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  On this day in history 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 January - 19.   

1883  Hermann Abendroth, German conductor on January - 19.   

1884  Jules Massenet's opera "Manon," premieres in Paris on January - 19.   

1884  Albert Louis Wolff, composer on January - 19.   

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  On this day in history aurora Ski Club, first in US, founded in Minnesota   

1886  On January - 19 aurora Ski Club, 1st in US, founded in Minnesota   

1887  Alexander Woollcott, NJ, short story writer (Man Who Came to Dinner) on January - 19.   

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  On this day in history julius Eichberg, composer, dies at 68   

1894  Francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58 on January - 19.   

1897  On January - 19 natacha Rambova, Salt Lake City UT, costume designer   

1898  Brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game on January - 19.   

1899  On January - 19 anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms   

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

1900  Bubonic plague spreads from Adelaide to Sydney (103 were to die) on January - 19.   

1902  On this day in history heinrich Schmist-Barrien, German author (Moorkeerl)   

1903  On January - 19 new bicycle race "Tour de France" announced   

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

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

1903  On this day in history alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur   

1904  James Winston Watts, developer (Frontal Lobotomy) on January - 19.   

1905  On January - 19 anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer   

1906  On this day in history gerhart Hauptmann's "Und Pippa Tanzt!," premieres in Berlin   

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

1907  On this day in history variety magazine publishes film reviews for the first time.   

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

1909  Eugene Walter's "Easiest Way," premieres in NYC on January - 19.   

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

1200  On January - 19 birth of dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto   

1544  On this day in history birth of francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60)   

1613  On January - 19 birth of jacques Huyn, composer   

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

1676  On this day in history birth of john Weldon, composer   

1679  On January - 19 birth of girolamo Chiti, composer   

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

0639  Dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustrië, dies on January - 19.   

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