467 Historic Events for January 8
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| 1798 |
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11th Amendment ratified, judicial powers construed
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| 1800 |
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Austrians defeat French in 2nd battle of Novi
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| 1800 |
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Wild Boy of Aveyron discovered in southern France
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| 1806 |
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Cape colony becomes English colony
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| 1806 |
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Lewis and Clark find skeleton of 105' blue whale in Oregon
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| 1808 |
Death |
Messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies
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| 1810 |
Birth |
Robert Schumann, Zwickau Germ, composer (Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik)
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| 1811 |
Death |
Samuel Story, Dutch rear admiral (Battle of Kamperduin), dies at 58
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| 1811 |
Death |
Friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies
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| 1811 |
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Louisiana slave revolt by Charles Deslondes at German Coast
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| 1812 |
Birth |
William Henry Holmes, composer
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| 1812 |
Birth |
Sigismond Fortune Fran‡ois Thalberg, composer
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| 1814 |
Birth |
Johannes Kneppelhout, [Klikspaan], Dutch humorist
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| 1814 |
Birth |
Thomas Green, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
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| 1815 |
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Battle of New Orleans-War of 1812 ended 12/24/1814 but nobody knew
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| 1815 |
Death |
Edward Pakenham, Engl general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle
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| 1815 |
Birth |
Lawrence Pike Graham, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
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| 1815 |
Birth |
George Webb Morell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
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| 1817 |
Birth |
John Selden Roane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867
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| 1819 |
Death |
Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55
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| 1821 |
Birth |
James Longstreet, Confederate general (1st Corps, ANV)
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| 1822 |
Birth |
Alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer
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| 1823 |
Birth |
Alfred Russel Wallace, British zoologist/co-discoverer (evolution)
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| 1824 |
Birth |
William Wilkie Collins, English novelist (Woman in White)
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| 1824 |
Birth |
Per August Olander, composer
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