Page 4: Historical Events In January - 19

1877  On January - 19 charles Coburn, Savannah Ga, actor (Devil & Miss Jones)   

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

1879  Marie Koenen, author/wife of Felix Rutten (Wassend Cereal) on this day in history.   

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

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 January - 19 albert Louis Wolff, composer   

1885  Battle at Abu Klea Sudan 800-1000 killed on this day in history.   

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

1885  Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle on January - 19.   

1886  On January - 19 aurora Ski Club, first in US, founded in Minnesota   

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

1887  On January - 19 alexander Woollcott, NJ, short story writer (Man Who Came to Dinner)   

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

1893  Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder premieres in Berlin on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history julius Eichberg, composer, dies at 68   

1894  On January - 19 francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58   

1897  On January - 19 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  On this day in history anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms   

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

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

1902  On January - 19 heinrich Schmist-Barrien, German author (Moorkeerl)   

1903  New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced on January - 19.   

1903  The first regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England on January - 19.   

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

1903  On January - 19 alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur   

1904  On this day in history james Winston Watts, developer (Frontal Lobotomy)   

1905  Anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history gerhart Hauptmann's "Und Pippa Tanzt!," premieres in Berlin   

1906  Ish Kabbible, [Merwyn Bogue], Penns, comedian (Kay Kyser's Kollege) on January - 19.   

1907  On this day in history variety magazine publishes film reviews for the first time.   

1907  Lillian Harvey, London England, actress (Invitation to the Waltz) on this day in history.   

1909  Eugene Walter's "Easiest Way," premieres in NYC on January - 19.   

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0399  Pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453) was born on this day in history.   

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 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  On this day in history birth of john Weldon, composer   

1679  Girolamo Chiti, composer was born on January - 19.   

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

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  On this day in history death of isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501)   

1547  On this day in history 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  Hans Sachs, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1591  On January - 19 edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60   

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