Page 2: Historical Events In January - 16

1761  The British capture Pondicherry, India from the French.   

1765  Charles Messier catalogs M41 (galactic cluster in Canis Major)   

1776  Continental Congress approves enlistment of free blacks   

1777  Vermont declares independence from NY   

1780  Battle at Cape St Vincent Admiral Rodney beats Spanish fleet   

1780  Battle at Cape St Vincent: admiral Rodney beats Spanish fleet   

1794  Edward Gibbon, historian (Decline and Fall), dies in London at 56   

1795  French army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht Netherlands.   

1795  French army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht Neth.   

1804  Karl August Krebs, composer.   

1807  Charles Henry Davis, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1877.   

1809  French forces defeat Sir John Moore and kill him in the Battle of Corunna January 16 Sir Arthur Wellesley succeeds Moore as commander of British forces in the Peninsular War   

1809  Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of La Coruña.   

1815  Brazil is decreed a kingdom, independent from Portugal   

1815  Adolph Trube, composer   

1817  Antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55   

1819  Godert baron van der de Capellen is recorded as becoming Governor of Dutch-Indies   

1832  Charles Darwin lands at San Tiago, Cape Verde   

1834  Albert Lindley Lee, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1907.   

1837  James Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887.   

1838  Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS].   

1842  Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies   

1847  John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory   

1849  Wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69   

1853  Andre Michelin, French tiremaker is born   

1853  Andre Michelin, France, industrialist/tire manufacturer (Michelin).   

1863  Cruise of CSS Florida   

1863  -Aug 23rd) Cruise of CSS Florida.   

1864  Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge TN   

1864  Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee.   

1864  Frank Bacon, actor/author (Lightnin)   

1864  Anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68.   

1865  Confederate Brigadier General John Pegram marries Hetty Cary.   

1865  Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Fort Fisher NC, 40 die.   

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1245  Edmund crouchback: Son of henry iii of england   

1409  Ren� i of naples: Ren� i of naples (d. 1480)   

1477  Johannes schöner: German astronomer and cartographer   

1501  Anthony denny: Confidant of king henry viii of england   

1587  Alexander adriaenssen: Flemish painter   

1616  François de vendôme: Duc de beaufort, french soldier   

1626  Lucas achtschellinck: Flemish painter   

1634  Dorthe engelbrechtsdatter: Norwegian poet   

0308  Marcellus i: Catholic pope (-308),   

0429  Death of Honoratius of arles: Bishop/saint,   

0960  Polyeuctus: Patriarch of constantinople   

1343  Death of Robert of anjou: King (naples),   

1400  John holland: 1st duke of exeter, english politician (executed) (b. 1352)   

1545  Death of George spalatin: German reformer (b. 1484)   

1547  Johannes schöner: German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)   

1554  Death of Christiern pedersen: Danish humanist (b. 1480)