Page 4: Historical Events In January - 07

1862  Battle of Manassas Junction VA on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney WV   

1862  Battle of Manassas Junction, VA on this day in history.   

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  On January - 07 arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock   

1868  On this day in history mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson   

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  On January - 07 the birth of Adolph Zukor, American film producer   

1873  On January - 07 the birth of Charles Peguy, French poet   

1873  Adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount) on this day in history.   

1875  On January - 07 thomas Hicks, English/US marathon runner: (Olympic-gold-1904)   

1876  On this day in history william Yeates Hurlstone, composer   

1877  Johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog) on January - 07.   

1879  On this day in history dutch King Willem II marries Emma von Waldeck-Pyrmont   

1879  On January - 07 st Bernadette (Marie-Bernarde Soubirous), 1844(?), religious visionary   

1883  On this day in history andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (WW II)   

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  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Valley of Fear" (BG)   

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  Henny Porten, Magdeburg Germany, silent screen star (Deception) on this day in history.   

1890  On January - 07 augusta Maria L Katharina, wife of Germ emperor Wilhelm I, dies at 78   

1891  On January - 07 carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer, dies at 79   

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

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

1892  Rudolf Moser, composer on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history tewfik Pasja, viceroy of Egypt, dies at 39   

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

1894  On January - 07 motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing   

1894  On this day in history jose Rozo Contreras, composer   

1895  On this day in history marie-Dominique Chenu, French Roman Catholic theologist   

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1355  On this day in history birth of thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III of England (d. 1397)   

1528  Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra/mother of French King Henry IV was born on this day in history.   

1539  On January - 07 birth of sebastian de Covarrubias Horozco, Spanish lexicographer   

1611  James Harrington, England, political author (Commonwealth of Oceans) was born on January - 07.   

1612  Paul de La Pierre, composer was born on January - 07.   

1634  Adam Krieger, German composer was born on January - 07.   

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

1652  On January - 07 birth of pavao Vitezovic, Croatia, writer/historian   

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

1130  Baldricus Burgoliensis, French historian/archbishop, dies at about 83 on this day in history.   

1285  On January - 07 charles I of Anjou, king of Naples/bro of King Louis IX, dies at 58   

1325  On this day in history dionysius, the justified, King of Portugal (1279-1325), dies   

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  On this day in history peter Vischer, the Old, German count of Sebaldus, dies   

1536  On January - 07 catherine of Aragon, 1st wife of England's King Henry VIII, dies