Page 3: Historical Events In January - 16

1865  General William Sherman issues Field Order #15 (land for blacks) on this day in history.   

1865  Confederate brig-gen John Pegram marries Hetty Cary on January - 16.   

1868  On January - 16 refrigerator car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit   

1868  Cyril Metodej Hrazdira, composer on January - 16.   

1870  Virginia becomes 8th state re-admitted to US after Civil War on January - 16.   

1870  On January - 16 virginia becomes 8th state readmitted to US after Civil War   

1870  Wilhelm Normann, German chemist (hardening of oils) on this day in history.   

1871  On January - 16 jefferson Long of Georgia sworn in as 2nd black congressman   

1872  On January - 16 edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre)   

1873  On this day in history boyd Alexander, English explorer   

1874  On January - 16 robert Service, England, Canadian poet (Cremation of Sam McGee)   

1876  Edmund H. Sears, author of It Came Upon A midnight Clear, dies on January - 16.   

1877  Color organ (for light shows) patented, by Bainbridge Bishop on January - 16.   

1878  Captain Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history harry Carey Sr, Bronx NY, actor (Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force)   

1879  On this day in history january record 13" of snow falls in New York City NY (broken Jan 7, 1996)   

1879  January record 13" of snow falls in NYC (broken Jan 7, 1996) on January - 16.   

1883  On January - 16 congress passed a bill creating the civil service.   

1883  Pendleton Act creates basis of US Civil Service system on this day in history.   

1883  The U.S. Civil Service Commission is established on this day in history.   

1885  Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, president of Poland (1939-40) on January - 16.   

1886  On this day in history amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51   

1887  On January - 16 cliff House damaged when schooner "Parallel"'s powder cargo explodes   

1887  John Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman) on this day in history.   

1889  128ºF (53ºC), Cloncurry, Queensland (Australian record) on this day in history.   

1889  Cloncurry, Queensland, recorded temperature of 53.1 Celsius, highest known in Australia on January - 16.   

1889  128°F (53°C), Cloncurry, Queensland (Australian record) on this day in history.   

1890  Karl Freund, Czech/Austrian cameraman/director on this day in history.   

1891  Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1892  Imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74   

1894  Guy Chamberlin, early NFL end/coach (Canton, Frankford, Cards) on January - 16.   

1896  Defeat of Cymru Fydd at South Wales Liberal Federation AGM, Newport, Monmouthshire on January - 16.   

1897  On January - 16 john Dewey's essay "My Pedagogic Creed" appears in School Journal   

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1245  On this day in history birth of edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)   

1409  René I of Naples (d. 1480) was born on January - 16.   

1477  On January - 16 birth of johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)   

1501  Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559) was born on January - 16.   

1587  Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter was born on January - 16.   

1616  François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.   

1626  Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.   

1634  Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716) was born on January - 16.   

0308  Marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies on January - 16.   

0429  On this day in history honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies [or 430]   

0960  Death of Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople on this day in history.   

1343  Robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies on this day in history.   

1400  Death of John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (b. 1352) on this day in history.   

1545  On January - 16 death of george Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484)   

1547  Death of Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477) on January - 16.   

1554  On this day in history death of christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480)