Page 4: Historical Events In January - 19

1877  Charles Coburn, Savannah Ga, actor (Devil & Miss Jones) on January - 19.   

1878  On this day in history henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67   

1879  Marie Koenen, author/wife of Felix Rutten (Wassend Cereal) on this day in history.   

1883  The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey on this day in history.   

1883  Hermann Abendroth, German conductor on January - 19.   

1884  On January - 19 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 January - 19.   

1885  Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle on January - 19.   

1886  On January - 19 aurora Ski Club, first in US, founded in Minnesota   

1886  Aurora Ski Club, 1st in US, founded in Minnesota on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder premieres in Berlin.   

1893  Julius Eichberg, composer, dies at 68 on January - 19.   

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  On this day in history brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game   

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

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

1900  On January - 19 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 this day in history.   

1903  The first regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England on January - 19.   

1903  On this day in history 1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England   

1903  On January - 19 alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur   

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

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

1906  On January - 19 gerhart Hauptmann's "Und Pippa Tanzt!," premieres in Berlin   

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

1907  Variety magazine publishes film reviews for the first time on January - 19.   

1907  On this day in history lillian Harvey, London England, actress (Invitation to the Waltz)   

1909  On this day in history eugene Walter's "Easiest Way," premieres in NYC   

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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 January - 19.   

1544  Francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history birth of hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist   

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

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

1576  On this day in history 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 this day in history erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32