Page 4: Historical Events In January - 19

1877  Charles Coburn, Savannah Ga, actor (Devil & Miss Jones) on January - 19.   

1878  Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history marie Koenen, author/wife of Felix Rutten (Wassend Cereal)   

1883  The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history hermann Abendroth, German conductor   

1884  On this day in history jules Massenet's opera "Manon," premieres in Paris   

1884  On this day in history albert Louis Wolff, composer   

1885  On January - 19 battle at Abu Klea Sudan 800-1000 killed   

1885  Battle at Abu Klea Sudan: 800-1000 killed on January - 19.   

1885  Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1886  Aurora Ski Club, first in US, founded in Minnesota on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history aurora Ski Club, 1st in US, founded in Minnesota   

1887  On this day in history alexander Woollcott, NJ, short story writer (Man Who Came to Dinner)   

1892  Olafur Thors, Icelandic PM (6 times, 1942-63) on January - 19.   

1893  On January - 19 henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder premieres in Berlin.   

1893  On January - 19 julius Eichberg, composer, dies at 68   

1894  On this day in history francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58   

1897  On this day in history natacha Rambova, Salt Lake City UT, costume designer   

1898  Brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game on this day in history.   

1899  Anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history [John] Herbert Whitton Sumsion, organist/composer   

1900  Bubonic plague spreads from Adelaide to Sydney (103 were to die) on January - 19.   

1902  Heinrich Schmist-Barrien, German author (Moorkeerl) on this day in history.   

1903  New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history the first regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England   

1903  1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England on this day in history.   

1903  On January - 19 alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur   

1904  On January - 19 james Winston Watts, developer (Frontal Lobotomy)   

1905  Anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer on January - 19.   

1906  On January - 19 gerhart Hauptmann's "Und Pippa Tanzt!," premieres in Berlin   

1906  On January - 19 ish Kabbible, [Merwyn Bogue], Penns, comedian (Kay Kyser's Kollege)   

1907  On January - 19 variety magazine publishes film reviews for the first time.   

1907  Lillian Harvey, London England, actress (Invitation to the Waltz) on January - 19.   

1909  On this day in history eugene Walter's "Easiest Way," premieres in NYC   

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0399  On January - 19 birth of pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453)   

1200  Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto was born on this day in history.   

1544  Francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60) was born on January - 19.   

1613  On this day in history birth of jacques Huyn, composer   

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

1676  John Weldon, composer was born on January - 19.   

1679  On January - 19 birth of girolamo Chiti, composer   

1686  On this day in history birth of hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist   

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

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 this day in history.   

1549  Barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

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

1591  Edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60 on January - 19.   

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