Page 3: Historical Events In January - 13

1863  Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, NYC   

1864  Composer Stephen Foster dies in New York at age 39, while recuperating from loss of blood from a fever-induced fall in his hotel room   

1864  Wilhelm K W Wien, German phyicist (Nobel 1911)   

1864  Stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in NY   

1865  Amphibious attack on Fort Fisher, NC   

1865  -Jan 15th] BBT and CPT Ft Fisher, NC   

1866  Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer.   

1869  Colored National Labor Union, inaugural Black labor convention   

1869  National convention of black leaders meets in Washington DC.   

1869  Colored National Labor Union, 1st Black labor convention   

1869  Emanuele F, duke of Aosta, Italian general (WW I)/fascist   

1870  Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/conductor (St Moniuszko)   

1873  PBS Pinchback relinquishes office at Louisiana Governor   

1873  P B S Pinchback relinquishes office at Louisiana governor   

1874  Battle between jobless and police in New York City NY, 100s injured   

1874  Imperial Russian Government issues second decree which amended the one of June 4, 1871. The second decree instituted compulsory military conscription for the German colonists. These two decrees impelled thousands of German Russians to immigrate to North and South America   

1874  US troops land in Honolulu to protect the king   

1874  Battle between jobless and police in NYC, 100s injuried.   

1874  Jozef E van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechlin.   

1879  WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58.   

1882  Richard Wagner completes his opera "Parsifal"   

1883  Fire in circus Ferroni in Berditschoft Poland results in the deaths of 430   

1883  Henrik Ibsen's "En Folkefiende," premieres in Oslo   

1884  Johannes Elsensohn, Dutch actor/writer (Arie, novel from the Jordan)   

1885  Alfred Fuller, CEO (Fuller Brush Man).   

1885  Schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823)   

1888  National Geographic Society founded.   

1888  National Geographic Society founded (Washington DC).   

1888  National Geographic Society founded (Washington, DC).   

1892  Paul Smart, US, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1948).   

1892  Charles Albert White, composer, dies at 62.   

1893  British Independent Labor Party forms (Keir Hardie as its leader).   

1893  Clarke Ashton Smith, US, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds, Genius Loci).   

1894  Revolution in Sicily crushed by government troops.   

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1334  King henry ii of castile: King henry ii of castile (d. 1379)   

1381  St colette: Abbess/reformer (poor clares)   

1406  Matteo palmieri: Italian writer (della vita civile)   

1505  Joachim ii hector: Ruler (brandenburg)   

1562  Mark alexander boyd: Scottish poet   

1596  Jan j goyen: Dutch landscape painter   

1610  Maria anna of austria: Electress of bavaria   

1616  Antoinette bourignon: Flemish mystic/french religious fanatic   

0086  Death of Gaius marius: Roman general and politician (b. 157 bc)   

0533  Death of Remigius van reims: 1st bishop of reims (459-533)/saint,   

0858  Aethelwolf: King of wessex (battle at aclea),   

0888  Charles iii: The fat one, king of franconia/roman emperor,   

1049  Derrick iv: Count of holland (1039-49),   

1138  Death of Simon i: Duke of lorraine (b. 1076)   

1151  Death of Abbot suger: French statesman and historian (b. 1081)   

1177  Hendrik jasomirgott babenberg: Duke of austria,