420 Historic Events for January 20
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| 1703 |
Birth |
Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer
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| 1713 |
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Pavao Vitezovic, Croatian historian, dies
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| 1716 |
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Carlos III, king of Naples/Spain (1759-88) Pompei/Jesuits
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| 1716 |
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Jean-Jacques Barth‚lemy, French historical writer (Greek Antiquity)
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| 1727 |
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John van Bylevelt, Catholic apostole, dies
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| 1732 |
Birth |
Richard H Lee, US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence)
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| 1743 |
Birth |
Pascal Boyer, composer
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| 1745 |
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Charles VII Albert, German emperor (1742-45), dies at 47
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| 1761 |
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Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer
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| 1762 |
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Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer
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| 1763 |
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Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot
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| 1778 |
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1st American military court martial trial begins, Cambridge, Mass
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| 1779 |
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John Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71
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| 1781 |
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1st edition of Pieter It Hoens "Post of Neder-Rhijn" published
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| 1782 |
Birth |
Johan B J F S, archduke of Austria
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| 1783 |
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Hostilities cease in Revolutionary War
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| 1785 |
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Samuel Ellis advertises to sell Oyster Island (Ellis Is), no takers
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| 1788 |
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Pioneer African Baptist church organizes in Savannah, Ga
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| 1789 |
Death |
Johann Christoph Oley, composer, dies at 50
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| 1798 |
Death |
Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master, dies at 66
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| 1800 |
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Napoleon I's sister Carolina marries King Joachim Murat of Naples
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| 1801 |
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John Marshall appointed US chief justice
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| 1806 |
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Nathaniel Willis, writer/editor/founder (American Monthly Mag)
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| 1807 |
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Napoleon convenes great Sanhedrin, Paris
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| 1809 |
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1st US geology book published by William Maclure
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