Page 3: Historical Events In January - 31

1863  On this day in history the first black Civil War regiment, SC Volunteers, mustered into US army   

1863  On January - 31 1st black Civil War regiment, SC Volunteers, mustered into US army   

1863  On this day in history f Henri Berz, French existensialist philosopher (Revue the Synthesis)   

1864  On this day in history hamilton Rowan Gamble, US judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies   

1865  On this day in history 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 January - 31.   

1865  General Robert E. Lee becomes General-in-Chief of the Confederate troops on January - 31.   

1866  On this day in history emil Strauss, Germany, writer (Naked Man)   

1867  On this day in history maronite nationalist leader Youssef Karam leaves Lebanon on board of a French ship for Algeria   

1868  On this day in history theodore William Richards, chemist (atomic weights, Nobel-1914)   

1869  Henri Carton de Wiart, Belgian Count/literary/premier (1920-21) on January - 31.   

1871  On this day in history millions of birds fly over western San Francisco, darken the sky   

1871  On January - 31 millions of birds fly over western SF, darkens sky   

1872  On this day in history zane Grey, American West novelist (Riders of the Purple Sage)   

1874  Jesse James gang robs train at Gads Hill MO on this day in history.   

1874  Jesse James gang robs train at Gads Hill, Missouri on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history the United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations.   

1877  On January - 31 max Ettlinger, German philosopher   

1878  On January - 31 willem J M van Eysinga, Dutch international law jurist   

1880  On this day in history 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.   

1881  On this day in history irving Langmuir, inventor (tungsten filament lamp/Nobel 1932)   

1882  On January - 31 the birth of Anna Pavlova, Celebrated Russian prima ballerina   

1882  On this day in history anna Pavlova, St Petersburg Russia, ballerina/choreographer   

1884  Nicholas Joy, Paris France, actor (Boss Lady) on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history alfonso Lopez, Colombia, statesman (Pres UN security council-1948)   

1889  On January - 31 f R Foster, cricketer (330 runs & 45 wickets for England)   

1890  On January - 31 adolf Bach, German language/sociologist (Deutsche Namenkunde)   

1891  The first attempt of a Portuguese republican revolution breakes out in the northern city of Porto on this day in history.   

1891  On January - 31 max Drischner, composer   

1891  On January - 31 ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75   

1892  On this day in history eddie Cantor, NYC, comedian (Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater)   

1893  On this day in history "Westminster Gazette" begins publishing   

1893  Freya Stark, English explorist/author on this day in history.   

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0877  Taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 943) was born on January - 31.   

1512  King Henry of Portugal (d. 1580) was born on this day in history.   

1517  Gioseffo Zarlino, composer was born on January - 31.   

1543  On January - 31 birth of tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616)   

1550  Henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588) was born on January - 31.   

1573  Ambrosius Metzger, composer was born on this day in history.   

1573  On January - 31 birth of giulio Cesare Monteverdi, composer   

1597  John Francis Regis, French saint (d. 1640) was born on January - 31.   

0743  Death of Muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676) on this day in history.   

1398  Death of Emperor Sukō (b. 1334) on January - 31.   

1435  Death of Xuande, Emperor of China (b. 1398) on January - 31.   

1561  On January - 31 menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies   

1580  Hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies on January - 31.   

1606  Death of Guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35 on this day in history.   

1615  On this day in history death of claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (b. 1543)   

1632  Death of Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552) on January - 31.