Page 4: Historical Events In January - 12

1875  Kwang-su becomes emperor of China on January - 12.   

1875  Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella) on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history the birth of Jack London, American author   

1876  On this day in history ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Venice Italy, composer   

1878  On January - 12 ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk)   

1879  On this day in history british Zulu War begins Lieutenant-General Chelmsford invades Zululand   

1879  British Zulu War begins: Lt-General Chelmsford invades Zululand on this day in history.   

1882  Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist on this day in history.   

1884  On January - 12 louis Horst, composer   

1888  On this day in history claude Delvincourt, composer   

1890  On this day in history mordecai W Johnson, educator   

1893  The birth of Hermann Goering, German Nazi leader on January - 12.   

1893  Hermann Goering, propoganda minister (Nazi Germany) on January - 12.   

1894  On January - 12 billy Gilbert, Louisville KY, actor (Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio)   

1895  The National Trust is founded in Britain on January - 12.   

1896  The first X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC) on January - 12.   

1896  1st X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC) on January - 12.   

1896  Rex Ingram, Ireland, actor/director (Elmer Gantry, God's Little Acre) on January - 12.   

1897  On January - 12 hendrik J Valk, painter/cartoonist/graphic artist   

1898  Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan on January - 12.   

1898  Jose Forns y Cuadras, composer on January - 12.   

1899  Paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948) on January - 12.   

1900  On January - 12 freeland Colony founded in US   

1900  On this day in history vaino Hannikainen, composer   

1902  On January - 12 ibn Abdul-Aziz Saud, Kuwait, king (Saudi Arabia)   

1903  On January - 12 harry Houdini performs at Rembrandt theater, Amsterdam   

1903  Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown PA, killing 170 on this day in history.   

1903  Igor V Kurtshatov, Russian nuclear physicist on January - 12.   

1904  On January - 12 southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison   

1904  Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist on January - 12.   

1906  First time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26) on January - 12.   

1906  On this day in history 1st time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26)   

1906  Henny Youngman, England, comedian (Take my wife please...) on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal   

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1483  Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland was born on this day in history.   

1483  Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538) was born on this day in history.   

1492  On this day in history birth of andreas Alicatus, Italian author   

1562  Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy was born on January - 12.   

1576  On January - 12 birth of peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian   

1577  On January - 12 birth of jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644)   

1580  On this day in history birth of jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp)   

1580  On January - 12 birth of lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)   

0689  On this day in history benedict Biscop, English saint, dies   

1049  Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1167  On this day in history aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56   

1321  Death of Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256) on January - 12.   

1390  Peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1519  On January - 12 maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies   

1537  Lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies on January - 12.   

1665  On this day in history pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63