Page 2: Historical Events In January - 19

1737  On January - 19 jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin)   

1746  Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Stirling on January - 19.   

1746  On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Stirling [OS= Jan 8]   

1747  On January - 19 johann Bode, "discoverer" of Bode's Law, dies   

1749  On January - 19 isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian   

1760  Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer on January - 19.   

1770  On this day in history battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan)   

1790  On January - 19 second Fleet sails from England with 1,006 convicts aboard for new settlement at Sydney Cove.   

1790  Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna) on this day in history.   

1793  French King Louis XVI sentenced to death on January - 19.   

1793  On January - 19 king Louis XVI sentenced to death by the French Convention   

1795  On this day in history democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy   

1795  On this day in history maria Teresa Agnesi, composer, dies at 74   

1798  Auguste Comte, philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism) on this day in history.   

1802  [Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belg min of Foreign affairs (1831) on January - 19.   

1805  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer, dies at 43   

1806  On this day in history britain occupies the Cape of Good Hope   

1806  On January - 19 britain occupies Cape of Good Hope   

1806  On this day in history vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer   

1807  The birth of Robert E. Lee, American Civil War general on this day in history.   

1808  On January - 19 louis Napoleon signs first Dutch aviation law   

1808  Louis Napoleon signs 1st Dutch aviation law on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history the birth of Edgar Allen Poe, American author and poet   

1809  On January - 19 edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum)   

1810  Overnight temp at Portsmouth NH drops 50ºF (10ºC) on this day in history.   

1810  Overnight temp at Portsmouth NH drops 50°F (10°C) on January - 19.   

1812  On this day in history british forces under Duke of Wellington take Ciudad Rodrigo in Spain.   

1812  On this day in history peninsular War: After a ten day siege, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, orders British soldiers of the Light and third divisions to storm Ciudad Rodrigo.   

1813  On this day in history henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine)   

1816  On January - 19 henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892   

1820  On this day in history john Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888   

1825  On this day in history ezra Daggett & nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans   

1827  Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (Rafagas,) on this day in history.   

1829  On January - 19 johann von Goethe's "Faust, Part 1," premieres   

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0399  Pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453) was born on January - 19.   

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  On this day in history birth of jacques Huyn, composer   

1639  Noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On January - 19 death of henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29   

1549  Barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies on January - 19.   

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  Erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.