Historical Events In January - 19

1877  On this day in history charles Coburn, Savannah Ga, actor (Devil & Miss Jones)   

1878  On this day in history henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67   

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  On this day in history hermann Abendroth, German conductor   

1884  On January - 19 jules Massenet's opera "Manon," premieres in Paris   

1884  On this day in history albert Louis Wolff, composer   

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

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

1885  On January - 19 fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle   

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

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  On this day in history olafur Thors, Icelandic PM (6 times, 1942-63)   

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 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 January - 19.   

1899  On this day in history anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms   

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

1900  Bubonic plague spreads from Adelaide to Sydney (103 were to die) on this day in history.   

1902  Heinrich Schmist-Barrien, German author (Moorkeerl) on January - 19.   

1903  On January - 19 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 January - 19 alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur   

1904  James Winston Watts, developer (Frontal Lobotomy) on January - 19.   

1905  On January - 19 anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer   

1906  Gerhart Hauptmann's "Und Pippa Tanzt!," premieres in Berlin on this day in history.   

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 this day in history lillian Harvey, London England, actress (Invitation to the Waltz)   

1909  Eugene Walter's "Easiest Way," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

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  Noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian was born on this day in history.   

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

1679  Girolamo Chiti, composer was born on this day in history.   

1686  On January - 19 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  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  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.