Historical Events In January - 19

1737  On this day in history jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin)  

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

1746  Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Stirling [OS= Jan 8] on this day in history.  

1747  On this day in history johann Bode, "discoverer" of Bode's Law, dies  

1749  Isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian on January - 19.  

1760  On this day in history melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer  

1770  Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan) on January - 19.  

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

1790  Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna) on this day in history.  

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

1793  King Louis XVI sentenced to death by the French Convention on this day in history.  

1795  Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy on this day in history.  

1795  Maria Teresa Agnesi, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1798  Auguste Comte, philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism) on January - 19.  

1802  On this day in history [Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belg min of Foreign affairs (1831)  

1805  Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer, dies at 43 on January - 19.  

1806  On January - 19 britain occupies the Cape of Good Hope  

1806  On January - 19 britain occupies Cape of Good Hope  

1806  Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer on January - 19.  

1807  On January - 19 the birth of Robert E. Lee, American Civil War general  

1808  On January - 19 louis Napoleon signs first Dutch aviation law  

1808  Louis Napoleon signs 1st Dutch aviation law on this day in history.  

1809  On January - 19 the birth of Edgar Allen Poe, American author and poet  

1809  On this day in history edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum)  

1810  Overnight temp at Portsmouth NH drops 50ºF (10ºC) on January - 19.  

1810  On January - 19 overnight temp at Portsmouth NH drops 50°F (10°C)  

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

1812  Peninsular War: After a ten day siege, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, orders British soldiers of the Light and third divisions to storm Ciudad Rodrigo on this day in history.  

1813  On January - 19 henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine)  

1816  On January - 19 henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892  

1820  John Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888 on January - 19.  

1825  On January - 19 ezra Daggett & nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans  

1827  Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (Rafagas,) on this day in history.  

1829  Johann von Goethe's "Faust, Part 1," premieres on this day in history.  

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0399  Pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453) was born on this day in history.  

1200  Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto was born on this day in history.  

1544  On this day in history birth of francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60)  

1613  Jacques Huyn, composer was born on January - 19.  

1639  On January - 19 birth of noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian  

1676  On this day in history birth of john Weldon, composer  

1679  Girolamo Chiti, composer was born on this day in history.  

1686  Hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist was born on this day in history.  

0639  On January - 19 dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustrië, dies  

1479  Johan II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81 on January - 19.  

1526  Death of Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501) on this day in history.  

1547  On this day in history death of henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29  

1549  Barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies on January - 19.  

1576  Hans Sachs, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1591  Edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60 on this day in history.  

1625  On January - 19 erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32