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Historical Events

  • Jan 1 The Reichsbank, central bank of the German Empire, opens in Berlin
  • Jan 15 "Die Afrikaanse Patriot", the first newspaper in Afrikaans, is published in Paarl
  • Jan 31 The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations
Events in 1876

Famous Birthdays

  • Jan 1 Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist, born in Exeter, Ontario (d. 1933)
  • Jan 1 Johan Coenraad Altorf, Dutch sculptor (October 3rd monument), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1955)
  • Jan 3 Wilhelm Pieck, German politician (co-founder German Communist Party, President of German DR 1949-60), born in Guben, German Empire (d. 1960)

Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967)

Jan 5 Chancellor of West Germany (CDU: 1949-63), born in Cologne, Germany

Konrad Adenauer
  • Jan 7 William Hurlstone, English composer, born in London, England (d. 1906)
  • Jan 9 Hans Bethge, German poet, born in Dessau (d. 1946)
  • Jan 10 Jan Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1957)
  • Jan 11 Elmer Flick, American Baseball HOF outfielder (AL batting champion 1905; NL RBI leader 1900; 2 × AL stolen base leader; Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Bronchos/Naps), born in Bedford, Ohio (d. 1971)
  • Jan 11 Thomas Hicks, English athlete (Olympic gold marathon 1904), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1952)

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948)

Jan 12 Italian light opera composer, born in Venice, Kingdom of Italy

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
  • Jan 12 Jack London, American writer and socialist (Call of the Wild), born in San Francisco (d. 1916)
  • Jan 17 Frank Hague, American politician (d. 1956)
  • Jan 17 Olga Fastrová, Czech writer and editor (National Policy), born in Prague (d. 1965)
  • Jan 20 Józef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist, composer, educator (Curtis Institute, 1924-38), and inventor, born in Podgórze, Austro-Hungarian Galicia (now Poland) (d. 1957)
  • Jan 20 William Veeck, Sr, American sportswriter and baseball executive (Chicago Cubs president, 1919-33), born in Boonville, Indiana (d. 1933) [1]
  • Jan 29 Ludolf Nielsen, Danish composer, born in Nørre Tvede, Denmark (d. 1939)
  • Jan 29 [William] Havergal Brian, British composer ("Gothic" symphony), born in Dresden, Staffordshire (d. 1972)
Born in 1876

Famous Deaths

  • Jan 7 Juste Olivier, Swiss poet (b. 1807)
  • Jan 9 Samuel Gridley Howe, United States physician, abolitionist, and an advocate of education for the blind, dies at 74
  • Jan 10 Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70

Gordon Granger (1822-1876)

Jan 10 American Major General during the Civil War (Union Army), dies at 54

Gordon Granger
  • Jan 15 Eliza Johnson, U.S. First Lady (b. 1810)


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