467 Historic Events for January 8
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| 1830 |
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Dutch King Willem I fires him displeasing parliament members
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| 1830 |
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Hans von Blow, Dresden, pianist/virtuoso conductor/musical writer
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| 1830 |
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Gouverneur Kemble Warren, Major Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1882
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| 1831 |
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Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71
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| 1833 |
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Boston Academy of Music, 1st US music school, established
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| 1836 |
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Fannie M Jackson, pioneer and educator, 1st US Black woman college grad
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| 1836 |
Birth |
Lawrence Alma Tadema, Dutch/British painter/husband of Laura Epps
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| 1838 |
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1st telegraph message sent using dots and dashes (NJ)
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| 1838 |
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Rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out
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| 1842 |
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Dutch King Willem II charters Technical College Delft
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| 1842 |
Death |
Pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71
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| 1846 |
Birth |
Albert Cahen, composer
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| 1846 |
Birth |
William Wallace Gilchrist, composer
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| 1848 |
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Austrian soldiers kill 10 students, Pavia
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| 1851 |
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G‚rard Leman, Belgian count/general
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| 1853 |
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1st US bronze equestrian statue (of Andrew Jackson) unveiled, Wash
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| 1856 |
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Dr John A Veatch discovers borax, Tuscan Springs, Calif
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| 1857 |
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Dion Boucicauly's "Poor of NY," premieres in NYC
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| 1858 |
Death |
Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48
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| 1859 |
Death |
Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50
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| 1860 |
Birth |
Nancy Jones, US black missionary in Africa
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| 1862 |
Birth |
Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday and Co)
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| 1863 |
Birth |
Paul Scheerbart, [Bruno Kfer], German writer (The Seasnake)
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| 1864 |
Death |
Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer, dies at 83
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| 1865 |
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Sen Everett Dirksen introduces a bill to make marigold the natl flower
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