Historical Events In January - 31
Wednesday, 04 October 2023
1863 On January - 31 the first black Civil War regiment, SC Volunteers, mustered into US army
1863 1st black Civil War regiment, SC Volunteers, mustered into US army on January - 31.
1863 F Henri Berz, French existensialist philosopher (Revue the Synthesis) on this day in history.
1864 Hamilton Rowan Gamble, US judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies on this day in history.
1865 On January - 31 congress passes 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America
1865 On January - 31 congress passes 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America (121-24)
1865 General Robert E Lee named Commander-in-Chief of Confederate Armies on this day in history.
1865 On January - 31 general Robert E. Lee becomes General-in-Chief of the Confederate troops.
1866 Emil Strauss, Germany, writer (Naked Man) on January - 31.
1867 Maronite nationalist leader Youssef Karam leaves Lebanon on board of a French ship for Algeria on this day in history.
1868 Theodore William Richards, chemist (atomic weights, Nobel-1914) on January - 31.
1869 On January - 31 henri Carton de Wiart, Belgian Count/literary/premier (1920-21)
1871 Millions of birds fly over western San Francisco, darken the sky on this day in history.
1871 On this day in history millions of birds fly over western SF, darkens sky
1872 Zane Grey, American West novelist (Riders of the Purple Sage) on January - 31.
1874 Jesse James gang robs train at Gads Hill MO on this day in history.
1874 On this day in history jesse James gang robs train at Gads Hill, Missouri
1876 The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations on this day in history.
1877 On January - 31 max Ettlinger, German philosopher
1878 Willem J M van Eysinga, Dutch international law jurist on this day in history.
1880 An Ice Railway is opened between Longueuil and Montreal by the Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway. A railway track was placed on large timbers laid on the ice of the St. Lawrence River. During the summer months the QMO&O used a car ferry. An ice railway was laid each winter until 1883 on this day in history.
1881 Irving Langmuir, inventor (tungsten filament lamp/Nobel 1932) on January - 31.
1882 The birth of Anna Pavlova, Celebrated Russian prima ballerina on this day in history.
1882 On January - 31 anna Pavlova, St Petersburg Russia, ballerina/choreographer
1884 Nicholas Joy, Paris France, actor (Boss Lady) on January - 31.
1886 On January - 31 alfonso Lopez, Colombia, statesman (Pres UN security council-1948)
1889 On this day in history f R Foster, cricketer (330 runs & 45 wickets for England)
1890 Adolf Bach, German language/sociologist (Deutsche Namenkunde) on January - 31.
1891 On January - 31 the first attempt of a Portuguese republican revolution breakes out in the northern city of Porto.
1891 Max Drischner, composer on January - 31.
1891 On this day in history ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75
1892 Eddie Cantor, NYC, comedian (Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater) on this day in history.
1893 "Westminster Gazette" begins publishing on January - 31.
1893 Freya Stark, English explorist/author on January - 31.
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