Historical Events In January - 05

1859  On this day in history the first steamboat sails, Red River   

1859  On January - 05 1st steamboat sails, Red River   

1859  DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer) on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history st John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male US saint, dies   

1861  On this day in history 250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Fort Sumter   

1861  Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan & Gaines at Mobile Bay on this day in history.   

1861  250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Ft Sumter on this day in history.   

1862  Joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1871  A group of Chinese find a nugget at Dunolly, Victoria, called The Precious, which yields 50.418 kg of pure gold on January - 05.   

1871  On January - 05 frederick Shepherd Converse, Newton Mass, composer   

1874  The city of Winnipeg holds first civic election. Only 304 voters were registered, but 331 ballots are cast. go figure on this day in history.   

1874  Joseph Erlanger, doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944) on January - 05.   

1875  On January - 05 cDR Edward Lull begins expedition to locate best ship canal route across Panama.   

1875  On this day in history charles Garnier's new Opera opens in Paris   

1875  President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg MS on this day in history.   

1876  On January - 05 konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949)   

1880  Nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer on January - 05.   

1881  On this day in history nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer   

1887  On this day in history 1st US school of librarianship opens at Columbia University   

1888  Dutch Heidemaatschappij established on January - 05.   

1888  Henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday on this day in history.   

1889  Albert van Dalsum, Dutch actor/director (Little Rascal) [or 1899] on this day in history.   

1890  Cora Witherspoon, New Orleans LA, actress (Bank Dick), dies on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history johan Boskamp, Dutch actor/singer (Potasch & Perlemoer) [or 1893]   

1891  Guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49), dies at 89 on January - 05.   

1892  1st successful auroral photograph made on this day in history.   

1892  On January - 05 francesca Bertini, Florence Italy, actress (Odette, Assunta Spina)   

1893  Friedrich Blume, German musicologist (Das Rassenproblem in der Musik) on January - 05.   

1895  On January - 05 french Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank in anti-semitic trial; later declared innocent   

1895  French Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent on January - 05.   

1895  Henry James' play "Guy Domville" opens in London on January - 05.   

1895  Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest on this day in history.   

1896  On January - 05 german physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays   

1896  On this day in history hendrik Algra, Dutch MP (ARP)   

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1209  On this day in history birth of richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272)   

1548  Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

1560  On this day in history birth of william Cobbold, composer   

1587  Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641) was born on this day in history.   

1592  Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal was born on this day in history.   

1596  Henry Lawes, English composer was born on this day in history.   

1614  On January - 05 birth of archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662)   

1661  On January - 05 birth of jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer   

0842  On January - 05 death of al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794)   

1066  Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies on this day in history.   

1387  On this day in history pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67   

1400  Death of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350) on this day in history.   

1425  Death of John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned on this day in history.   

1448  Death of Christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416) on this day in history.   

1465  Death of Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394) on January - 05.   

1477  Charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43 on this day in history.