352 Historic Events for January 24
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| 1656 |
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1st Jewish doctor in US, Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland
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| 1659 |
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Pierre Corneille's "Oedipe," premieres in Paris
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| 1664 |
Birth |
John Vanbrugh, London, dramatist/architect (baptized)
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| 1666 |
Death |
Johann Andreas Herbst, composer, dies at 77
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| 1678 |
Death |
Joan Maetsuyker, gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 72
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| 1679 |
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King Charles II disbands English parliament
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| 1679 |
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Christian von Wolff, German philosopher
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| 1705 |
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Farinelli, [Carlo Broschi], Andria Italy, castrato
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| 1712 |
Birth |
Frederick II, (the Great), king of Prussia (1740-86)
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| 1712 |
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Georg F Schmidt, German engraver/etcher
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| 1722 |
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Czar Peter the Great begins civil system
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| 1722 |
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Edward Wigglesworth appointed 1st US divinity professor (Harvard)
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| 1732 |
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Pierre de Baumarchais, France, playwright (Barber of Seville)
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| 1742 |
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German leaders elect Charles VII Albert Emperor
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| 1746 |
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Gustav III, king during Swedish Enlightenment (1771-92)
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| 1750 |
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Wybo Fijnje, Dutch politician/patriot/journalist
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| 1758 |
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Johann Chrysostomus Drexel, composer
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| 1764 |
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Gov Winthrop Telescope, is destroyed in a Harvard fire
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| 1767 |
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Antony CW Staring, Dutch lawyer/poet (Jaromir)
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| 1774 |
Birth |
Karl Moser, composer
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| 1776 |
Birth |
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer (Undine)
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| 1778 |
Birth |
Charles F, duke of Berry/son of French king Charles X
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| 1798 |
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Karl von Staudt, German math professor (projective geometrician)
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| 1798 |
Birth |
Karl von Holtei, Silezian actor/playwright (Die Vagabunden)
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| 1800 |
Birth |
Edwin Chadwick, British social reformer
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