Page 4: Historical Events In January - 19

1877  On January - 19 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  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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1885  Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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

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

1887  On January - 19 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 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 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  On this day in history anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history james Winston Watts, developer (Frontal Lobotomy)   

1905  On this day in history anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer   

1906  Gerhart Hauptmann's "Und Pippa Tanzt!," premieres in Berlin on January - 19.   

1906  On January - 19 ish Kabbible, [Merwyn Bogue], Penns, comedian (Kay Kyser's Kollege)   

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

1907  Lillian Harvey, London England, actress (Invitation to the Waltz) on January - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

1200  Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto was born on January - 19.   

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

1613  Jacques Huyn, composer was born on January - 19.   

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

1676  John Weldon, composer was born on January - 19.   

1679  Girolamo Chiti, composer was born on January - 19.   

1686  Hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist was born on this day in history.   

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

1479  Johan II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1526  On January - 19 death of isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501)   

1547  On this day in history death of henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29   

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

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

1591  On January - 19 edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60   

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