Historical Events In January - 19

1737  Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin) on January - 19.   

1746  On January - 19 bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Stirling   

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  Isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian on this day in history.   

1760  Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1790  On January - 19 per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna)   

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

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

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

1795  On January - 19 maria Teresa Agnesi, composer, dies at 74   

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

1802  [Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belg min of Foreign affairs (1831) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1806  On January - 19 vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer   

1807  The birth of Robert E. Lee, American Civil War general on January - 19.   

1808  Louis Napoleon signs first Dutch aviation law on January - 19.   

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

1809  The birth of Edgar Allen Poe, American author and poet on January - 19.   

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  Overnight temp at Portsmouth NH drops 50°F (10°C) on this day in history.   

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 January - 19.   

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  John Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888 on this day in history.   

1825  On January - 19 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  Johann von Goethe's "Faust, Part 1," premieres on January - 19.   

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

1613  On January - 19 birth of jacques Huyn, composer   

1639  Noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian was born on January - 19.   

1676  On January - 19 birth of john Weldon, composer   

1679  Girolamo Chiti, composer was born on this day in history.   

1686  On this day in history 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  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 January - 19.   

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  On January - 19 edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60   

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