Historical Events In January - 06

1786  In Saint John, New Brunswick the first sitting of the New Brunswick legislature takes place at Saint John on this day in history.   

1790  On January - 06 johann Trier, composer, dies at 73   

1791  Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer on this day in history.   

1794  On this day in history kaspar Masek, composer   

1798  On this day in history ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer   

1799  On January - 06 jedediah Strong Smith, US fur trader/explorer   

1799  On this day in history w G Frederik, prince of Orange/general, dies at 25   

1800  On this day in history willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician   

1800  On January - 06 william Jones, composer, dies at 73   

1802  On this day in history ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romania, author/novelist/writer (Gramatica)   

1803  Henri Herz, composer on this day in history.   

1807  Joseph Holt, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1894 on this day in history.   

1811  On January - 06 charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874   

1822  On this day in history heinrich Schliemann, German polyglot/archeologist (Troje)   

1826  On this day in history herman Grimm, Germany, writer/novelist (Ralph Waldo Emerson)   

1827  On this day in history john Calvin Brown, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889   

1829  On January - 06 kanagaki Robun [Bunzo Nozaki], Japanese humorist/gesaku-author   

1831  On January - 06 rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64   

1832  On January - 06 new England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston)   

1832  The birth of Gustave Dore, French illustrator on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history samuel F.B. Morse makes the first public demonstration of the telegraph, in Morristown, New Jersey.   

1838  On January - 06 samuel Morse gives the first demonstration of the electric telegraph   

1838  Max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer on this day in history.   

1839  2 day storm off Irish &English coast immortalized as "The Big Wind" on January - 06.   

1839  On January - 06 2 day storm off Irish & English coast immortalized as "Big Wind"   

1842  On this day in history 4,500 British &Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India   

1842  4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India on January - 06.   

1842  On January - 06 clarence King, mining engineer (geologist)   

1845  On January - 06 protestants and Catholics riot in Stratford, Ontario following the council election; eighty men fight in the streets   

1850  On January - 06 eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era)   

1854  Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle) on January - 06.   

1856  Giuseppe Martucci, composer on this day in history.   

1857  On January - 06 patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Pennsylvania   

1857  On this day in history patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn   

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1367  Richard II, Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99) was born on this day in history.   

1367  Richard II of England (d. 1400) was born on this day in history.   

1367  On this day in history birth of richard II, Bordeaux, France, King of England (1377-99) (d. 1400)   

1412  Joan of Arc, Domremy, martyr was born on this day in history.   

1412  Joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431) was born on this day in history.   

1412  Joan of Arc, Domrémy, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431) was born on January - 06.   

1486  On this day in history birth of martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor   

1488  On this day in history birth of helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae)   

0664  On January - 06 death of amr ibn al-A'as, Arab general (bc. 583)   

1088  Berengarius of Tours, French theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1275  Raymundus of Penafort, Spanish church law scholar, dies on January - 06.   

1374  On January - 06 andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies   

1425  On this day in history jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies   

1448  Christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on January - 06.   

1481  On January - 06 death of akhmat Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde   

1536  Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies on this day in history.