Page 2: Historical Events In January - 24

1664  John Vanbrugh, London, dramatist/architect (baptized) on this day in history.   

1666  Johann Andreas Herbst, composer, dies at 77 on January - 24.   

1678  Joan Maetsuyker, gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1679  On January - 24 king Charles II disbands English parliament   

1679  Christian von Wolff, German philosopher on this day in history.   

1705  On this day in history farinelli, [Carlo Broschi], Andria Italy, castrato   

1712  On January - 24 frederick II, (the Great), king of Prussia (1740-86)   

1722  Czar Peter the Great begins civil system on January - 24.   

1722  On January - 24 edward Wigglesworth appointed first US divinity professor (Harvard)   

1732  On January - 24 the birth of Pierre de Beaumarchais, French writer   

1732  On this day in history pierre de Baumarchais, France, playwright (Barber of Seville)   

1742  German leaders elect Charles VII Albert Emperor on this day in history.   

1746  Gustav III, king during Swedish Enlightenment (1771-92) on January - 24.   

1750  Wybo Fijnje, Dutch politician/patriot/journalist on January - 24.   

1758  On this day in history johann Chrysostomus Drexel, composer   

1764  On this day in history gov Winthrop Telescope, is destroyed in a Harvard fire   

1767  On this day in history antony CW Staring, Dutch lawyer/poet (Jaromir)   

1774  On January - 24 karl Moser, composer   

1776  Henry Knox arrives at Cambridge, Massachusetts with the artillery that he has transported from Fort Ticonderoga on January - 24.   

1776  On this day in history ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer (Undine)   

1778  On January - 24 charles F, duke of Berry/son of French king Charles X   

1798  Karl von Holtei, Silezian actor/playwright (Die Vagabunden) on this day in history.   

1800  Edwin Chadwick, British social reformer on January - 24.   

1805  Giacomo Conti, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history eligio Celestino, composer, dies at 72   

1814  On January - 24 abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector   

1820  On this day in history john Milton Thayer, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906   

1828  Adam Jacoby Slemmer, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868 on January - 24.   

1829  William Mason, composer on this day in history.   

1832  On January - 24 john Pegram, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865   

1839  Charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society on January - 24.   

1847  On January - 24 1,500 New Mexican Indians &Mexicans defeated by US Colonel Price   

1847  1,500 New Mexican Indians & Mexicans defeated by US Col Price on this day in history.   

1848  On January - 24 gold is discovered in California by James Marshall at Sutters Mill triggering the San Francisco gold rush of '49.   

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1287  Richard Aungerville, English bishop (d. 1345) was born on January - 24.   

1444  On January - 24 birth of galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1476)   

1638  On January - 24 birth of charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet (d. 1706)   

1664  John Vanbrugh, London, dramatist/architect (baptized) was born on this day in history.   

1670  On this day in history birth of william Congreve, English playwright (d. 1729)   

1674  On January - 24 birth of thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735)   

1679  Christian von Wolff, German philosopher was born on January - 24.   

1705  On this day in history birth of farinelli, [Carlo Broschi], Andria Italy, castrato   

0041  Death of Caligula, [G C Germanicus], Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated at 28 on this day in history.   

0661  On this day in history death of ali ibn Abu Talib, kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered   

0772  On January - 24 stefanus III/IV, pope (768-72), dies   

0817  On January - 24 stefanus IV, pope (816-17), dies   

1125  Death of David IV of Georgia (b. 1073) on this day in history.   

1336  On this day in history alfonso IV, the Benignant, king of Aragon (1327-36), dies at 36   

1366  Death of Alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299) on January - 24.   

1376  Death of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English military leader on this day in history.