373 Historic Events for January 18
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| 1871 |
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2nd German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I and Bismarck
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| 1871 |
Birth |
Franz Blei, [Peregrinus Steinh”vel], Austrian painter/critic
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| 1872 |
Birth |
Paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami)
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| 1875 |
Death |
Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55
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| 1878 |
Birth |
Hendrik Baels, Belgian politician
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| 1879 |
Birth |
Henri-Honor‚ Giraud, French general/member of parliament
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| 1880 |
Birth |
Paul Ehrenfest, Austria/Neth physicist (adiabates hypothesis)
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| 1881 |
Birth |
Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Librairie Gallimard) [or 1908]
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| 1882 |
Birth |
Alan Alexander Milne, English author (Winnie-the-Pooh)
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| 1882 |
Birth |
Jacob Clay, Dutch philospher/phyicist (Mesones)
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| 1882 |
Birth |
Sylvia Pankhurst, English feminist
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| 1884 |
Birth |
Arthur Ransome, English author (Swallows and Amazons)
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| 1884 |
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General Charles Gordon departs London for Khartoum
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| 1886 |
Death |
Michal Czajchovski, [Sadik Pasja], writer, dies
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| 1886 |
Birth |
Peter Alma, Dutch painter/graphic artist
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| 1886 |
Birth |
Antoine Pevsner, French sculptor
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| 1890 |
Death |
Amadeus I FM, king of Spain (1870-73), dies at 44
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| 1892 |
Birth |
Oliver Hardy, Harlem Ga, comedy team member (Laurel and Hardy)
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| 1893 |
Birth |
John Lawrence Seymour, composer
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| 1893 |
Birth |
Jorge Guill‚n, Valladolid Spain, poet/critic (C ntico, Final)
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| 1894 |
Birth |
Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, Dutch parapsychologist
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| 1895 |
Event |
Amsterdam's AFC soccer team forms
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| 1896 |
Birth |
Hans H Holm, Norwegian poet (Jonsoknatt)
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| 1896 |
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British troops occupy Kumasi, West Africa
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| 1896 |
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1st demonstration of an X-ray machine in US (NYC)
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