387 Historic Events for January 21
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| 1824 |
Birth |
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Lt Gen 2nd Corps (ANV, Confed)
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| 1824 |
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Ashantees defeat British at Accra, West Africa
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| 1827 |
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Freedom Journal, 1st Black paper, begins publishing
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| 1829 |
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Oscar II Frederik, King of Sweden (1872-1907)/Norway (-1905)/poet
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| 1830 |
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Portsmouth (Ohio) blacks forcibly deported
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| 1831 |
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Achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49
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| 1833 |
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Norman Willis, union leader (Britain's Trades Union Congress)
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| 1840 |
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Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician
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| 1846 |
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1st edition of Charles Dickens' "Daily News"
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| 1848 |
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Henri Duparc, French composer
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| 1851 |
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Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49
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| 1853 |
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Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes, Worcester, Mass
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| 1855 |
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John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer
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| 1859 |
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Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer
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| 1861 |
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Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and 4 other southern senators resign
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| 1862 |
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Bozena Nemcov , [Barnora Panklov ], Czech author, dies at 41
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| 1863 |
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City of Dublin leases part of Cattle Market for 100,000 years
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| 1865 |
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Heinrich E Albers-Sch”nberg, German r”ntgenologist
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| 1867 |
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Maxime Weygard, French general/gov-gen (Algeria)
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| 1867 |
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Willem C Royaards, Dutch theater director (Summer Games)
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| 1867 |
Birth |
James Marcus, actor (Eagle, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Lone Avenger)
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| 1871 |
Death |
John J Rochussen, gov-general of Neth-Indies (1845-51), dies at 73
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| 1872 |
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Jonkhr Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Dutch foreign minister
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| 1872 |
Birth |
Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Dutch foreign minister
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| 1872 |
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Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81
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