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

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 January - 19.  

1884  Jules Massenet's opera "Manon," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

1884  Albert Louis Wolff, composer on January - 19.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1892  On January - 19 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 this day in history natacha Rambova, Salt Lake City UT, costume designer  

1898  Brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game on January - 19.  

1899  Anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms on January - 19.  

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

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

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

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

1903  On January - 19 the first regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England  

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

1903  On January - 19 alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur  

1904  James Winston Watts, developer (Frontal Lobotomy) on this day in history.  

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

1906  On January - 19 gerhart Hauptmann's "Und Pippa Tanzt!," premieres in Berlin  

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

1907  Variety magazine publishes film reviews for the first time on January - 19.  

1907  On this day in history lillian Harvey, London England, actress (Invitation to the Waltz)  

1909  On January - 19 eugene Walter's "Easiest Way," premieres in NYC  

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0399  Pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453) was born on January - 19.  

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 this day in history.  

1676  On this day in history birth of john Weldon, composer  

1679  On this day in history birth of girolamo Chiti, composer  

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

0639  On January - 19 dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustrië, dies  

1479  Johan II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81 on January - 19.  

1526  Death of Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501) on this day in history.  

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 January - 19.  

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

1625  On January - 19 erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32