41 Caligula was a noble and moderate Roman emperor during the first six months of his rule. However, he had his mind weakened by a serious illness, allegedly caused by his depraved lifestyle. After this, Caligula became increasingly sadistic, extravagant and perverse. He was assassinated on January 24, 41 AD when one of his guards ran a sword through his midriff. As Caligula was being transported to his burial ground in his hearse he was succeeded by his Uncle Claudius.
76 The Roman emperor Hadrian was born Publius Aelius Hadrianus on January 24, 76 AD. Although it was an accepted part of Hadrian's personal history that he was born in Italica, Spain, his biography in Augustan History states that he was born in Rome, of an ethnically Hispanic family with partial Italian origins. Hadrian was schooled in various subjects particular to young aristocrats of the day, and was so fond of learning Greek literature that he was nicknamed "Graeculus" ("Little Greek").
1705 The famous castrati, Farinelli, was born on January 24, 1705. Christened Carlo Broschi, he took the surname of his benefactors, the brothers Farina, as his stage name. With a voice spanning three octaves and incredibly lungs Farinelli could hold a note for a minute without a break. Farielli used to sing for King Philip V of Spain to sleep at night.
1712 Frederick the Great of Prussia was born in Berlin on January 24, 1712 to Frederick William I and Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, the daughter of Britain's King George I. Frederick had a strict upbringing to prepare him for the military life. A sensitive child, he preferred art, literature and music to military matters. His father often hit him in public once beating him with a cane in front of army troops.
1818 John Mason Neale was born on January 24, 1818 to the Revd Cornelius Neale and Susanna Neale. He was named after the 17th century Puritan cleric and hymn writer John Mason, of whom his mother was a descendant. Neale is best known as a hymn writer and, especially, translator, His translations include: "All Glory, Laud and Honour," "A Great and Mighty Wonder" and "O come, O come, Emmanuel." He also wrote the carol. "Good King Wenceslas."
1848 The first documented discovery of gold in California occurred at Rancho San Francisco in 1842, six years later on January 24, 1848, the California Gold Rush began when James W. Marshall found a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.
1857 The University of Calcutta was formally founded on January 24, 1857 as the first fully fledged university in South Asia. When the university was first established it had a catchment area covering the area from Lahore to Rangoon (now in Myanmar), and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), the largest of any Indian university.
1862 The city of Bucharest was designated in 1659 the capital of the princes of Wallachia by Prince Gheorghe Ghica. The population of Bucharest doubled between 1798 and 1831. The census of 1798 counted just over 30,000 inhabitants, while 33 years later to reach 60,587 people. When Wallachia and Moldavia united on January 24, 1862 to form the Principality of Romania, Bucharest became the new nation's capital city.
1875 Camille Saint-Saëns was one of the first to write symphonic poems, such as his Danse macabre, which was premiered on January 24, 1875. The work was not well received, the solo violin's screeching, use of xylophone and hypnotic repetitions caused widespread consternation.
1888 Three years after qualifying as a solicitor, David Lloyd George married on January 24, 1888. His bride was Margaret, the daughter of a well-to-do Welsh farmer Richard Owen of Mynyddednyfed, Criccieth. The Methodist farmer initially disapproved of the radical young Baptist solicitor. They had five children, one of whom Lady Olwen Elizabeth Carey Evans (1892–1990) was the great-grandmother of the historian Dan Snow. They celebrated their Golden Wedding in 1938.
1899 It was the custom of Humphrey O'Sullivan, an Irish printer in Lowell, Massachusetts, to stand on a rubber mat to ease his tired feet as he set type. It was inconvenient to carry the mat from place to place, so O'Sullivan nailed pieces of it to the heels of his shoes. To keep the nails from working loose, he molded washers into the rubber. O'Sullivan patented his invention of the rubber heel for shoes on January 24, 1899. His invention outlasted the leather heel then in use.
1908 Scouting for Boys was written and illustrated by Robert Baden-Powell and published on January 24, 1908. Baden-Powell had become a national hero as a result of his successful defense of the South African town of Mafeking during the Second Boer War. The book was published a few months after Baden-Powell held the first ever scout encampment for 20 boys on Brownsea Island.
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76 The Roman emperor Hadrian was born Publius Aelius Hadrianus on January 24, 76 AD. Although it was an accepted part of Hadrian's personal history that he was born in Italica, Spain, his biography in Augustan History states that he was born in Rome, of an ethnically Hispanic family with partial Italian origins. Hadrian was schooled in various subjects particular to young aristocrats of the day, and was so fond of learning Greek literature that he was nicknamed "Graeculus" ("Little Greek").
1705 The famous castrati, Farinelli, was born on January 24, 1705. Christened Carlo Broschi, he took the surname of his benefactors, the brothers Farina, as his stage name. With a voice spanning three octaves and incredibly lungs Farinelli could hold a note for a minute without a break. Farielli used to sing for King Philip V of Spain to sleep at night.
1712 Frederick the Great of Prussia was born in Berlin on January 24, 1712 to Frederick William I and Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, the daughter of Britain's King George I. Frederick had a strict upbringing to prepare him for the military life. A sensitive child, he preferred art, literature and music to military matters. His father often hit him in public once beating him with a cane in front of army troops.
1818 John Mason Neale was born on January 24, 1818 to the Revd Cornelius Neale and Susanna Neale. He was named after the 17th century Puritan cleric and hymn writer John Mason, of whom his mother was a descendant. Neale is best known as a hymn writer and, especially, translator, His translations include: "All Glory, Laud and Honour," "A Great and Mighty Wonder" and "O come, O come, Emmanuel." He also wrote the carol. "Good King Wenceslas."
1848 The first documented discovery of gold in California occurred at Rancho San Francisco in 1842, six years later on January 24, 1848, the California Gold Rush began when James W. Marshall found a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.
1857 The University of Calcutta was formally founded on January 24, 1857 as the first fully fledged university in South Asia. When the university was first established it had a catchment area covering the area from Lahore to Rangoon (now in Myanmar), and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), the largest of any Indian university.
1862 The city of Bucharest was designated in 1659 the capital of the princes of Wallachia by Prince Gheorghe Ghica. The population of Bucharest doubled between 1798 and 1831. The census of 1798 counted just over 30,000 inhabitants, while 33 years later to reach 60,587 people. When Wallachia and Moldavia united on January 24, 1862 to form the Principality of Romania, Bucharest became the new nation's capital city.
1875 Camille Saint-Saëns was one of the first to write symphonic poems, such as his Danse macabre, which was premiered on January 24, 1875. The work was not well received, the solo violin's screeching, use of xylophone and hypnotic repetitions caused widespread consternation.
1888 Three years after qualifying as a solicitor, David Lloyd George married on January 24, 1888. His bride was Margaret, the daughter of a well-to-do Welsh farmer Richard Owen of Mynyddednyfed, Criccieth. The Methodist farmer initially disapproved of the radical young Baptist solicitor. They had five children, one of whom Lady Olwen Elizabeth Carey Evans (1892–1990) was the great-grandmother of the historian Dan Snow. They celebrated their Golden Wedding in 1938.
1899 It was the custom of Humphrey O'Sullivan, an Irish printer in Lowell, Massachusetts, to stand on a rubber mat to ease his tired feet as he set type. It was inconvenient to carry the mat from place to place, so O'Sullivan nailed pieces of it to the heels of his shoes. To keep the nails from working loose, he molded washers into the rubber. O'Sullivan patented his invention of the rubber heel for shoes on January 24, 1899. His invention outlasted the leather heel then in use.
1908 Scouting for Boys was written and illustrated by Robert Baden-Powell and published on January 24, 1908. Baden-Powell had become a national hero as a result of his successful defense of the South African town of Mafeking during the Second Boer War. The book was published a few months after Baden-Powell held the first ever scout encampment for 20 boys on Brownsea Island.
1930 Rebecca Latimer Felton, the first woman US Senator, died on January 24, 1930. The most prominent woman in Georgia in the Progressive Era, she was honored by appointment to the Senate. Felton was sworn in November 21, 1922, and served just 24 hours. At 87 years, nine months, and 22 days old, she was also the oldest freshman senator to enter the Senate.
1935 On January 24, 1935, the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company of New Jersey introduced the first canned beer, Krueger Cream Ale. The new, three-piece steel and tin cans containing this drink had no pull tab; they were opened by a special kind of tool called a church key. This new method of packaging beer was an instant success and other breweries quickly followed as they noted that the new cans were more cost effective, easier to handle and took up less space than bottles.
1942 Allied bombing raids on Bangkok began in December 1941, since the Empire of Japan was using the country as a staging area for its invasions of both Malaya and Burma after Japan's successful invasion of the southeast Asian country. When the Allies bombarded Bangkok on January 24, 1942, this led Thailand to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom the next day.
1961 Five years after Marilyn Monroe married her third husband playwright Arthur Miller they divorced on January 24, 1961. They were granted a divorce in Mexico on the grounds of ‘incompatibility.’ Marilyn Monroe was married three times, first to James Dougherty from 1942 to 1946, then to baseball player Joe DiMaggio from 1954 to 1955, and finally to Arthur Miller from 1956 to 1961.
1965 On January 15, 1965, Sir Winston Churchill suffered a stroke — a severe cerebral thrombosis — that left him gravely ill. He died nine days later, on January 24, 1965, 70 years to the day of his father's death. His daughter Mary wrote to him on his death bed. "I owe you what every Englishman, woman and child owes you - liberty itself."
1989 The serial killer Ted Bundy was convicted in 1979 on several charges, including the murder of a 12-year-old girl. Bundy was sentenced to death. He was executed in Florida on January 24, 1989 after a string of unsuccessful appeals.
1990 Japan launched its first lunar probe, Hiten (also known as MUSES-A), on January 24, 1990. Hiten was not only Japan's first lunar probe but also the first spacecraft to be sent into lunar orbit by a country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. While Hiten itself was primarily a technology test mission, it played a crucial role in Japan's subsequent lunar exploration efforts.
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