433 Historic Events for January 5
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| 1788 |
Death |
Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 85
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| 1796 |
Death |
Samuel Huntington, US judge (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 64
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| 1799 |
Death |
Mohammed Esad Galib Dede, Turkish poet (Hsn- asjk, dies at about 41
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| 1800 |
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1st Swedenborgian temple in US holds 1st service, Baltimore
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| 1804 |
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Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement
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| 1806 |
Birth |
Andre H C van Hasselt, Belgian poet (La Belgium)
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| 1807 |
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Michel Adanson, French biologist (Plant classes), dies at 79
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| 1809 |
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Treaty of Dardanelles concluded between Britain and France
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| 1810 |
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Auguste Mermet, composer
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| 1811 |
Birth |
Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey)
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| 1813 |
Birth |
Thomas Neville Waul, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903
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| 1814 |
Death |
Johann Gottfried Krebs, composer, dies at 72
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| 1822 |
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Joseph Brevard Kershaw, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1894
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| 1822 |
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Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire
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| 1823 |
Birth |
William Rockstro, composer
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| 1827 |
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Frederick of York, English duke/bishop/general, dies at 63
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| 1828 |
Birth |
August Valentine Kautz, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895
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| 1828 |
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1st edition of Amsterdam General Trade Journal (Algemeen Handelsblad)
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| 1834 |
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Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell
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| 1835 |
Birth |
Friedrich Richard Faltin, composer
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| 1835 |
Birth |
Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint Maarten
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| 1836 |
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Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo
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| 1837 |
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A Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5]
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| 1840 |
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Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date
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| 1840 |
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John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
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