396 Historic Events for January 15
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| 1762 |
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Fraunces Tavern opens in NYC
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| 1765 |
Death |
Carlmann Kolb, composer, dies at 61
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| 1775 |
Death |
Giovanni Battista Sammartini, composer, dies
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| 1777 |
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People of New Connecticut (Vermont) declare independence from England
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| 1779 |
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Jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer
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| 1780 |
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Continental Congress establishes court of appeals
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| 1785 |
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Mozarts string quartet opus 10 premieres
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| 1788 |
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Gaetano Latilla, composer, dies at 77
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| 1791 |
Birth |
Franz Gillparzer, Austrian tragic dramatist (Golden Fleece)
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| 1793 |
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Ferdinand G Waldmller, Austrian painter
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| 1795 |
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Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/man of letters
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| 1797 |
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1st top hat worn (John Etherington of London)
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| 1798 |
Birth |
Thomas Crofton Croker, Irish story teller (Fairy legends)
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| 1809 |
Birth |
Pierre Joseph Proudhon, France, politician (libertarian socialist)
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| 1809 |
Birth |
Cornelia Connelly, Phila, founder (Society of the Holy Child Jesus)
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| 1812 |
Birth |
Peter C Asbjírnsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer
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| 1812 |
Death |
Johannes Herbst, composer, dies at 76
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| 1813 |
Birth |
James Marion Sims, SC, surgeon/gynecologist (vesicovaginal operation)
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| 1814 |
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Ludwig Schl„fli, Swiss vicar/mathematician
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| 1815 |
Birth |
Henry Morris Naglee, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
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| 1816 |
Death |
Henry Harington, composer, dies at 88
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| 1817 |
Birth |
Lewis Golding Arnold, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1871
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| 1821 |
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Lafayette McLaws, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
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| 1826 |
Birth |
Mikhail Saltykov, Spas-Ugol Russia, satirist (Family of Noblemen)
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| 1831 |
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1st US-built locomotive to pull a passenger train makes 1st run
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