692 Historic Events for January 1
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| 1800 |
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Dutch East Indies Company dissolves
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| 1800 |
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Louis J M Daubenton, France, zoologist, dies at 83
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| 1801 |
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Ireland and Great Britain (England and Scotland) form United Kingdom
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| 1804 |
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Haiti gains independence from France (National Day)
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| 1807 |
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Cura‡ao is taken by English (until March, 1816)
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| 1808 |
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African Benevolent Society (education) forms
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| 1808 |
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Sierra Leone becomes a British colony
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| 1808 |
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Congress prohibits importation of slaves
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| 1809 |
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Holland Brigade under brig gen Chass‚ reaches Madrid
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| 1809 |
Birth |
John Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet (Silver Fleet)
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| 1814 |
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Field marshal Blucher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub
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| 1815 |
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Charles Renouvier, French philosopher (neocriticism)
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| 1816 |
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Fran‡ois Alexander Sallantin, composer, dies at 60
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| 1817 |
Birth |
Martin H Klaproth, Germany, chemist
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| 1817 |
Death |
Martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies at 73
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| 1818 |
Death |
Fedele Fenaroli, composer, dies at 87
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| 1818 |
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Official reopening of the White House
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| 1819 |
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George Foster Shepley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1878
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| 1819 |
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Arthur Hugh Clough, poet, friend of Matthew Arnold
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| 1823 |
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S ndor Pet”fi, Kikk”r”s, Hungary, poet, revolutionary (J os Vit‚z)
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| 1826 |
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Baron Van der Capellen resigns as governor of Dutch-Indies
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| 1827 |
Birth |
William Lewis "Old Tige" Cabell, Brig General (Confederate Army)
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| 1827 |
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Dutch Trade Company NHM gets opium monopoly on Java
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| 1831 |
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William Lloyd Garrison publishes 1st issue of abolitionist journal
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| 1831 |
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William Joseph Westbrook, composer
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