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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Jan 11 1395

    Michelle of Valois Duchess of Burgundy (d. 1422)

    Jan 11 1449

    Domenico Ghirlandajo Italian renaissance painter

    Jan 11 1503

    Francesco Parmigianino Italian artist (Madonna with the Long Neck)

    Jan 11 1591

    Robert Devereux 3rd Earl of Essex English Civil War general (d. 1646)

    Jan 11 1630

    John Rogers American President of Harvard in the US (d. 1684)

    Jan 11 1671

    Franois-Marie 1st duc de Broglie French military leader (d. 1745)

    Jan 11 1720

    Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck Utrechts regent

    Jan 11 1723

    Prithvi Narayan Shah began the unification of modern Nepal (d. 1774)

    Jan 11 1746

    William Curtis English botanistpublisher (Botanical Magazine)

    Jan 11 1757

    Samuel Bentham English mechanical engineer (d. 1831)

    Jan 11 1786

    Joseph Jackson Lister British optician who perfected the optical microscope by designing the achromatic objective lens born in London England

    Jan 11 1788

    William Thomas Brande English chemist (d. 1866)

    Jan 11 1800

    nyos Jedlik Hungarian physicist (d. 1895)

    Jan 11 1801

    John Lodge Ellerton British classical composer (The Bridal of Triermain Domenica) born in Cheshire England (d. 1873)

    Jan 11 1807

    Alfred Eugene Mudwall Jackson Brigadier General (Confederate Army)

    Jan 11 1807

    Ezra Cornell founder (Western Union Telegraph Cornell University)

    Jan 11 1808

    Antoine GB Schayes Belgian historianarchaeologist

    Jan 11 1814

    James Paget English surgeon (disease of Paget)

    Jan 11 1814

    Richard Griffith Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1862)

    Jan 11 1816

    Fitz Henry Warren American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Brimfield Massachusetts (d. 1878)

    Jan 11 1818

    John Reese Kenly American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Baltimore Maryland (d. 1891)

    Jan 11 1831

    James Ronald Chalmers American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Halifax County Virginia (d. 1898)

    Jan 11 1839

    Eugenio Maria de Hostos Puerto Rico patriotscholar

    Jan 11 1843

    Charles Yelverton OConnor Irish-Australian engineer (d. 1902)

    Jan 11 1849

    Oskar Lassar German dermatologist (bath house)

    Jan 11 1850

    J C Arthur botanist (studied rusts) born in Lowville New York

    Jan 11 1850

    Philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary famous philatelist

    Jan 11 1852

    Konstantin Fehrenbach German chancellor (1920-21)

    Jan 11 1853

    Gustav Falke German authorpoet (Der Mann im Nebel)

    Jan 11 1856

    Christian August Sinding Kongsberg Norway composer

    Jan 11 1857

    Fred[erick J] Archer English jockey (won 5 Derbys)

    Jan 11 1858

    Harry Gordon Selfridge American retailer (d. 1947)

    Jan 11 1859

    [Gerard] Jan Ligthart Dutch educator (Nog bij mother Ot & Sien)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Jan 11 1055 Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire.

    Jan 11 1558 Westmunster Church in Middelburg destroyed by heavy storm

    Jan 11 1569 1st recorded lottery in England is drawn in St Pauls Cathedral

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