Page 5: Historical Events In January - 01

1807  Curacao is taken by English (until March, 1816) on January - 01.   

1807  Curaçao is taken by English (until March, 1816) on January - 01.   

1808  African Benevolent Society (education) forms on January - 01.   

1808  Importation of slaves into the United States is banned as of January 1 by an act of Congress passed last year, but illegal imports continue on this day in history.   

1808  On this day in history sierra Leone becomes a British colony   

1808  Congress prohibits importation of slaves on January - 01.   

1809  On January - 01 holland Brigade under brig gen Chasse reaches Madrid   

1809  On January - 01 john Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet (Silver Fleet)   

1809  Holland Brigade under Brigadier General Chassé reaches Madrid on January - 01.   

1814  Field marshal Blucher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub on January - 01.   

1814  On this day in history field marshal Blücher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub   

1815  Charles Renouvier, French philosopher (neocriticism) on this day in history.   

1816  Francois Alexander Sallantin, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1817  Martin H Klaproth, Germany, chemist on this day in history.   

1817  On January - 01 martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies at 73   

1818  Official reopening of the White House on this day in history.   

1818  Fedele Fenaroli, composer, dies at 87 on January - 01.   

1819  On this day in history arthur Hugh Clough, poet, friend of Matthew Arnold   

1826  On this day in history baron Van der Capellen resigns as Governor of Dutch-Indies   

1827  Dutch Trade Company NHM gets opium monopoly on Java on January - 01.   

1827  On January - 01 william Lewis "Old Tige" Cabell, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1831  On this day in history william Lloyd Garrison publishes first issue of abolitionist journal   

1831  On January - 01 william Lloyd Garrison publishes 1st issue of abolitionist journal   

1831  William Joseph Westbrook, composer on January - 01.   

1833  British government demands Falkland islands on this day in history.   

1833  Curaçao census 2,602 whites, 6,531 free people & 5,894 slaves on this day in history.   

1834  German Tolunie goes into effect on this day in history.   

1838  The first official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide on January - 01.   

1838  1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide on January - 01.   

1838  William Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 on this day in history.   

1840  1st recorded bowling match in US, Knickerbocker Alleys, NYC on this day in history.   

1842  1st illustrated weekly magazine in US publishes 1st issue, NYC on this day in history.   

1843  Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky, composer on this day in history.   

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

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0766  On this day in history birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)   

1387  On this day in history birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)   

1431  On January - 01 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  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on January - 01.   

1467  Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland was born on January - 01.   

1481  On this day in history birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer   

1484  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531) was born on this day in history.   

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

0404  On this day in history death of telemachus, Roman monk, murdered   

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  Death of King Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170) on this day in history.   

1387  Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on January - 01.   

1502  Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies on this day in history.   

1515  On January - 01 louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52