396 Historic Events for January 15
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| 1831 |
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1st US railroad honeymoon trip, Mr and Mrs Pierson, Charleston, SC
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| 1833 |
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HMS Beagle anchors at Goeree Tierra del Fuego
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| 1841 |
Birth |
Lord Frederick Stanley, presenter of hockey's Stanley Cup
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| 1844 |
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U of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana
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| 1844 |
Death |
Joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78
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| 1845 |
Birth |
Ella Flagg Young, 1st woman pres (National Educational Association)
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| 1845 |
Birth |
Heinrich Vogl, composer
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| 1847 |
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1st Swedish magazine in US, Skandinavia, published in NYC
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| 1850 |
Birth |
Sonya Kurtovsky Kovalevsky, mathemetician (Acad of Science)
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| 1850 |
Birth |
Mihail Eminesco, [Eminovici], Romanian poet (Samanul Dionis)
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| 1851 |
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Gen Arista replaces Mexican Pres Herrera
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| 1857 |
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1st first-class game in Sydney, NSW v Vic at The Domain
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| 1858 |
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Giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter
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| 1861 |
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Steam elevator patented by Elisha Otis
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| 1863 |
Birth |
Adolph Goldschmidt, German historian
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| 1863 |
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1st US newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal
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| 1863 |
Birth |
Wilhelm Marx, premier (Prussia)
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| 1865 |
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Ft Fisher, NC falls to Union troops
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| 1866 |
Death |
M T d'Azeglio, writer, dies
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| 1866 |
Birth |
Nathan S”derblom, Lutheran archbishop, internationalist (Nobel '30)
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| 1866 |
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Bedrich Smetana's opera "Branibori v Cechach," premieres in Prague
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| 1868 |
Birth |
Noach Zjordanija, Georgian veterinarian/premier (1918-21)
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| 1870 |
Birth |
Johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer (Greenland)
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| 1870 |
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Donkey 1st used as symbol of Democratic Party, in Harper's Weekly
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| 1871 |
Birth |
Bertram Shapleigh, composer
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