Page 4: Historical Events In January - 19

1883  The inaugural electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey   

1883  Hermann Abendroth, German conductor.   

1884  Jules Massenet's opera "Manon," premieres in Paris.   

1884  Albert Louis Wolff, composer.   

1885  Battle at Abu Klea Sudan 800-1000 killed.   

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

1885  Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle   

1886  Aurora Ski Club, inaugural in US, founded in Minnesota.   

1886  Aurora Ski Club, 1st in US, founded in Minnesota   

1887  Alexander Woollcott, NJ, short story writer (Man Who Came to Dinner)   

1892  Olafur Thors, Icelandic PM (6 times, 1942-63)   

1893  Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder premieres in Berlin   

1893  Julius Eichberg, composer, dies at 68.   

1894  Francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58.   

1897  Natacha Rambova, Salt Lake City UT, costume designer.   

1898  Brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game   

1899  Anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms.   

1899  [John] Herbert Whitton Sumsion, organist/composer   

1900  Bubonic plague spreads from Adelaide to Sydney (103 were to die)   

1902  Heinrich Schmist-Barrien, German author (Moorkeerl)   

1903  New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced.   

1903  The inaugural regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US and England   

1903  1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US and England   

1903  Alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur   

1904  James Winston Watts, developer (Frontal Lobotomy)   

1905  Anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer   

1906  Gerhart Hauptmann's "Und Pippa Tanzt!," premieres in Berlin.   

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

1907  In this year, Variety magazine publishes film reviews for the inaugural time.   

1907  Lillian Harvey, London England, actress (Invitation to the Waltz).   

1909  Eugene Walter's "Easiest Way," premieres in NYC   

1910  Germany and Bolivia ends commerce/friendship treaty   

1910  National Institute of Arts and Letters incorporated by Congress.   

1910  Willi Schmidt, Germany, director.   

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0399  Pulcheria: Byzantine empress   

1200  Dogen kigen: Japan, zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the japanese soto   

1544  Francis ii de valois-angouleme: King of france (1559-60)   

1613  Jacques huyn: Composer   

1639  Noel alexandre: French theologian/historian   

1676  John weldon: Composer   

1679  Girolamo chiti: Composer   

1686  Hakuin ekakuborn: Japan, zen buddhist   

0639  Dagobert i: King of austrasia/soissons/burgundy/neustrië,   

1479  Johan ii: King of aragon/navarra,   

1526  Isabella of burgundy: Wife of christian ii of denmark (b. 1501)   

1547  Death of Henry howard: Earl of surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29   

1549  Death of Barthout van assendelft: 1st land advocate of holland,   

1576  Death of Hans sachs: Composer,   

1591  Edmond auger: French jesuit (under henri iii),   

1625  Erhard buttner: Composer,