Page 4: Historical Events In January - 07

1862  On this day in history battle of Manassas Junction VA   

1862  On January - 07 romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney WV   

1862  On this day in history battle of Manassas Junction, VA   

1867  On this day in history 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   

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

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

1868  Abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist on this day in history.   

1868  William Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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  The birth of Charles Peguy, French poet on January - 07.   

1873  On this day in history adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1879  On this day in history st Bernadette (Marie-Bernarde Soubirous), 1844(?), religious visionary   

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

1887  On this day in history abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74   

1888  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Valley of Fear" (BG)   

1888  Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Valley of Fear" (BG) on January - 07.   

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 January - 07.   

1890  On this day in history w B Purvis patents fountain pen   

1890  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1892  Mine explosion kills 100, Krebs, Okla-blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history rudolf Moser, composer   

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

1893  On January - 07 hermann Sudermanns "Heimat," premieres in Berlin   

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

1894  Jose Rozo Contreras, composer on this day in history.   

1895  Marie-Dominique Chenu, French Roman Catholic theologist on this day in history.   

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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  On this day in history birth of jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra/mother of French King Henry IV   

1539  On this day in history birth of sebastian de Covarrubias Horozco, Spanish lexicographer   

1611  James Harrington, England, political author (Commonwealth of Oceans) was born on this day in history.   

1612  Paul de La Pierre, composer was born on this day in history.   

1634  On this day in history birth of adam Krieger, German composer   

1647  Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677) was born on January - 07.   

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  Charles I of Anjou, king of Naples/bro of King Louis IX, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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

1400  Death of Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, English politician (b. 1374) on this day in history.   

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