Page 4: Historical Events In January - 07

1862  On this day in history battle of Manassas Junction VA   

1862  Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney WV on January - 07.   

1862  Battle of Manassas Junction, VA on January - 07.   

1867  Private Timothy O'Hea is awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery in 1866, protecting the lives of 800 emigrants on a Grand Trunk train menaced by a fire in a boxcar carrying explosives. This is the only VC awarded for a brave deed not done in the face of the enemy on this day in history.   

1868  Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock on January - 07.   

1868  Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson on this day in history.   

1868  On this day in history abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist   

1868  William Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51 on January - 07.   

1870  On this day in history karl Schwencke, composer, dies at 72   

1873  The birth of Adolph Zukor, American film producer on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history the birth of Charles Peguy, French poet   

1873  Adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount) on January - 07.   

1875  Thomas Hicks, English/US marathon runner: (Olympic-gold-1904) on this day in history.   

1876  William Yeates Hurlstone, composer on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog)   

1879  Dutch King Willem II marries Emma von Waldeck-Pyrmont on January - 07.   

1879  St Bernadette (Marie-Bernarde Soubirous), 1844(?), religious visionary on this day in history.   

1883  Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (WW II) on this day in history.   

1887  Abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74 on January - 07.   

1888  Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Valley of Fear" (BG) on this day in history.   

1888  Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Valley of Fear" (BG) on this day in history.   

1890  Nellie Bly boards the S.S. Oceanic at Yokohama January 7 and sails for San Francisco after having crossed the Atlantic, Europe, and Asia in her well-publicized attempt to girdle the earth in less than 80 days on this day in history.   

1890  W B Purvis patents fountain pen on January - 07.   

1890  On January - 07 henny Porten, Magdeburg Germany, silent screen star (Deception)   

1890  Augusta Maria L Katharina, wife of Germ emperor Wilhelm I, dies at 78 on January - 07.   

1891  Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1892  Mine explosion kills 100, Krebs OK-blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns on January - 07.   

1892  Mine explosion kills 100, Krebs, Okla-blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns on January - 07.   

1892  Rudolf Moser, composer on this day in history.   

1892  Tewfik Pasja, viceroy of Egypt, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1893  Hermann Sudermanns "Heimat," premieres in Berlin on January - 07.   

1894  Motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history jose Rozo Contreras, composer   

1895  Marie-Dominique Chenu, French Roman Catholic theologist on January - 07.   

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1355  Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III of England (d. 1397) was born on this day in history.   

1528  On January - 07 birth of jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra/mother of French King Henry IV   

1539  Sebastian de Covarrubias Horozco, Spanish lexicographer was born on this day in history.   

1611  On January - 07 birth of james Harrington, England, political author (Commonwealth of Oceans)   

1612  On this day in history birth of paul de La Pierre, composer   

1634  Adam Krieger, German composer was born on this day in history.   

1647  Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677) was born on this day in history.   

1652  Pavao Vitezovic, Croatia, writer/historian was born on this day in history.   

0312  On January - 07 lucianus of Antioch, theologist/saint, dies   

1130  On January - 07 baldricus Burgoliensis, French historian/archbishop, dies at about 83   

1285  Charles I of Anjou, king of Naples/bro of King Louis IX, dies at 58 on January - 07.   

1325  Dionysius, the justified, King of Portugal (1279-1325), dies on January - 07.   

1400  On January - 07 death of thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, English politician (b. 1374)   

1451  On January - 07 amadeus VIII, last anti-pope Felix V (1439-49), dies at 67   

1529  Peter Vischer, the Old, German count of Sebaldus, dies on January - 07.   

1536  On this day in history catherine of Aragon, 1st wife of England's King Henry VIII, dies