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 this day in history.   

1876  The birth of Jack London, American author on January - 12.   

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 January - 12 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  Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist on this day in history.   

1884  On January - 12 louis Horst, composer   

1888  Claude Delvincourt, composer on January - 12.   

1890  On this day in history mordecai W Johnson, educator   

1893  The birth of Hermann Goering, German Nazi leader on January - 12.   

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

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

1897  On January - 12 hendrik J Valk, painter/cartoonist/graphic artist   

1898  Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan on January - 12.   

1898  On this day in history 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 January - 12.   

1900  On this day in history vaino Hannikainen, composer   

1902  On this day in history 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  Southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison on this day in history.   

1904  Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist on January - 12.   

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 January - 12 britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal   

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

1483  On January - 12 birth of henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538)   

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

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  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  Lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600) was born on this day in history.   

0689  Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 January - 12 maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies   

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

1665  On January - 12 pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63