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What Happened In January 1893 In History

Historical Events for January, 1893

  • 6th » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by United States Congress or Congress. The charter is signed by President of the United States or President Benjamin Harrison.
  • 13th » The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
  • 13th » United States Marine Corps U.S. Marines land in Honolulu Honolulu, Hawaii from the USS Boston 1884 6 to prevent the queen from abrogating the 1887 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii Bayonet Constitution.
  • 21st » The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1893

  • 1st » Mordehai Frizis, Greek army officer (d. 1940)
  • 2nd » Lillian Leitzel, German acrobat and strongwoman (d. 1931)
  • 2nd » Elmar Reimann, Estonian runner (d. 1963)
  • 4th » Yone Minagawa, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2007)
  • 5th » Zoltán Böszörmény, Hungarian politician (d. 1945)
  • 5th » Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru (d. 1952)
  • 5th » Elizabeth Cotten, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1987)
  • 10th » Albert Jacka, Australian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1932)
  • 11th » Anthony M. Rud, American writer (d. 1942)
  • 12th » Hermann Göring, German commander, pilot, and politician, Minister President of Prussia (d. 1946)
  • 12th » Alfred Rosenberg, Estonian-German architect and politician (d. 1946)
  • 13th » Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer (d. 1963)
  • 13th » Clark Ashton Smith, American poet, sculptor, painter, and author (d. 1961)
  • 15th » Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1951)
  • 16th » Daisy Kennedy, Australian violinist (d. 1981)
  • 19th » Magda Tagliaferro, Brazilian pianist (d. 1986)
  • 20th » Georg Åberg, Swedish triple jumper (d. 1946)
  • 22nd » Conrad Veidt, German actor (d. 1943)
  • 26th » Giuseppe Genco Russo, Italian mob boss (d. 1976)
  • 27th » Soong Ching-ling, Chinese politician (d. 1981)

Famous Deaths for January 1893

  • 7th » Joseph Stefan known as Jožef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)
  • 15th » Fanny Kemble, English-American actress and author (b. 1809)
  • 17th » Rutherford B. Hayes, American politician, 19th President of the United States (b. 1822)
  • 23rd » José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1817)
  • 23rd » Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1825)
  • 26th » Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)

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