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 January - 19.   

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

1760  On January - 19 melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1795  On January - 19 maria Teresa Agnesi, composer, dies at 74   

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

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

1806  On January - 19 vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer   

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

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

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

1809  On this day in history the birth of Edgar Allen Poe, American author and poet   

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

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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  On this day in history birth of francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60)   

1613  On January - 19 birth of jacques Huyn, composer   

1639  Noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian was born on January - 19.   

1676  On this day in history birth of john Weldon, composer   

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

1686  Hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist was born on this day in history.   

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

1479  Johan II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1526  Death of Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501) on January - 19.   

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

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

1576  Hans Sachs, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

1625  On January - 19 erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32