January 16

Events

• On 16th January, 1923 Karl Frei obtained the major patent Nr. 97458 for a Chronometerstop or check device for Pendulum Clocks.
• At the 16th January, 1925 a general meeting occurred where the decision was made about die dissolution of the Edmund Herrmann AG and the continuation of similar processes.

Births

• Johann Heinrich Moritz von Poppe was born on 16th January, 1776 in Göttingen.
• Marcel-Eugène Pruvost was born on 16th January, 1845 in Fallencourt, Seine-Maritime.

Deaths

• Johann Georg Andreas Baudenbacher died on 16th January, 1767 in Ansbach.
• Jean-Baptiste Fournier died on 16th January, 1824 in Saint-Nicolas d'Aliermont.
• Jean-Nicolas Gosselin died on 16th January, 1838 in Saint-Nicolas d'Aliermont.
• Ottomar Gollmann died on 16th January, 1890.
• Aimée Féret died on 16th January, 1912 in Saint-Nicolas d'Aliermont.