colony founded in US on January - 12.   

1900  On this day in history vaino Hannikainen, composer   

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

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

1904  Southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison on January - 12.   

1904  On January - 12 mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist   

1906  On January - 12 first time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26)   

1906  On January - 12 1st time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26)   

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

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  On January - 12 birth of henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538)   

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

1562  On January - 12 birth of charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy   

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

1577  Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.   

1580  On this day in history birth of jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp)   

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

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

1049  Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67   

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

1537  Lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies on this day in history.   

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