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Historical Events for January, 1857
9th
» The 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake known as Fort Tejon earthquake strikes California, registering an estimated magnitude of 7.9.
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» The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully-fledged university in South Asia.
Famous Birthdays on January in 1857
2nd
» M. Carey Thomas, American educator and activist (d. 1935)
6th
» Hugh Mahon, Irish-Australian politician (d. 1931)
6th
» William Russell (governor) e.g William E. Russell, American politician, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
11th
» Fred Archer (jockey) e.g Fred Archer, English jockey (d. 1886)
17th
» Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (d. 1941)
17th
» Eugene Augustin Lauste, French-American inventor (d. 1935)
23rd
» Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist (d. 1936)
28th
» William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (d. 1898)
31st
» George Jackson Churchward, English engineer (d. 1933)
Famous Deaths for January 1857
27th
» Dorothea Lieven, Latvian wife of Christopher Lieven (b. 1785)
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