425 Historic Events for January 26
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| 1781 |
Birth |
Ludwig Joachim "Achim" von Arnim, German poet (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
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| 1781 |
Birth |
Achim v Arnim, writer
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| 1784 |
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Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America's symbol
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| 1786 |
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Benjamin Robert Haydon, Plymouth, painter (Waiting for The Times)
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| 1788 |
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Capt Arthur Phillip hoists English flag on Botany Bay, New South Wales
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| 1789 |
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John Odell signs contract for œ336 to build St Peter's church (Bronx)
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| 1790 |
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Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna
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| 1795 |
Death |
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, dies at 62
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| 1797 |
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Russia, Prussia and Austria sign treaty
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| 1798 |
Death |
Christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49
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| 1802 |
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Congress passes an act calling for a US Capitol library
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| 1803 |
Death |
Georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72
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| 1814 |
Birth |
Rufus King, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1876
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| 1816 |
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Lloyd Tilghman, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
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| 1819 |
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Abner Doubleday, Union general-major/inventor (baseball) [or Jun 26]
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| 1824 |
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Edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies
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| 1824 |
Death |
Th‚odore G‚ricault, French painter (Grand Derby d'epsom), dies
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| 1826 |
Birth |
Julia Dent Grant, 1st lady (1862-76)
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| 1828 |
Birth |
Johan T Buys, Dutch lawyer
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| 1831 |
Birth |
Mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates)
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| 1833 |
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Gaetano Dinozetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia," premieres in Milan
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| 1837 |
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Michigan admitted as 26th US state
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| 1838 |
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Tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol
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| 1841 |
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Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain
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| 1849 |
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Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45
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