Page 4: Historical Events In January - 19

1877  On January - 19 charles Coburn, Savannah Ga, actor (Devil & Miss Jones)   

1878  On January - 19 henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67   

1879  Marie Koenen, author/wife of Felix Rutten (Wassend Cereal) on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history 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  On this day in history jules Massenet's opera "Manon," premieres in Paris   

1884  On January - 19 albert Louis Wolff, composer   

1885  On January - 19 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 January - 19.   

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  Alexander Woollcott, NJ, short story writer (Man Who Came to Dinner) on January - 19.   

1892  Olafur Thors, Icelandic PM (6 times, 1942-63) on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder premieres in Berlin.   

1893  Julius Eichberg, composer, dies at 68 on January - 19.   

1894  On this day in history francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58   

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 January - 19.   

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

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

1902  Heinrich Schmist-Barrien, German author (Moorkeerl) on this day in history.   

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

1903  On this day in history the first regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England   

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

1903  On January - 19 alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur   

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

1905  On January - 19 anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer   

1906  On this day in history gerhart Hauptmann's "Und Pippa Tanzt!," premieres in Berlin   

1906  On this day in history 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  Eugene Walter's "Easiest Way," premieres in NYC on January - 19.   

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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 this day in history.   

1544  On this day in history birth of francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60)   

1613  On January - 19 birth of jacques Huyn, composer   

1639  On this day in history birth of noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian   

1676  John Weldon, composer was born on this day in history.   

1679  On January - 19 birth of girolamo Chiti, composer   

1686  On January - 19 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 this day in history.   

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

1547  Death of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29 on January - 19.   

1549  On this day in history barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies   

1576  On January - 19 hans Sachs, composer, dies at 81   

1591  Edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60 on this day in history.   

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