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 this day in history.  

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

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

1883  On January - 19 hermann Abendroth, German conductor  

1884  On this day in history jules Massenet's opera "Manon," premieres in Paris  

1884  Albert Louis Wolff, composer on January - 19.  

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  Aurora Ski Club, first in US, founded in Minnesota on January - 19.  

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  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 January - 19 julius Eichberg, composer, dies at 68  

1894  On January - 19 francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58  

1897  On January - 19 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  On this day in history [John] Herbert Whitton Sumsion, organist/composer  

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

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

1903  On January - 19 new bicycle race "Tour de France" announced  

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

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

1903  Alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur on January - 19.  

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

1905  Anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1907  On January - 19 lillian Harvey, London England, actress (Invitation to the Waltz)  

1909  Eugene Walter's "Easiest Way," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

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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  Francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60) was born on this day in history.  

1613  Jacques Huyn, composer was born on this day in history.  

1639  On January - 19 birth of noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian  

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

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  On this day in history death of 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 on this day in history.  

1549  On January - 19 barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies  

1576  Hans Sachs, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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

1625  On this day in history erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32