January 4January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 361 days remaining (362 in leap years). Events 871 Battle of Reading Ethelred of Wessex defeats Danish invasion army 1493 Christopher Columbus leaves the New World, ending his first - Jakob Grimm
March 7March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). There are 299 days remaining. Events 1799 Napoleon I of France captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives. 1848 The Great - Alessandro ManzoniAlessandro Francesco Tommaso Manzoni ( March 7, 1785 May 22, 1873) was an Italian poet and novelist. He was born at Milan. Don Pietro, his father, aged about fifty, belonged to an old family of Lecco, originally feudal lords of Barzio, in the Valsassina,, Italian poet and novelist
March 21March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). There are 285 days remaining. Events 1556 In Oxford, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is burned at the stake. 1788 A fire destroys 856 buildings in New Orleans and - Henry Kirke WhiteHenry Kirke White ( March 21, 1785 October 19, 1806) was an English poet. He was born at Nottingham, the son of a butcher, a trade for which he was himself intended. After being briefly apprenticed to a stocking-weaver, he was articled to a lawyer. Meanwh, poet
May 18May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). There are 227 days remaining. Events 1593 Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. 1652 Rhode Island passes the fi - John WilsonJohn Wilson ( May 18, 1785 April 3, 1854) was a Scottish writer, the Christopher North of Blackwood's Magazine''. He was born at Paisley, the son of a wealthy gauze manufacturer who died when John was eleven years old. He was the fourth child, but the eld ("Christopher North" of Blackwood's Magazine)