352 Historic Events for January 24
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| 1805 |
Death |
Giacomo Conti, composer, dies at 50
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| 1812 |
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Eligio Celestino, composer, dies at 72
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| 1814 |
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Abraham Czn van Stolk, resources/art collector
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| 1814 |
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Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector
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| 1820 |
Birth |
John Milton Thayer, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
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| 1828 |
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Karol Studzinski, composer
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| 1828 |
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Ferdinand J Cohn, German botanist/publicist
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| 1828 |
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Adam Jacoby Slemmer, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
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| 1829 |
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William Mason, composer
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| 1832 |
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John Pegram, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865
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| 1833 |
Birth |
Bernhard Erdmannsd”rffer, German, historian (Deutsche Geschichte)
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| 1839 |
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Charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society
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| 1847 |
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1,500 New Mexican Indians and Mexicans defeated by US Col Price
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| 1848 |
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James Marshall finds gold in Sutter's Mill in Coloma, Calif
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| 1851 |
Death |
Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76
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| 1859 |
Birth |
Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer
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| 1861 |
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Federal troops from Ft Monroe are sent to Ft Pikens
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| 1861 |
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Arsenal at Augusta, Ga seized by Confederacy
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| 1862 |
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Romania principality arises under King Alexander Cuza
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| 1862 |
Birth |
Edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth)
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| 1862 |
Death |
James McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33
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| 1864 |
Death |
Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer, dies at 54
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| 1864 |
Death |
Stephen Gardner Champlin, brig-general (Union), dies at about 36
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| 1874 |
Birth |
Arthur Shomburg, famous African
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| 1874 |
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Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov," premieres in St Petersburg
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