Page 4: Historical Events In January - 19

1877  Charles Coburn, Savannah Ga, actor (Devil & Miss Jones) on this day in history.   

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 January - 19.   

1883  On January - 19 the first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.   

1883  Hermann Abendroth, German conductor on this day in history.   

1884  Jules Massenet's opera "Manon," premieres in Paris on January - 19.   

1884  Albert Louis Wolff, composer on this day in history.   

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

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 January - 19 aurora Ski Club, 1st in US, founded in Minnesota   

1887  Alexander Woollcott, NJ, short story writer (Man Who Came to Dinner) on January - 19.   

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  Julius Eichberg, composer, dies at 68 on January - 19.   

1894  Francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1897  Natacha Rambova, Salt Lake City UT, costume designer on this day in history.   

1898  On January - 19 brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game   

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

1899  On January - 19 [John] Herbert Whitton Sumsion, organist/composer   

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

1902  On this day in history heinrich Schmist-Barrien, German author (Moorkeerl)   

1903  On this day in history new bicycle race "Tour de France" announced   

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

1903  1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England on January - 19.   

1903  On this day in history alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur   

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

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

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

1906  On this day in history ish Kabbible, [Merwyn Bogue], Penns, comedian (Kay Kyser's Kollege)   

1907  Variety magazine publishes film reviews for the first time on this day in history.   

1907  On January - 19 lillian Harvey, London England, actress (Invitation to the Waltz)   

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

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

1613  Jacques Huyn, composer was born on January - 19.   

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

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

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

1686  Hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist was born on January - 19.   

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

1479  On January - 19 johan II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81   

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

1576  On this day in history hans Sachs, composer, dies at 81   

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

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