Page 6: Historical Events In January - 01

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

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

1846  On January - 01 yucatan declares independence from México   

1846  On this day in history yucatan declares independence from Mexico   

1846  On January - 01 nikola Pasic, Serbian nationalist/premier (1891..1926)   

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  Michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment on January - 01.   

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

1850  Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76 on January - 01.   

1851  City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line on this day in history.   

1852  On January - 01 netherlands begins issuing postage stamps   

1852  On January - 01 the first US public bath opens in New York City NY   

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

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  On this day in history hans Koessler, composer   

1854  On January - 01 lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford PA)   

1854  Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn) on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history james Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough)   

1858  On this day in history canada begins using decimal currency system   

1860  On January - 01 slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies   

1860  Slavery ends of in Neth Indies on January - 01.   

1861  Porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City on this day in history.   

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

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 January - 01 battle of Galveston, TX - Confederates recapture the city   

1863  On January - 01 battle of Helena AK   

1863  Emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln on this day in history.   

1863  The birth of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern olympics on January - 01.   

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0766  On this day in history 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 January - 01 birth of alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)   

1449  On January - 01 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 January - 01 basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies   

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 January - 01.   

0962  On this day in history boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies   

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

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