Page 6: Historical Events In January - 01

1844  1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week) on January - 01.   

1845  The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is completed on this day in history.   

1846  On January - 01 yucatan declares independence from México   

1846  Yucatan declares independence from Mexico on January - 01.   

1846  Nikola Pasic, Serbian nationalist/premier (1891..1926) on this day in history.   

1847  On this day in history michigan is first state to abolish capital punishment   

1847  Netherlands Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing on this day in history.   

1847  On this day in history michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment   

1848  On this day in history britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua   

1850  On January - 01 raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76   

1851  On January - 01 city of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line   

1852  Netherlands begins issuing postage stamps on January - 01.   

1852  The first US public bath opens in New York City NY on January - 01.   

1852  1st US public bath opens, in NYC on January - 01.   

1853  The first practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service on January - 01.   

1853  On this day in history 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service   

1853  Hans Koessler, composer on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford PA)   

1854  Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn) on January - 01.   

1854  James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough) on January - 01.   

1858  On January - 01 canada begins using decimal currency system   

1860  On this day in history slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies   

1860  On January - 01 slavery ends of in Neth Indies   

1861  On January - 01 porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City   

1861  On January - 01 president Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful   

1862  On this day in history battle of Fort McRee FL, Battle of Port Royal SC (Port Royal Ferry)   

1862  The first US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000) on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history uS income tax goes into effect (3% of incomes > $600,% of incomes > $10,000)   

1862  On this day in history 1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)   

1862  On this day in history snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera)   

1863  On this day in history battle of Galveston, TX - Confederates recapture the city   

1863  On January - 01 battle of Helena AK   

1863  On January - 01 emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln   

1863  The birth of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern olympics on this day in history.   

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0766  On January - 01 birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)   

1387  On January - 01 birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)   

1431  On this day in history birth of alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)   

1449  On this day in history birth of lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence   

1449  On January - 01 birth of lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)   

1467  On this day in history birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland   

1481  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on this day in history.   

1484  On this day in history birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)   

0379  On this day in history basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies   

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on this day in history.   

0898  On this day in history odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39   

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

1204  Death of King Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) on January - 01.   

1387  Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on this day in history.   

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.