Historical Events In January - 19

1877  Charles Coburn, Savannah Ga, actor (Devil & Miss Jones) on this day in history.   

1878  Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1879  Marie Koenen, author/wife of Felix Rutten (Wassend Cereal) on January - 19.   

1883  On January - 19 the first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.   

1883  On January - 19 hermann Abendroth, German conductor   

1884  Jules Massenet's opera "Manon," premieres in Paris on January - 19.   

1884  Albert Louis Wolff, composer on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history battle at Abu Klea Sudan 800-1000 killed   

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

1885  Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle on January - 19.   

1886  Aurora Ski Club, first in US, founded in Minnesota on January - 19.   

1886  On this day in history aurora Ski Club, 1st in US, founded in Minnesota   

1887  Alexander Woollcott, NJ, short story writer (Man Who Came to Dinner) on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history olafur Thors, Icelandic PM (6 times, 1942-63)   

1893  Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder premieres in Berlin on January - 19.   

1893  On January - 19 julius Eichberg, composer, dies at 68   

1894  On January - 19 francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58   

1897  On January - 19 natacha Rambova, Salt Lake City UT, costume designer   

1898  Brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game on January - 19.   

1899  On this day in history anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms   

1899  [John] Herbert Whitton Sumsion, organist/composer on this day in history.   

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

1902  Heinrich Schmist-Barrien, German author (Moorkeerl) on January - 19.   

1903  New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced on January - 19.   

1903  On January - 19 the first regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England   

1903  1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England on January - 19.   

1903  Alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur on January - 19.   

1904  James Winston Watts, developer (Frontal Lobotomy) on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer   

1906  Gerhart Hauptmann's "Und Pippa Tanzt!," premieres in Berlin on January - 19.   

1906  On this day in history ish Kabbible, [Merwyn Bogue], Penns, comedian (Kay Kyser's Kollege)   

1907  On January - 19 variety magazine publishes film reviews for the first time.   

1907  On January - 19 lillian Harvey, London England, actress (Invitation to the Waltz)   

1909  Eugene Walter's "Easiest Way," premieres in NYC on January - 19.   

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0399  Pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453) was born on January - 19.   

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

1544  Francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60) was born on January - 19.   

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

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

1676  John Weldon, composer was born on January - 19.   

1679  Girolamo Chiti, composer was born on January - 19.   

1686  Hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist was born on January - 19.   

0639  On this day in history dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustrië, dies   

1479  On January - 19 johan II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81   

1526  On January - 19 death of isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501)   

1547  Death of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29 on January - 19.   

1549  On January - 19 barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies   

1576  Hans Sachs, composer, dies at 81 on January - 19.   

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