692 Historic Events for January 1
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| 1861 |
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Pres Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful
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| 1861 |
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Porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City
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| 1862 |
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Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera)
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| 1862 |
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Battle of Ft McRee, FL Battle of Port Royal, SC (Port Royal Ferry)
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| 1862 |
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1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)
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| 1863 |
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Battle of Galveston, Texas-Confederates recapture the city
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| 1863 |
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Emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln
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| 1863 |
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Franz Schuberts "Missa Solemnis," premieres in Leipzig
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| 1863 |
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Battle of Helena, AK
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| 1863 |
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Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron (revived Olympic games)
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| 1863 |
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1st homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice, Nebr
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| 1863 |
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Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago and Back)
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| 1864 |
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Alfred Stieglitz, US photographer/art dealer (Camera Work)
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| 1865 |
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Giuseppe Ferrata, composer
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| 1865 |
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-Apr 26th] Carolinas' campaign
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| 1867 |
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Lew Fields, comedian (of Weber and Fields)
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| 1867 |
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Charles Edward Montague, English author/critic (Fiery Particles)
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| 1869 |
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Louis JM de la Vall‚e-Poussin, Belgian indologist
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| 1871 |
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Belgium disbands salt tax
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| 1873 |
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Origin of Japanese Era
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| 1873 |
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Mariano Azuela, Mexico, novelist (The Flies, The Bosses)
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| 1874 |
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New York City annexes the Bronx
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| 1874 |
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Hugo Leichtentritt, composer
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| 1875 |
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Charles Rist, French economist
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| 1875 |
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N F Druce, cricketer (5 Tests for England v Australia 1897-98)
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