Historical Events In January - 01

1863  The first homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice NE on January - 01.   

1863  1st homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice, Nebr on this day in history.   

1863  Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back) on January - 01.   

1864  On this day in history the birth of Alfred Stiglitz, American photographer   

1864  On January - 01 alfred Stieglitz, US photographer/art dealer (Camera Work)   

1865  On this day in history -Apr 26th] Carolinas' campaign   

1865  On this day in history giuseppe Ferrata, composer   

1867  On this day in history charles Edward Montague, English author/critic (Fiery Particles)   

1871  On this day in history belgium disbands salt tax   

1873  On this day in history origin of Japanese Era   

1873  Mariano Azuela, Mexico, novelist (The Flies, The Bosses) on January - 01.   

1874  New York City annexes the Bronx on January - 01.   

1874  On January - 01 hugo Leichtentritt, composer   

1875  On January - 01 charles Rist, French economist   

1876  The Reichsbank opens in Berlin on January - 01.   

1876  On January - 01 johan C Altorf, sculptor (October 3rd monument)   

1877  On January - 01 england's Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India   

1878  Edwin Franko Goldman, composer on January - 01.   

1879  The birth of E.M Forester, English novelist on January - 01.   

1879  On this day in history the birth of William Fox, Founder of 20th Century Fox film studios   

1879  On January - 01 john Brahms' Violin Concerto in D major premieres in Leipzig   

1879  On January - 01 edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India)   

1880  Building of Panama Canal, begins on January - 01.   

1880  Edie Martin, London England, actress (Titfield Thunderbolt) on January - 01.   

1881  Dr John H Watson is introduced to Sherlock Holmes on this day in history.   

1881  Carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva) on January - 01.   

1882  On January - 01 william Cornelius Van Horne is appointed General Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Van Horne succeeded in laying 480 miles of track across the Prairies in the summer of 1882.   

1882  W C Wendelaar, mayor of Alkmaar (1919-34)/Dutch MP (VVD) on January - 01.   

1883  On this day in history federigo Tozzi, Italian writer/journalist (La Torre, Tre Croci)   

1885  Roland Diggle, composer on January - 01.   

1886  The first Tournament of Roses, Pasadena CA on January - 01.   

1887  On January - 01 wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence   

1887  Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history alexander Smallens, St Petersburg, Russia, conductor   

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0766  Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818) was born on January - 01.   

1387  On this day in history birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)   

1431  On January - 01 birth of alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)   

1449  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on January - 01.   

1449  On this day in history birth of lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)   

1467  Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland was born on January - 01.   

1481  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on January - 01.   

1484  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)   

0379  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on January - 01.   

0404  On January - 01 death of telemachus, Roman monk, murdered   

0898  Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 on January - 01.   

0962  Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies on January - 01.   

1204  On this day in history death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)   

1387  Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on January - 01.   

1502  On this day in history gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies   

1515  Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52 on this day in history.