Historical Events In January - 07

1785  On this day in history 1st balloon flight across English Channel (Blanchard & Jeffries)   

1789  On this day in history first national (Presidential) election in US   

1789  On this day in history george Washington is voted in as U.S. president in the first nationwide election   

1790  Antonio Corbisiero, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1797  On January - 07 the modern Italian flag is first used.   

1799  Daniel Tyler, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1882 on this day in history.   

1800  Millard Fillmore, Locke NY, (Whig) 13th president (1850-53) on this day in history.   

1807  A British Order in Council January 7 prohibits neutral nation ships from trading with France and her allies, but while the Royal Navy blockades Napoleon's ports, the French are agriculturally self-sufficient and suffer less than do the British on January - 07.   

1808  On this day in history jacob Ammen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1894   

1810  Joseph Lipavsky, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1816  Stephen Miller, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 on this day in history.   

1817  On January - 07 2nd Bank of the United States opens   

1817  2nd Bank of US opens on this day in history.   

1821  On January - 07 lucius Jeremiah Gartrell, Brig General (Confed Army), died in 1891   

1822  On January - 07 liberia colonized by Americans   

1822  1st printing in Hawaii on January - 07.   

1822  On this day in history lucius C M Bakker, Frisian physician/author (Goethe)   

1824  On this day in history james Morrison Hawes, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1889   

1830  On this day in history baltimore &Ohio Railroad Co begins carrying revenue traffic - first US Railroad Station (Baltimore MD)   

1830  On this day in history 1st US Railroad Station opens (Baltimore)   

1830  (Samuel) Emerson Opdycke, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1830  On January - 07 charlotte J T, infant of Portugal's ex, dies at 53   

1833  On January - 07 ramon Felix Cuellar y Altarriba, composer, dies at 55   

1835  HMS Beagle anchors off Chonos Archipelago on January - 07.   

1842  Gioacchino Rossini's opera "Stabat Mater" premieres in Paris on January - 07.   

1842  Johan Lindegren, composer on this day in history.   

1843  On this day in history franz Schoberlechner, composer, dies at 45   

1844  Marie-Bernarde Soubirous, [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary on this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history louis III, last king of Bavaria (1913-18)   

1853  Nikolai Arkas, composer on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history willem Broes, vicar/theologist (Textenrol), dies at 91   

1860  Emanuil Mandlov, composer on this day in history.   

1861  Florida troops takeover Fort Marion at St Augustine on January - 07.   

1861  Florida troops takeover Ft Marion at St Augustine on January - 07.   

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1355  On January - 07 birth of thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III of England (d. 1397)   

1528  Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra/mother of French King Henry IV was born on January - 07.   

1539  On this day in history birth of sebastian de Covarrubias Horozco, Spanish lexicographer   

1611  James Harrington, England, political author (Commonwealth of Oceans) was born on January - 07.   

1612  Paul de La Pierre, composer was born on this day in history.   

1634  On January - 07 birth of adam Krieger, German composer   

1647  On January - 07 birth of wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677)   

1652  On this day in history birth of pavao Vitezovic, Croatia, writer/historian   

0312  Lucianus of Antioch, theologist/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1130  On this day in history baldricus Burgoliensis, French historian/archbishop, dies at about 83   

1285  Charles I of Anjou, king of Naples/bro of King Louis IX, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1325  On January - 07 dionysius, the justified, King of Portugal (1279-1325), dies   

1400  On January - 07 death of thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, English politician (b. 1374)   

1451  On this day in history amadeus VIII, last anti-pope Felix V (1439-49), dies at 67   

1529  On January - 07 peter Vischer, the Old, German count of Sebaldus, dies   

1536  On January - 07 catherine of Aragon, 1st wife of England's King Henry VIII, dies