426 Historic Events for January 29
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| 1850 |
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Ebenezer Howard, London, pioneer of garden cities
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| 1850 |
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Henry Clay introduces a comprise bill on slavery to US Senate
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| 1852 |
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Frederick Hymen Cowen, composer
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| 1852 |
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Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian actor/playwright (O Noapte Furtunoasa)
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| 1854 |
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Willem PC Knuttel, Dutch bibliographer/librarian
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| 1856 |
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Victoria Cross established to acknowledge bravery
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| 1860 |
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American College established in Rome by Pope Pius IX
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| 1860 |
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Tagarov Russia, playwright (Cherry Orchard)
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| 1861 |
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Kansas becomes 34th state
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| 1862 |
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Frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha)
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| 1863 |
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Battle at Bear River, Washington: US army vs indians
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| 1864 |
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Adolf Philipp, composer
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| 1864 |
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Battle of Moorefield, WV (Rosser's Raid)
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| 1866 |
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Romain Rolland, France, writer (Jean-Christophe) (Nobel 1915)
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| 1867 |
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Vicente Blasco Ib ¤ez, Spain, writer (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse)
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| 1869 |
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Andrey Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer
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| 1871 |
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Eduardo Lopez-Chavarri y Marco, composer
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| 1872 |
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Francis L Cardoza elected State Treasurer of South Carolina
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| 1873 |
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Luigi A, duke of the Abruzzes, Italy, explorer/climber (Mt St Elias)
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| 1874 |
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Robert Lach, composer
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| 1874 |
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John David Rockefeller Jr, Cleveland Ohio, philanthropist
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| 1876 |
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Carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen, composer
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| 1876 |
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Havergal Brian, Dresden Staffordshire, composer
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| 1878 |
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Barney Oldfield, Ohio, daredevil
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| 1879 |
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Custer Battlefield National Monument, Mont established
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