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01/20/1809
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Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (La Paloma)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1812
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Ralph Pomeroy Buckland, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1892
Type: Birth
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01/20/1813
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C M Wieland, writer, dies at 79
Type: Death
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01/20/1813
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Jacon Gartner Lauman, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
Type: Birth
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01/20/1819
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Carlos IV, King of Spain (1788-1808), dies at 70
Type: Death
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01/20/1820
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Anne Jemima Clough, England, promoted higher education for women
Type: Birth
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01/20/1830
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Michal Bogdanowicz, composer, dies at 50
Type: Death
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01/20/1831
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Pieter J Joubert, general (South Africa)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1837
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John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84
Type: Death
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01/20/1838
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Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer, dies at 64
Type: Death
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01/20/1840
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Dutch King Willem II crowned
Type: Event
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01/20/1840
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Dumont D'Urville discovers Ad‚lie Land, Antarctica
Type: Event
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01/20/1841
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China cedes Hong Kong to British
Type: Event
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01/20/1843
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Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid, Constantinople, London)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1844
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Johan Peter Selmer, composer
Type: Birth
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01/20/1847
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W R Pettiford, Founder (Alabama Penny Savings Bank)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1850
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Investigator, 1st ship to effect northwest passage, leaves England
Type: Event
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01/20/1855
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Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer
Type: Birth
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01/20/1857
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Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32
Type: Death
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01/20/1859
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B v Arnim, writer, dies at 73
Type: Death
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01/20/1859
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Bettina Brentano, composer, dies at 73
Type: Death
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01/20/1860
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Dutch troops conquer Watampone in Celebes
Type: Event
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01/20/1862
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Felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines
Type: Death
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01/20/1865
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Friedrich A H von Waldeck, brother of queen Emma/last ruler of Waldeck
Type: Birth
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01/20/1866
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Prim's Insurrection in Spain ends
Type: Event
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01/20/1866
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Richard Le Gallienne, English writer (Maker of Gainborg)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1868
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Wilhelm Sch„fer, German writer (Ein Totschl„ger)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1868
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Florida constitutional convention meets in Tallahassee
Type: Event
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01/20/1869
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton becomes 1st woman to testify before Congress
Type: Event
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01/20/1870
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"City of Boston" vanishes at sea with all 177 aboard
Type: Event
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01/20/1870
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Hiram R Revels elected to fill unexpired term of Jefferson Davis
Type: Event
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01/20/1870
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Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer
Type: Birth
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01/20/1872
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Calif Stock Exchange Board organized
Type: Event
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01/20/1873
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Charles A Ellwood, US, sociologist/psychologist
Type: Birth
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01/20/1873
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Johannes V Jensen, Denmark, novelist/poet (Energy Storage, Nobel 1944)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1877
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Ruth St Denis, Newark NJ, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1878
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Finlay Currie, Scotland, actor (Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Avengers)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1879
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British troops under Lord Chelmsford set camp at Isandlwana
Type: Event
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01/20/1882
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John Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies
Type: Death
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01/20/1883
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Billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England v Aust MCG
Type: Event
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01/20/1883
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Betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces
Type: Birth
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01/20/1884
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A[braham P] Merritt, US, sci-fi author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1887
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US Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor
Type: Event
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01/20/1888
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Leadbelly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1890
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Franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86
Type: Death
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01/20/1891
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David Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies
Type: Death
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01/20/1891
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Mischa Elman, Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist
Type: Birth
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01/20/1892
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Roscoe Ates, Grange Miss, actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass)
Type: Birth
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01/20/1892
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1st basketball game played (Mass)
Type: Event
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01/20/1893
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Kaj Birket-Smith, Danish etnologist/anthropologist (Eskimos)
Type: Birth
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