Page 4: Historical Events In January - 19

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

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

1879  On this day in history marie Koenen, author/wife of Felix Rutten (Wassend Cereal)   

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  Jules Massenet's opera "Manon," premieres in Paris on January - 19.   

1884  Albert Louis Wolff, composer on January - 19.   

1885  Battle at Abu Klea Sudan 800-1000 killed on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history battle at Abu Klea Sudan: 800-1000 killed   

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 January - 19.   

1886  On this day in history aurora Ski Club, 1st in US, founded in Minnesota   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1897  Natacha Rambova, Salt Lake City UT, costume designer on this day in history.   

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

1899  Anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur   

1904  James Winston Watts, developer (Frontal Lobotomy) on January - 19.   

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

1906  Gerhart Hauptmann's "Und Pippa Tanzt!," premieres in Berlin on this day in history.   

1906  Ish Kabbible, [Merwyn Bogue], Penns, comedian (Kay Kyser's Kollege) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1479  On January - 19 johan II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81   

1526  On January - 19 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 this day in history barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1625  Erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32 on January - 19.