381 Historic Events for January 4
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| 1862 |
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-Jan 17th) Battle of Ft Hindman, AK (Arkansas Post)
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| 1862 |
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Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson occupies Bath
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| 1862 |
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Battle of Helena, AK
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| 1863 |
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4 wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of NY
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| 1864 |
Death |
Mateo Ferrer, composer, dies at 75
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| 1869 |
Birth |
Percy Pitt, composer
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| 1872 |
Birth |
Edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder
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| 1874 |
Birth |
Sven Fleuron, writer
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| 1874 |
Birth |
Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer (Asrael)
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| 1877 |
Death |
Cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82
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| 1877 |
Birth |
Gibson Gowland, England, actor (Blind Husbands, Phantom of the Opera)
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| 1878 |
Birth |
Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs and Other Stories)
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| 1880 |
Death |
Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies
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| 1881 |
Birth |
Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth)
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| 1881 |
Event |
Johannes Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture" premieres, Breslau
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| 1883 |
Birth |
Max F Eastman, US, critic/essayist (Masses)
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| 1883 |
Birth |
Johanna Westerdijk, botanist/Neth 1st female prof (Utrecht, 1917-52)
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| 1883 |
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Ontario Rugby Football Union (forerunner of CFL) forms
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| 1883 |
Death |
Nicolas Ledesma, composer, dies at 91
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| 1884 |
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Last sighting of an eastern cougar (Ontario)
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| 1885 |
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Dr W W Grant of Iowa, performs 1st appendectomy (on Mary Gartside, 22)
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| 1885 |
Death |
Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29
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| 1886 |
Death |
Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77
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| 1887 |
Event |
Thomas Stevens is 1st man to bicycle around the world (SF-SF)
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| 1888 |
Birth |
Arthur Berry, England, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1908, 12)
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