414 Historic Events for January 17
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| 1845 |
Birth |
Lucas Lindeboom, Dutch vicar/evangelist (Vredebond)
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| 1850 |
Birth |
Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, St Petersburg Russia, composer
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| 1852 |
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British recognize independence of Transvaal (in South Africa)
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| 1853 |
Birth |
Alva Vanderbilt Beaumont, women's rights advocate and activist
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| 1856 |
Death |
Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, dies at 41
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| 1857 |
Birth |
Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann)
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| 1857 |
Birth |
Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)
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| 1858 |
Birth |
Tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author (Frutos de mi Tierra)
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| 1861 |
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Flush toilet patented by Mr Thomas Crapper (Honest!)
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| 1862 |
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-Jan 22nd) BBT Ft Henry, TN by USS Lexington
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| 1862 |
Birth |
John E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher
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| 1863 |
Death |
E J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73
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| 1863 |
Birth |
David Lloyd George, (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22)
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| 1863 |
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Civil War skirmish near Newtown, Virginia
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| 1863 |
Birth |
Konstantin S Stanislavski, Russia, director (Stanislavski Method)
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| 1863 |
Birth |
Henry Charles Tonking, composer
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| 1864 |
Birth |
Lucien Herr, France, scientist (Corresp entre Schiller et Schiller)
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| 1864 |
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General Longstreet's command ends heavy fighting at Dandridgem TN
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| 1869 |
Death |
Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, dies at 55
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| 1871 |
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1st cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie (begins service in 1873)
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| 1873 |
Birth |
Fran‡ois Rasse, composer
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| 1874 |
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Armed Democrats seize Texas govt ending Radical Reconstruction
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| 1874 |
Death |
Chang and Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai Siamese twins, dies at 62
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| 1876 |
Birth |
Olga Fastrova, writer
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| 1877 |
Birth |
Hans Jelmoli, composer
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