Page 2: Historical Events In January - 04

1726  On this day in history cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector   

1729  On January - 04 joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French lt-general, dies at 77   

1739  On this day in history henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii)   

1745  On this day in history willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62   

1752  Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1754  On this day in history columbia University founded, as Kings College (New York City NY)   

1754  On January - 04 columbia University founded, as Kings College (NYC)   

1756  On this day in history anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician   

1759  On January - 04 maria Rosa Coccia, composer   

1761  On January - 04 stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83   

1762  England declares war on Spain & Naples on this day in history.   

1765  On January - 04 joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39   

1772  On this day in history paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter   

1773  On January - 04 johann Peter Heuschkel, composer   

1778  Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1780  On this day in history snowstorm hit Washington's army at Morristown New Jersey   

1780  Snowstorm hit Washington's army at Morristown, NJ on January - 04.   

1781  On this day in history andre Mechain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio)   

1781  On this day in history andre Méchain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio)   

1782  On January - 04 ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83   

1785  On this day in history jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Germany, librarian (fairy tale collector)   

1786  On January - 04 mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56   

1789  Benjamin Lundy, philanthropist/abolitionist on January - 04.   

1793  On this day in history bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35   

1797  Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map) on January - 04.   

1804  Charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies on January - 04.   

1805  Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer on January - 04.   

1807  Baltasar Saldoni, composer on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history the birth of Louis Braille, creates the Braille system for the blind   

1809  Louis Braille, Coupvray France, developer (reading system for blind) on this day in history.   

1809  Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1813  Alexander Freiherr von Bach, Austria attorney/premier (1852-59) on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history elizabeth Ann Seton, the first native-born American saint, dies in Emmitsburg, Maryland.   

1821  On January - 04 john James Peck, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878   

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1077  On this day in history birth of emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty in China (d. 1100)   

1334  On this day in history birth of amadeus VI, [Green Earl], earl of Savoye   

1334  On this day in history birth of amadeus VI of Savoy (d. 1383)   

1567  On this day in history birth of franciscus Aguilon, physicist/mathematician/jesuit/architect   

1579  Willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar was born on this day in history.   

1581  James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (gave age to Earth based on bible) was born on this day in history.   

1604  On this day in history birth of jacob Balde, German jesuit/barok conductor (Jephthe)   

1643  On this day in history birth of isaac Newton, Grantham England, physicist, mathematician and astronomer ("Whatever goes up must come down") [NS]   

0838  Death of Babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred on this day in history.   

1248  Death of King Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207) on January - 04.   

1428  On January - 04 death of frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 'The Warlike' (b. 1370)   

1564  Death of Hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514) on this day in history.   

1584  On this day in history tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44   

1612  On this day in history henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62   

1678  On January - 04 johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71   

1695  On January - 04 duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies