Page 3: Historical Events In January - 06

1786  On January - 06 in Saint John, New Brunswick the first sitting of the New Brunswick legislature takes place at Saint John.   

1790  Johann Trier, composer, dies at 73 on January - 06.   

1791  On January - 06 jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer   

1794  On January - 06 kaspar Masek, composer   

1798  On January - 06 ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer   

1799  On this day in history jedediah Strong Smith, US fur trader/explorer   

1799  W G Frederik, prince of Orange/general, dies at 25 on this day in history.   

1800  On January - 06 willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician   

1800  On this day in history william Jones, composer, dies at 73   

1802  Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romania, author/novelist/writer (Gramatica) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874   

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

1826  Herman Grimm, Germany, writer/novelist (Ralph Waldo Emerson) on this day in history.   

1827  John Calvin Brown, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889 on this day in history.   

1829  Kanagaki Robun [Bunzo Nozaki], Japanese humorist/gesaku-author on this day in history.   

1831  Rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64 on January - 06.   

1832  New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston) on this day in history.   

1832  On January - 06 the birth of Gustave Dore, French illustrator   

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

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

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

1842  Clarence King, mining engineer (geologist) on January - 06.   

1845  Protestants and Catholics riot in Stratford, Ontario following the council election; eighty men fight in the streets on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history giuseppe Martucci, composer   

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

1857  Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn on January - 06.   

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1367  Richard II, Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99) was born on January - 06.   

1367  On this day in history birth of richard II of England (d. 1400)   

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  On January - 06 birth of joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431)   

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  Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae) was born on this day in history.   

0664  On this day in history death of amr ibn al-A'as, Arab general (bc. 583)   

1088  Berengarius of Tours, French theologist, dies on January - 06.   

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  Jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies on this day in history.   

1448  On January - 06 christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies   

1481  Death of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde on January - 06.   

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