Historical Events In January - 19

1419 French city of Rouen surrenders to Henry V in Hundred Years War on this day in history.

1493 On this day in history france cedes Roussillon & Cerdágne to Spain by treaty of Barcelona

1668 On this day in history king Louis XIV & Emperor Leopold I sign treaty dividing Spain

1714 Richard Steele publishes "The Crisis," defending Hanoverian success on this day in history.

1746 On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Stirling

1770 Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan) on this day in history.

1790 Second Fleet sails from England with 1,006 convicts aboard for new settlement at Sydney Cove on this day in history.

1793 On this day in history french King Louis XVI sentenced to death

1795 On this day in history democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy

1806 On this day in history britain occupies the Cape of Good Hope

1808 Louis Napoleon signs first Dutch aviation law on this day in history.

1810 Overnight temp at Portsmouth NH drops 50ºF (10ºC) on this day in history.

1812 On this day in history british forces under Duke of Wellington take Ciudad Rodrigo in Spain.

1839 Aden conquered by British East India Company on this day in history.

1840 Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim) on this day in history.

1840 On this day in history lT Charles Wilkes, USN is first American to discover Antarctic coast

1853 Napoleon III marries Eugénie de Montijo on this day in history.

1853 On this day in history verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premieres, in Rome

1861 Georgia becomes 5th state to secede on this day in history.

1861 On this day in history georgia joins the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War.

1861 Georgia seceded from the Union on this day in history.

1861 On this day in history mS troops take Fort Massachusetts an Ship Island

1862 On this day in history battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky (Fishing Creek, Logan's Crossroads)

1863 On this day in history general Mieroslawski appointed dictator of Poland

1865 NV Suriname Bank established on this day in history.

1865 Union occupies Fort Anderson NC on this day in history.

1871 On this day in history the first Negro lodge of US Masons approved, New Jersey

1885 Battle at Abu Klea Sudan 800-1000 killed on this day in history.

1886 Aurora Ski Club, first in US, founded in Minnesota on this day in history.

1899 On this day in history anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms

1900 Bubonic plague spreads from Adelaide to Sydney (103 were to die) on this day in history.

1903 On this day in history new bicycle race "Tour de France" announced

1903 On this day in history the first regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England

1907 Variety magazine publishes film reviews for the first time on this day in history.

1910 Germany & Bolivia ends commerce/friendship treaty on this day in history.

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