Page 4: Historical Events In January - 19

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

1878  Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67 on January - 19.   

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 January - 19.   

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

1884  On this day in history albert Louis Wolff, composer   

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  On this day in history fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle   

1886  On this day in history aurora Ski Club, first in US, founded in Minnesota   

1886  Aurora Ski Club, 1st in US, founded in Minnesota on this day in history.   

1887  On January - 19 alexander Woollcott, NJ, short story writer (Man Who Came to Dinner)   

1892  On January - 19 olafur Thors, Icelandic PM (6 times, 1942-63)   

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  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  On this day in history anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms   

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

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

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

1903  New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced on January - 19.   

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

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

1903  On this day in history alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur   

1904  On January - 19 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  Ish Kabbible, [Merwyn Bogue], Penns, comedian (Kay Kyser's Kollege) on January - 19.   

1907  On January - 19 variety magazine publishes film reviews for the first time.   

1907  Lillian Harvey, London England, actress (Invitation to the Waltz) on this day in history.   

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  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  On January - 19 birth of jacques Huyn, composer   

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

1676  On January - 19 birth of john Weldon, composer   

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

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

0639  Dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustrië, dies on January - 19.   

1479  On this day in history johan II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81   

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

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  Edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60 on January - 19.   

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