Historical Events In January - 19

1737  Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin) on this day in history.   

1746  On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Stirling   

1746  Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Stirling [OS= Jan 8] on January - 19.   

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

1749  Isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian on January - 19.   

1760  On this day in history melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer   

1770  Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan) on January - 19.   

1790  Second Fleet sails from England with 1,006 convicts aboard for new settlement at Sydney Cove on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna)   

1793  On this day in history french King Louis XVI sentenced to death   

1793  King Louis XVI sentenced to death by the French Convention on this day in history.   

1795  On January - 19 democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy   

1795  Maria Teresa Agnesi, composer, dies at 74 on January - 19.   

1798  On this day in history auguste Comte, philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism)   

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

1805  Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

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

1806  Britain occupies Cape of Good Hope on January - 19.   

1806  On January - 19 vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer   

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

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

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

1809  On January - 19 the birth of Edgar Allen Poe, American author and poet   

1809  On this day in history edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum)   

1810  Overnight temp at Portsmouth NH drops 50ºF (10ºC) on January - 19.   

1810  On this day in history overnight temp at Portsmouth NH drops 50°F (10°C)   

1812  British forces under Duke of Wellington take Ciudad Rodrigo in Spain on January - 19.   

1812  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 on this day in history.   

1813  Henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine) on this day in history.   

1816  On this day in history henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892   

1820  On January - 19 john Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888   

1825  Ezra Daggett & nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans on January - 19.   

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

1829  On this day in history johann von Goethe's "Faust, Part 1," premieres   

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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 this day in history 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  On January - 19 birth of john Weldon, composer   

1679  On this day in history birth of girolamo Chiti, composer   

1686  On January - 19 birth of hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist   

0639  Dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustrië, dies on this day in history.   

1479  On this day in history johan II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81   

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 this day in history barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies   

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

1591  On this day in history edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60   

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