Historical Events In September - 19

1822  Joseph Rodman West, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.  

1824  On this day in history carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, composer  

1830  Stanislas Champein, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1833  On this day in history charles Darwin visits Guardia del Monte, Argentina  

1836  Carl Friedrich Ebers, composer, dies at 66 on September - 19.  

1837  On September - 19 adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer  

1838  On September - 19 ephraim Morris patents railroad brake  

1839  On this day in history the birth of George Cadbury, English founder of 'Cadburys' chocolates  

1846  On this day in history elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning elopes  

1848  On this day in history bond (US) & Lassell (England) independently discover Hyperion, moon of Saturn  

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1848  Hyperion, moon of Saturn, discovered by Bond (US) & Lassell (England) on September - 19.  

1849  On this day in history first commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California  

1849  On September - 19 1st commercial laundry established, in Oaklan, California  

1854  Henry Meyer patents sleeping rail car on September - 19.  

1862  On September - 19 battle of Luka, Miss  

1862  On this day in history -20] Battle at Blackford's Ford Virginia  

1862  Adeline De Walt Reynolds, Benton County IA, actress (Son of Dracula) on September - 19.  

1862  On this day in history [Lewis] Henry Little, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 45  

1863  Battle of Chickamauga, Tenn (near Chattanooga) begins; Union retreat on September - 19.  

1863  Battle of Chickamauga GA (near Chattanooga) begins; Union retreat on September - 19.  

1863  Preston Smith, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 39 on September - 19.  

1864  Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia on September - 19.  

1864  3rd Battle of Winchester Virginia (Opequon, 3rd Winchester) on this day in history.  

1864  On this day in history archibald Campbell Godwin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle  

1865  On September - 19 atlanta University forms  

1867  Arthur Rackham, England, artist/illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales) on September - 19.  

1870  Siege of Paris begins on September - 19.  

1871  On this day in history fritz Schaudinn, German animal expert (examined syphilis)  

1873  Black Friday Jay Cooke & Co fails, causing a securities panic on September - 19.  

1873  Black Friday: Jay Cooke & Co fails, causing a securities panic on September - 19.  

1876  On this day in history 1st carpet sweeper patented (Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids, Mich)  

1879  Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track & field record pole-vaulting 11' 2½" at age 17 years & 198 days on September - 19.  

1881  James A Garfield, 20th president (1881), dies of gunshot wound at 49 on September - 19.  

1882  Paul-Marie Masson, composer on September - 19.  

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1377  Albert IV, Duke of Austria (d. 1404) was born on this day in history.  

1551  On this day in history birth of henry III, duke of Anjou/king of Poland/France (1573/4-89)  

1655  On September - 19 birth of jan Luyts, Netherlands, scholar/physicist/mathematician/astronomer  

1705  Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/band master was born on September - 19.  

1714  On this day in history birth of charles Humphreys, American delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1786)  

1737  On this day in history birth of charles Carroll, signed Decl of Ind  

1749  Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician (d. 1822) was born on this day in history.  

1754  On this day in history birth of john Ross Key, commissioned officer in the Continental Army, judge, lawyer and the father of Francis Scott Key (d. 1821)  

1180  Louis VII, the Younger, King of France (1137-80), dies at 59 on September - 19.  

1339  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288)  

1356  Gautier de Brienne, duke of Athens/French supreme commander, dies on this day in history.  

1668  Death of William Waller, English soldier on this day in history.  

1693  On September - 19 death of janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (b. 1641)  

1710  On this day in history death of ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (b. 1644)  

1719  Death of Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59 on September - 19.  

1756  Josef Antonin Sehling, composer, dies at 46 on September - 19.