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The Flying Dutchman

Jan 2 Richard Wagner's opera "The Flying Dutchman" premieres in Dresden, Germany

Composer Richard Wagner

Jan 3 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Don Pasquale" premieres at the Théâtre-Italien in Paris, France
Jan 4 Royal Academy (Technical Hague court) Delft opens

Famous Birthdays

Jan 1 Nikolay Lodizhensky, Russian diplomat and composer, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1916)
Jan 8 Frederick Abberline, British police investigator (d. 1929)
Jan 8 John H. Moffitt, American politician (d. 1926)

Frank James (1843-1915)

Jan 10 American outlaw (member of the James-Younger gang), born in Clay County, Missouri

Frank James

Jan 11 Charles Yelverton O'Connor, Irish-Australian engineer (d. 1902)
Jan 20 Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid, Constantinople, London), born in Paris, France (d. 1924)
Jan 23 Bolko von Hochberg, German diplomat and composer, born in Castle Fürstenstein, Silesia (d. 1926)

William McKinley (1843-1901)

Jan 29 25th US President (Republican: 1897-1901), born in Niles, Ohio

William McKinley

Famous Deaths

Jan 4 Petronella Moens, Frisian author and feminist, dies at 80
Jan 7 Franz Schoberlechner, Austrian composer, dies at 45
Jan 9 William Hedley, British industrial engineer (b. 1773)
Jan 11 Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, poet and composer of the lyrics to "Star Spangled Banner" dies at 63

What Happened in 1843

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