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 January - 01.   

1846  On January - 01 yucatan declares independence from México   

1846  On January - 01 yucatan declares independence from Mexico   

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

1847  Michigan is first state to abolish capital punishment on this day in history.   

1847  On this day in history netherlands Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing   

1847  On January - 01 michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment   

1848  Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua on this day in history.   

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

1851  On this day in history city of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line   

1852  On January - 01 netherlands begins issuing postage stamps   

1852  On this day in history the first US public bath opens in New York City NY   

1852  1st US public bath opens, in NYC on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1854  James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough) on this day in history.   

1858  Canada begins using decimal currency system on this day in history.   

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

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

1861  On this day in history porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City   

1861  On this day in history president Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful   

1862  On January - 01 battle of Fort McRee FL, Battle of Port Royal SC (Port Royal Ferry)   

1862  On January - 01 the first US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)   

1862  US income tax goes into effect (3% of incomes > $600,% of incomes > $10,000) on January - 01.   

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

1862  Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera) on this day in history.   

1863  Battle of Galveston, TX - Confederates recapture the city on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history battle of Helena AK   

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

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

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0766  Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818) was born on this day in history.   

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  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on January - 01.   

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

1467  Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland was born on this day in history.   

1481  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer   

1484  On January - 01 birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)   

0379  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on January - 01.   

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on January - 01.   

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

0962  Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies on this day in history.   

1204  On this day in history death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)   

1387  On January - 01 karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies   

1502  Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies on January - 01.   

1515  Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52 on this day in history.