Historical Events In January - 19

1737  On January - 19 jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin)  

1746  Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Stirling on January - 19.  

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 this day in history melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer  

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

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

1790  On January - 19 per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna)  

1793  On January - 19 french King Louis XVI sentenced to death  

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

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

1795  Maria Teresa Agnesi, composer, dies at 74 on January - 19.  

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  Britain occupies the Cape of Good Hope on this day in history.  

1806  Britain occupies Cape of Good Hope on January - 19.  

1806  On January - 19 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  Louis Napoleon signs 1st Dutch aviation law on January - 19.  

1809  On this day in history 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 50�F (10�C) on this day in history.  

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

1812  On January - 19 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 this day in history henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine)  

1816  Henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 on January - 19.  

1820  On January - 19 john Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888  

1825  Ezra Daggett & nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans on January - 19.  

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

1829  On this day in history johann von Goethe's "Faust, Part 1," premieres  

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0399  On this day in history 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  Jacques Huyn, composer was born on this day in history.  

1639  Noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  Death of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29 on this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history.