Page 2: 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  Johann Bode, "discoverer" of Bode's Law, dies on this day in history.   

1749  On January - 19 isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian   

1760  Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer on January - 19.   

1770  On this day in history battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan)   

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 January - 19.   

1793  French King Louis XVI sentenced to death on January - 19.   

1793  On this day in history king Louis XVI sentenced to death by the French Convention   

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 this day in history.   

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  Britain occupies the Cape of Good Hope on January - 19.   

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

1806  On this day in history vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer   

1807  The birth of Robert E. Lee, American Civil War general on January - 19.   

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

1808  On this day in history louis Napoleon signs 1st Dutch aviation law   

1809  The birth of Edgar Allen Poe, American author and poet on this day in history.   

1809  Edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum) on January - 19.   

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

1810  Overnight temp at Portsmouth NH drops 50°F (10°C) on this day in history.   

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  Henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine) on this day in history.   

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

1820  On this day in history john Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888   

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

1827  Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (Rafagas,) on January - 19.   

1829  Johann von Goethe's "Faust, Part 1," premieres on January - 19.   

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0399  On January - 19 birth of pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453)   

1200  On January - 19 birth of dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto   

1544  Francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60) was born on this day in history.   

1613  On this day in history birth of jacques Huyn, composer   

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

1547  On January - 19 death of henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29   

1549  Barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1576  On this day in history hans Sachs, composer, dies at 81   

1591  Edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60 on January - 19.   

1625  On this day in history erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32