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 January - 19 marie Koenen, author/wife of Felix Rutten (Wassend Cereal)   

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

1883  On January - 19 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 this day in history 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  Aurora Ski Club, 1st in US, founded in Minnesota on January - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

1893  Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder premieres in Berlin on January - 19.   

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

1894  Francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58 on January - 19.   

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

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  [John] Herbert Whitton Sumsion, organist/composer on January - 19.   

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

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

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

1903  The first regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England on this day in history.   

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

1903  Alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur on January - 19.   

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

1905  On January - 19 anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer   

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 this day in history 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 January - 19.   

1544  On January - 19 birth of francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60)   

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

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 January - 19.   

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.