Page 3: Historical Events In January - 09

1855  On January - 09 clipper Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies   

1856  Anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar) on January - 09.   

1857  7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon CA on January - 09.   

1857  7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon Calif on this day in history.   

1857  Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights) on this day in history.   

1858  Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide on January - 09.   

1859  On January - 09 carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader   

1861  On January - 09 mississippi becomes 2nd state to secede   

1861  On January - 09 the first hostile act of Civil War; Star of the West fired on, Sumter SC   

1861  1st hostile act of Civil War; Star of West fired on, Sumter, SC on this day in history.   

1862  In Halifax, Nova Scotia the Grenadier Guards land to garrison the Citadel Fort on January - 09.   

1863  On this day in history -Jan 11th] Battle of Arkansas Post, AK (Ft Hindman)   

1863  Ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history fisk University establishes   

1866  On January - 09 albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher   

1867  Jacques Urlus, Dutch tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth) on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder (Golden Gate Bridge)   

1871  Charles Kortright, British(?) cricket player on January - 09.   

1876  Hans Bethge, writer on January - 09.   

1878  On January - 09 umberto I becomes King of Italy.   

1878  Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history cheyenne prisoners led by Dull Knife revolt at Fort Robinson   

1879  Kirland Warbler discovered on Andros Island in Bahamas on this day in history.   

1879  Cheyenne prisoners led by Dull Knife revolt at Ft Robinson on this day in history.   

1879  On January - 09 john Broadus Watson, behaviorist psychologist   

1879  On this day in history don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86   

1880  6' (1.8 meters) of snow falls in Seattle in 5 days on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo)   

1886  Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, composer, dies at 73 on January - 09.   

1889  Near Queenston Ontario the Niagara Suspension Bridge collapses during a winter storm on this day in history.   

1890  On January - 09 karel Capek, Czech, writer (R U R); coined the word "robot"   

1891  On January - 09 august Gailit, Estonia, writer (Ekke Moor)   

1893  Mohara, Arab ivory/slave trader, dies in battle & is eaten on January - 09.   

1894  On January - 09 "Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze" released in movie theaters   

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1554  Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], pope (1621-23) was born on this day in history.   

1571  On this day in history birth of karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (d. 1621)   

1574  Christoph Buel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1620  On January - 09 birth of johann Weichmann, composer   

1624  On this day in history birth of empress Meishō (d. 1696)   

1695  John E Loovens, lawyer was born on this day in history.   

1699  Robert J Pothier, French lawyer was born on January - 09.   

1728  On January - 09 birth of thomas Warton, poet laureate of England (Pleasures of Melancholy)   

1150  On this day in history death of emperor Xizong of Jin was murdered by Prince Hailing of Jin in a Coup d'état.   

1282  Death of Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (b. 1204) on this day in history.   

1283  Death of Wen Tianxiang, Prime Minister of China (executed) (b. 1236) on January - 09.   

1499  On this day in history johan Cicero, elector of (Brandenburg, 1486-99), dies at 43   

1514  On January - 09 anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian, dies at 36   

1543  On this day in history death of guillaume du Bellay, French diplomat and general (b. 1491)   

1562  On this day in history death of amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1514)   

1571  On this day in history death of nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French naval officer (b. 1510)