Historical Events In January - 19

1737  Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin) on January - 19.  

1746  Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Stirling on this day in history.  

1746  Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Stirling [OS= Jan 8] on January - 19.  

1747  Johann Bode, "discoverer" of Bode's Law, dies on January - 19.  

1749  On this day in history isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian  

1760  On January - 19 melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer  

1770  On January - 19 battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan)  

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

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

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

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

1795  Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy on January - 19.  

1795  On this day in history maria Teresa Agnesi, composer, dies at 74  

1798  On this day in history auguste Comte, philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism)  

1802  [Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belg min of Foreign affairs (1831) on January - 19.  

1805  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer, dies at 43  

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

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

1806  Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer on January - 19.  

1807  The birth of Robert E. Lee, American Civil War general on this day in history.  

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

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

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  On this day in history overnight temp at Portsmouth NH drops 50ºF (10ºC)  

1810  Overnight temp at Portsmouth NH drops 50°F (10°C) on January - 19.  

1812  On January - 19 british forces under Duke of Wellington take Ciudad Rodrigo in Spain.  

1812  On January - 19 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.  

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

1816  Henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 on this day in history.  

1820  John Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888 on this day in history.  

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 January - 19.  

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

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 January - 19.  

1613  On January - 19 birth of jacques Huyn, composer  

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

1676  John Weldon, composer was born on this day in history.  

1679  On this day in history birth of girolamo Chiti, composer  

1686  On January - 19 birth of hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist  

0639  Dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustrië, dies on this day in history.  

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

1591  On this day in history edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60  

1625  Erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32 on January - 19.