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 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  On January - 19 johann Bode, "discoverer" of Bode's Law, dies   

1749  Isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian on this day in history.   

1760  On January - 19 melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer   

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

1790  On January - 19 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  French King Louis XVI sentenced to death on this day in history.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1805  Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

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 January - 19 louis Napoleon signs 1st Dutch aviation law   

1809  The birth of Edgar Allen Poe, American author and poet on January - 19.   

1809  On January - 19 edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum)   

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 January - 19.   

1812  On this day in history 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  On January - 19 henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892   

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

1825  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1200  Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto was born on January - 19.   

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

1613  Jacques Huyn, composer was born on this day in history.   

1639  On this day in history birth of noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian   

1676  On January - 19 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 this day in history.   

0639  On January - 19 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 this day in history.   

1547  Death of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29 on January - 19.   

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

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