Unlocking the Potential: Exploring the Significance of January 17 Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1862  John E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher   

1863  Civil War skirmish near Newtown VA.   

1863  Civil War skirmish near Newtown, Virginia   

1863  David Lloyd George, (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22)   

1863  E J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73   

1864  General Longstreet's command ends heavy fighting at Dandridge TN   

1864  General Longstreet's command ends heavy fighting at Dandridgem TN.   

1864  Lucien Herr, France, scientist (Corresp entre Schiller et Schiller)   

1869  Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, dies at 55   

1871  Andrew Hallikie received a patent for a cable car system that went into service in San Francisco in 1873.   

1871  The inaugural cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie (begins service in 1873)   

1871  1st cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie (begins service in 1873).   

1873  A group of Modoc warriors defeat the United States Army in the inaugural Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War   

1873  Francois Rasse, composer   

1874  Armed Democrats seize Texas government ending Radical Reconstruction   

1874  Armed Democrats seize Texas govt ending Radical Reconstruction   

1874  Chang and Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai Siamese twins, dies at 62   

1876  Olga Fastrova, writer.   

1877  Hans Jelmoli, composer   

1878  Oscar Apfel, Cleve, actor (Abraham Lincoln, Inspiration, Before Dawn)   

1880  Mack Sennett, American director is born   

1880  Mack Sennett, movie creator (Keystone Kops).   

1881  Alfred R Radcliffe-Browne, British anthropologist (Andaman Islanders).   

1882  The inaugural Dutch female physician Aletta Jacobs opens office   

1882  1st Dutch female physician Aletta Jacobs opens office   

1884  Noah Beery, US actor (Mark of Zorro, Sea Wolf).   

1885  British beat Mahdists at Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan   

1885  Brits beat Mahdists at Battle of Abu Klea in Sudan.   

1885  E Ball-Hennings, writer.   

1886  Glenn Luther Martin, aviator (Collier Trophy-1933)   

1889  Juan Montalvo, Ecuadorian author (Siete Tratados), dies at 56.   

1890  Salomon Sulzer, composer, dies at 85   

1891  Marjorie Gateson, Bkln NY, actress (One Man's Family)   

1891  Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer, dies at 74.   

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