449 Historic Events for January 28
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| 1840 |
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douard Vaillant, French socialist politician/communard
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| 1841 |
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Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer
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| 1841 |
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Henry Stanley, Engld, journalist/explorer (found Livingston in Africa)
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| 1846 |
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Battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India)
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| 1848 |
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King of Naples grants his subjects a constitution
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| 1851 |
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Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered
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| 1853 |
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Jos‚ Mart¡ y Perez, Cuba, poet/essayist/politician
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| 1855 |
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William Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine)
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| 1858 |
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John Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry
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| 1860 |
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Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua
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| 1864 |
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Battle of New Bern, NC
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| 1865 |
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Pres Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners
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| 1865 |
Birth |
Kaarlo Juho St†hlberg, 1st president of Finland (1919-25)
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| 1868 |
Birth |
Frederick Archibald Lamond, composer
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| 1868 |
Birth |
Julian Aguirre, composer
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| 1868 |
Death |
Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62
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| 1869 |
Birth |
Ozaki K“y“, Japan, novelist/essayist/haiku poet (The Heart)
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| 1869 |
Death |
Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72
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| 1871 |
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Paris surrenders to Prussians
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| 1873 |
Birth |
Colette, writer
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| 1873 |
Death |
Henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57
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| 1873 |
Birth |
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, Burgundy France, novelist (Ch‚ri, Gigi)
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| 1873 |
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M A Noble, cricketer (great Australian all-rounder at turn of century)
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| 1874 |
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Ernst Rabel, Austrian/US law historian (Grundzge)
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| 1875 |
Birth |
Julian Antonio Carillo-Trujillo, composer
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