Historical Events In January - 16
Friday, 19 April 2024
1865 On this day in history general William Sherman issues Field Order #15 (land for blacks)
1865 On January - 16 confederate brig-gen John Pegram marries Hetty Cary
1868 On this day in history refrigerator car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit
1868 On this day in history cyril Metodej Hrazdira, composer
1870 Virginia becomes 8th state re-admitted to US after Civil War on January - 16.
1870 Virginia becomes 8th state readmitted to US after Civil War on January - 16.
1870 On this day in history wilhelm Normann, German chemist (hardening of oils)
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 January - 16 boyd Alexander, English explorer
1874 On January - 16 robert Service, England, Canadian poet (Cremation of Sam McGee)
1876 On this day in history edmund H. Sears, author of It Came Upon A midnight Clear, dies.
1877 Color organ (for light shows) patented, by Bainbridge Bishop on this day in history.
1878 On January - 16 captain Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
1878 Harry Carey Sr, Bronx NY, actor (Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force) on this day in history.
1879 January record 13" of snow falls in New York City NY (broken Jan 7, 1996) on January - 16.
1879 On January - 16 january record 13" of snow falls in NYC (broken Jan 7, 1996)
1883 On this day in history congress passed a bill creating the civil service.
1883 Pendleton Act creates basis of US Civil Service system on January - 16.
1883 On this day in history the U.S. Civil Service Commission is established.
1885 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, president of Poland (1939-40) on this day in history.
1886 On January - 16 amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51
1887 On this day in history cliff House damaged when schooner "Parallel"'s powder cargo explodes
1887 On January - 16 john Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman)
1889 On January - 16 128ºF (53ºC), Cloncurry, Queensland (Australian record)
1889 Cloncurry, Queensland, recorded temperature of 53.1 Celsius, highest known in Australia on this day in history.
1889 128°F (53°C), Cloncurry, Queensland (Australian record) on this day in history.
1890 Karl Freund, Czech/Austrian cameraman/director on January - 16.
1891 On this day in history clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54
1892 On this day in history imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies
1893 Johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74 on January - 16.
1894 Guy Chamberlin, early NFL end/coach (Canton, Frankford, Cards) on this day in history.
1896 Defeat of Cymru Fydd at South Wales Liberal Federation AGM, Newport, Monmouthshire on this day in history.
1897 On this day in history john Dewey's essay "My Pedagogic Creed" appears in School Journal
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