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In January 1866 the Scottish explorer and missionary David Livingstone, who crusaded against the slave trade, went to Zanzibar, from where he set out to seek the source of the Nile, and established his last mission at Ujiji on the shores of Lake Tanganyika.
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In January 1866, Congress renewed the Freedman's Bureau ; however, Johnson vetoed the Freedmen's Bureau Bill in February 1866.
Roberts ' " Secretary for War " was General T. W. Sweeny, who was struck off the American army list from January 1866 to November 1866 to allow him to organize the raids.
He also aided in the work of cross-cultural evangelism by promoting " The Wordless Book ", a teaching tool that he described in a message given on 11 January 1866, regarding Psalm 51: 7: " Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Public records show that this name prevailed as late as January 2, 1866, but, when application was made for a post office this name was refused because there already was a Milton in Van Buren County.
* East Walton was a rural post office named for its location in the township, operating from April 3, 1866 until January 17, 1864.
* Elmer is an unincorporated community at the junction of M-19 and M-46 along the northern boundary of the township with Moore Township at The first white settler in the area, Walter Hyslop, arrived in January 1866.
The first part of Crime and Punishment appeared in the January 1866 issue of The Russian Messenger, and the last one was published in December 1866.
Before then, on 5 January 1866, The Brandenburgers had been performed to an enthusiastic reception at the Provisional Theatre — over strong opposition from Maýr, who had refused to rehearse or conduct the piece.
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Instead, from 1 January 1923, almost all the remaining companies were grouped into the " big four ", the Great Western Railway, the London and North Eastern Railway, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and the Southern Railway companies ( there were also a number of other joint railways such as the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway and the Cheshire Lines Committee as well as special joint railways such as the Forth Bridge Railway, Ryde Pier Railway and at one time the East London Railway ).
A court case followed in January 1905, as a result of which Archibald Leitch, a Scottish architect who had risen to prominence after his building of the Ibrox Stadium, a few years earlier, was hired to work on the stadium.
It is, however, normally only the start of a celebration which lasts through the night until the morning of New Year's Day ( 1 January ) or, in some cases, 2 January which is a Scottish Bank Holiday.
James Watt, FRS, FRSE ( 19 January 173625 August 1819 ) was a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer whose improvements to the Newcomen steam engine were fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world.
The Wetherspoons pub chain reported in June 2009 that profits were at the top end of expectations ; however, Scottish & Newcastle's takeover by Carlsberg and Heineken was reported in January 2008 as partly the result of its weakness following falling sales due to the ban.
In January 2007, the Shetland Islands Council signed a partnership agreement with Scottish and Southern Energy for a 200-turbine wind farm and subsea cable.
* January 31 – John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman and boxer ( b. 1844 )
* January 16 – The Treaty ( or Act ) of Union of the two Kingdoms of Scotland and England is ratified by the Scottish Parliament.
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