Historical Events In January - 07

1862  On January - 07 battle of Manassas Junction VA   

1862  Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney WV on January - 07.   

1862  On January - 07 battle of Manassas Junction, VA   

1867  On this day in history private Timothy O'Hea is awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery in 1866, protecting the lives of 800 emigrants on a Grand Trunk train menaced by a fire in a boxcar carrying explosives. This is the only VC awarded for a brave deed not done in the face of the enemy   

1868  Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock on this day in history.   

1868  Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson on this day in history.   

1868  Abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist on this day in history.   

1868  William Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51 on January - 07.   

1870  On this day in history karl Schwencke, composer, dies at 72   

1873  On this day in history the birth of Adolph Zukor, American film producer   

1873  The birth of Charles Peguy, French poet on this day in history.   

1873  Adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount) on this day in history.   

1875  Thomas Hicks, English/US marathon runner: (Olympic-gold-1904) on this day in history.   

1876  William Yeates Hurlstone, composer on January - 07.   

1877  Johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog) on January - 07.   

1879  On this day in history dutch King Willem II marries Emma von Waldeck-Pyrmont   

1879  St Bernadette (Marie-Bernarde Soubirous), 1844(?), religious visionary on this day in history.   

1883  Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (WW II) on January - 07.   

1887  Abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74 on January - 07.   

1888  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Valley of Fear" (BG)   

1888  Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Valley of Fear" (BG) on January - 07.   

1890  Nellie Bly boards the S.S. Oceanic at Yokohama January 7 and sails for San Francisco after having crossed the Atlantic, Europe, and Asia in her well-publicized attempt to girdle the earth in less than 80 days on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history w B Purvis patents fountain pen   

1890  On January - 07 henny Porten, Magdeburg Germany, silent screen star (Deception)   

1890  On January - 07 augusta Maria L Katharina, wife of Germ emperor Wilhelm I, dies at 78   

1891  Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer, dies at 79 on January - 07.   

1892  Mine explosion kills 100, Krebs OK-blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns on this day in history.   

1892  Mine explosion kills 100, Krebs, Okla-blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns on this day in history.   

1892  On January - 07 rudolf Moser, composer   

1892  Tewfik Pasja, viceroy of Egypt, dies at 39 on January - 07.   

1893  On January - 07 hermann Sudermanns "Heimat," premieres in Berlin   

1894  On this day in history motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing   

1894  On January - 07 jose Rozo Contreras, composer   

1895  Marie-Dominique Chenu, French Roman Catholic theologist on January - 07.   

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1355  Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III of England (d. 1397) was born on this day in history.   

1528  On this day in history birth of jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra/mother of French King Henry IV   

1539  Sebastian de Covarrubias Horozco, Spanish lexicographer was born on January - 07.   

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

1612  On this day in history birth of paul de La Pierre, composer   

1634  Adam Krieger, German composer was born on this day in history.   

1647  Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677) was born on January - 07.   

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

0312  Lucianus of Antioch, theologist/saint, dies on January - 07.   

1130  Baldricus Burgoliensis, French historian/archbishop, dies at about 83 on this day in history.   

1285  On January - 07 charles I of Anjou, king of Naples/bro of King Louis IX, dies at 58   

1325  Dionysius, the justified, King of Portugal (1279-1325), dies on this day in history.   

1400  Death of Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, English politician (b. 1374) on January - 07.   

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

1529  Peter Vischer, the Old, German count of Sebaldus, dies on January - 07.   

1536  Catherine of Aragon, 1st wife of England's King Henry VIII, dies on January - 07.