Today in History for January 1860

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Historical Events

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1st - Slavery ends of in Neth Indies
20th - Dutch troops conquer Watampone in Celebes
28th - Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua
29th - American College established in Rome by Pope Pius IX

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 9 of 9

2nd - William C Mills, museum curator (excavated Ohio Indian mounds)
7th - Emanuil Mandlov, composer
8th - Nancy Jones, US black missionary in Africa
11th - Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian/French painter/author (Journal)
12th - Henry Larkin, American baseball player (d. 1942)
17th - Douglas Hyde, President of Ireland (d. 1949)
21st - Karl Staaff, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1915)
25th - Charles Curtis, (R) 31st US VP (1929-33)
29th - Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Tagarov Russia, playwright (Cherry Orchard)

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 5 of 5

5th - St John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male US saint, dies
12th - Martinus J Niewindt, bishop on Curacao (christened slaves), dies at 63
13th - William Mason, American politician (b. 1786)
27th - János Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1802)
30th - Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto, composer, dies at 44


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