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  Yucatan declares independence from México on January - 01.   

1846  On this day in history yucatan declares independence from Mexico   

1846  Nikola Pasic, Serbian nationalist/premier (1891..1926) on January - 01.   

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

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

1850  On this day in history raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76   

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

1852  On this day in history netherlands begins issuing postage stamps   

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  On January - 01 the first practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service   

1853  On January - 01 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service   

1853  Hans Koessler, composer on January - 01.   

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

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 January - 01.   

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 January - 01 porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City   

1861  President Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1862  1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000) on January - 01.   

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

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

1863  Battle of Helena AK on January - 01.   

1863  On this day in history 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 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  Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) was born on this day in history.   

1449  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on January - 01.   

1449  On this day in history birth of lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)   

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  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  On January - 01 death of telemachus, Roman monk, murdered   

0898  Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 on January - 01.   

0962  On January - 01 boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies   

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

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

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