Page 4: Historical Events In January - 19

1877  On January - 19 charles Coburn, Savannah Ga, actor (Devil & Miss Jones)   

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

1879  On January - 19 marie Koenen, author/wife of Felix Rutten (Wassend Cereal)   

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  On January - 19 hermann Abendroth, German conductor   

1884  Jules Massenet's opera "Manon," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1884  On January - 19 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  On January - 19 fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle   

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

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  On this day in history olafur Thors, Icelandic PM (6 times, 1942-63)   

1893  Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder premieres in Berlin on January - 19.   

1893  Julius Eichberg, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1894  Francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1897  Natacha Rambova, Salt Lake City UT, costume designer on January - 19.   

1898  On this day in history brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game   

1899  On January - 19 anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms   

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

1900  On this day in history bubonic plague spreads from Adelaide to Sydney (103 were to die).   

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

1903  On this day in history new bicycle race "Tour de France" announced   

1903  The first regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England on this day in history.   

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  Anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer on January - 19.   

1906  Gerhart Hauptmann's "Und Pippa Tanzt!," premieres in Berlin on this day in history.   

1906  Ish Kabbible, [Merwyn Bogue], Penns, comedian (Kay Kyser's Kollege) on this day in history.   

1907  Variety magazine publishes film reviews for the first time on this day in history.   

1907  Lillian Harvey, London England, actress (Invitation to the Waltz) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto   

1544  Francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60) was born on January - 19.   

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

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

1676  John Weldon, composer was born on this day in history.   

1679  On January - 19 birth of girolamo Chiti, composer   

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

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

1479  Johan II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81 on January - 19.   

1526  Death of Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501) on January - 19.   

1547  Death of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29 on this day in history.   

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

1576  Hans Sachs, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1591  Edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60 on January - 19.   

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