Historical Events In January - 06

1786  On this day in history in Saint John, New Brunswick the first sitting of the New Brunswick legislature takes place at Saint John.   

1790  On this day in history johann Trier, composer, dies at 73   

1791  Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer on January - 06.   

1794  Kaspar Masek, composer on January - 06.   

1798  Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer on this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history jedediah Strong Smith, US fur trader/explorer   

1799  W G Frederik, prince of Orange/general, dies at 25 on this day in history.   

1800  Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician on January - 06.   

1800  On this day in history william Jones, composer, dies at 73   

1802  Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romania, author/novelist/writer (Gramatica) on this day in history.   

1803  Henri Herz, composer on January - 06.   

1807  Joseph Holt, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1894 on this day in history.   

1811  On January - 06 charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874   

1822  On this day in history heinrich Schliemann, German polyglot/archeologist (Troje)   

1826  On January - 06 herman Grimm, Germany, writer/novelist (Ralph Waldo Emerson)   

1827  On January - 06 john Calvin Brown, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889   

1829  Kanagaki Robun [Bunzo Nozaki], Japanese humorist/gesaku-author on this day in history.   

1831  On January - 06 rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64   

1832  New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston) on this day in history.   

1832  The birth of Gustave Dore, French illustrator on this day in history.   

1838  Samuel F.B. Morse makes the first public demonstration of the telegraph, in Morristown, New Jersey on this day in history.   

1838  On January - 06 samuel Morse gives the first demonstration of the electric telegraph   

1838  On this day in history max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer   

1839  2 day storm off Irish &English coast immortalized as "The Big Wind" on this day in history.   

1839  2 day storm off Irish & English coast immortalized as "Big Wind" on January - 06.   

1842  4,500 British &Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India on this day in history.   

1842  On January - 06 4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India   

1842  Clarence King, mining engineer (geologist) on this day in history.   

1845  Protestants and Catholics riot in Stratford, Ontario following the council election; eighty men fight in the streets on January - 06.   

1850  Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era) on January - 06.   

1854  On this day in history sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle)   

1856  Giuseppe Martucci, composer on January - 06.   

1857  On January - 06 patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Pennsylvania   

1857  Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn on this day in history.   

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1367  Richard II, Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99) was born on January - 06.   

1367  Richard II of England (d. 1400) was born on this day in history.   

1367  On this day in history birth of richard II, Bordeaux, France, King of England (1377-99) (d. 1400)   

1412  Joan of Arc, Domremy, martyr was born on January - 06.   

1412  Joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431) was born on this day in history.   

1412  Joan of Arc, Domrémy, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431) was born on this day in history.   

1486  Martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor was born on January - 06.   

1488  Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae) was born on January - 06.   

0664  Death of Amr ibn al-A'as, Arab general (bc. 583) on January - 06.   

1088  On January - 06 berengarius of Tours, French theologist, dies   

1275  Raymundus of Penafort, Spanish church law scholar, dies on January - 06.   

1374  Andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies on this day in history.   

1425  On this day in history jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies   

1448  Christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on January - 06.   

1481  Death of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde on this day in history.   

1536  Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies on this day in history.