Page 3: Historical Events In January - 16

1865  General William Sherman issues Field Order #15 (land for blacks) on this day in history.   

1865  Confederate brig-gen John Pegram marries Hetty Cary on January - 16.   

1868  Refrigerator car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit on this day in history.   

1868  On January - 16 cyril Metodej Hrazdira, composer   

1870  On this day in history virginia becomes 8th state re-admitted to US after Civil War   

1870  Virginia becomes 8th state readmitted to US after Civil War on this day in history.   

1870  On January - 16 wilhelm Normann, German chemist (hardening of oils)   

1871  On January - 16 jefferson Long of Georgia sworn in as 2nd black congressman   

1872  Edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre) on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history boyd Alexander, English explorer   

1874  On January - 16 robert Service, England, Canadian poet (Cremation of Sam McGee)   

1876  On this day in history edmund H. Sears, author of It Came Upon A midnight Clear, dies.   

1877  On January - 16 color organ (for light shows) patented, by Bainbridge Bishop   

1878  Captain Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history harry Carey Sr, Bronx NY, actor (Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force)   

1879  January record 13" of snow falls in New York City NY (broken Jan 7, 1996) on this day in history.   

1879  On January - 16 january record 13" of snow falls in NYC (broken Jan 7, 1996)   

1883  Congress passed a bill creating the civil service on January - 16.   

1883  On this day in history pendleton Act creates basis of US Civil Service system   

1883  On this day in history the U.S. Civil Service Commission is established.   

1885  On January - 16 wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, president of Poland (1939-40)   

1886  On this day in history amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51   

1887  On January - 16 cliff House damaged when schooner "Parallel"'s powder cargo explodes   

1887  John Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman) on this day in history.   

1889  128ºF (53ºC), Cloncurry, Queensland (Australian record) on this day in history.   

1889  On January - 16 cloncurry, Queensland, recorded temperature of 53.1 Celsius, highest known in Australia.   

1889  On this day in history 128°F (53°C), Cloncurry, Queensland (Australian record)   

1890  On this day in history karl Freund, Czech/Austrian cameraman/director   

1891  On this day in history clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54   

1892  Imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies on this day in history.   

1893  On January - 16 johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74   

1894  On January - 16 guy Chamberlin, early NFL end/coach (Canton, Frankford, Cards)   

1896  Defeat of Cymru Fydd at South Wales Liberal Federation AGM, Newport, Monmouthshire on this day in history.   

1897  John Dewey's essay "My Pedagogic Creed" appears in School Journal on January - 16.   

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1245  On this day in history birth of edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)   

1409  On this day in history birth of rené I of Naples (d. 1480)   

1477  On January - 16 birth of johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)   

1501  Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559) was born on January - 16.   

1587  Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter was born on January - 16.   

1616  On January - 16 birth of françois de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)   

1626  Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.   

1634  Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716) was born on January - 16.   

0308  Marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies on this day in history.   

0429  On January - 16 honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies [or 430]   

0960  On January - 16 death of polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople   

1343  Robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies on January - 16.   

1400  On this day in history death of john Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (b. 1352)   

1545  On this day in history death of george Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484)   

1547  Death of Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477) on this day in history.   

1554  Death of Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480) on this day in history.