433 Historic Events for January 5
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| 1841 |
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James Clark Ross (UK) is 1st to enter pack ice near Ross Ice Shelf
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| 1846 |
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Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Germany, Idealist philosopher (Nobel 1908)
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| 1848 |
Death |
Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73
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| 1848 |
Birth |
Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet
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| 1850 |
Birth |
Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher
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| 1850 |
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Calif Exchange opens
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| 1854 |
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Steamship San Francisco wrecked-300 die
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| 1855 |
Birth |
King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor)
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| 1856 |
Death |
Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67
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| 1858 |
Birth |
Gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror)
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| 1858 |
Death |
Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91
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| 1859 |
Birth |
DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)
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| 1859 |
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1st steamboat sails, Red River
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| 1860 |
Death |
St John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male US saint, dies
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| 1861 |
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250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Ft Sumter
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| 1861 |
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Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan and Gaines at Mobile Bay
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| 1862 |
Death |
Joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81
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| 1871 |
Birth |
Frederick Shepherd Converse, Newton Mass, composer
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| 1874 |
Birth |
Joseph Erlanger, doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944)
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| 1875 |
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Charles Garnier's new Opera opens in Paris
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| 1875 |
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President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg, Miss
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| 1876 |
Birth |
Konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949)
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| 1880 |
Birth |
Nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer
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| 1881 |
Birth |
Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer
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| 1887 |
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1st US school of librarianship opens at Columbia University
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