Page 2: Historical Events In January - 19

1737  Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin) on this day in history.   

1746  On January - 19 bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Stirling   

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

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 January - 19 melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer   

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

1790  Second Fleet sails from England with 1,006 convicts aboard for new settlement at Sydney Cove on January - 19.   

1790  Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna) on January - 19.   

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

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

1795  On this day in history democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy   

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

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

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

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

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 January - 19.   

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 January - 19.   

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine)   

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

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  On this day in history birth of pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453)   

1200  On this day in history birth of dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto   

1544  On January - 19 birth of francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60)   

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  On January - 19 birth of girolamo Chiti, composer   

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1625  Erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.