Page 4: Historical Events In January - 05

1859  On January - 05 the first steamboat sails, Red River   

1859  1st steamboat sails, Red River on this day in history.   

1859  DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer) on this day in history.   

1860  On January - 05 st John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male US saint, dies   

1861  250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Fort Sumter on January - 05.   

1861  Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan & Gaines at Mobile Bay on January - 05.   

1861  250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Ft Sumter on January - 05.   

1862  On this day in history joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81   

1871  A group of Chinese find a nugget at Dunolly, Victoria, called The Precious, which yields 50.418 kg of pure gold on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history frederick Shepherd Converse, Newton Mass, composer   

1874  On this day in history the city of Winnipeg holds first civic election. Only 304 voters were registered, but 331 ballots are cast. go figure   

1874  On this day in history joseph Erlanger, doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944)   

1875  On this day in history cDR Edward Lull begins expedition to locate best ship canal route across Panama.   

1875  Charles Garnier's new Opera opens in Paris on January - 05.   

1875  On this day in history president Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg MS   

1876  On this day in history konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949)   

1880  Nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer on January - 05.   

1881  On this day in history nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer   

1887  1st US school of librarianship opens at Columbia University on January - 05.   

1888  Dutch Heidemaatschappij established on this day in history.   

1888  Henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history albert van Dalsum, Dutch actor/director (Little Rascal) [or 1899]   

1890  Cora Witherspoon, New Orleans LA, actress (Bank Dick), dies on this day in history.   

1891  On January - 05 johan Boskamp, Dutch actor/singer (Potasch & Perlemoer) [or 1893]   

1891  Guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49), dies at 89 on January - 05.   

1892  1st successful auroral photograph made on this day in history.   

1892  On January - 05 francesca Bertini, Florence Italy, actress (Odette, Assunta Spina)   

1893  On this day in history friedrich Blume, German musicologist (Das Rassenproblem in der Musik)   

1895  French Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank in anti-semitic trial; later declared innocent on January - 05.   

1895  French Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent on January - 05.   

1895  On January - 05 henry James' play "Guy Domville" opens in London   

1895  Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest on this day in history.   

1896  German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays on this day in history.   

1896  Hendrik Algra, Dutch MP (ARP) on January - 05.   

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1209  On this day in history birth of richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272)   

1548  Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617) was born on January - 05.   

1560  William Cobbold, composer was born on this day in history.   

1587  Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641) was born on January - 05.   

1592  On this day in history birth of shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal   

1596  On this day in history birth of henry Lawes, English composer   

1614  On this day in history birth of archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662)   

1661  On this day in history birth of jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer   

0842  On January - 05 death of al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794)   

1066  Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies on January - 05.   

1387  On January - 05 pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67   

1400  On this day in history death of john Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350)   

1425  Death of John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned on this day in history.   

1448  Death of Christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416) on January - 05.   

1465  On January - 05 death of charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394)   

1477  On this day in history charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43