Page 2: Historical Events In January - 19

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

1746  Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Stirling on this day in history.   

1746  On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Stirling [OS= Jan 8]   

1747  Johann Bode, "discoverer" of Bode's Law, dies on January - 19.   

1749  On this day in history isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian   

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

1770  Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan) on this day in history.   

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

1790  Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna) on this day in history.   

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 January - 19.   

1795  Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy on this day in history.   

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

1798  Auguste Comte, philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism) on this day in history.   

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

1805  On January - 19 johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer, dies at 43   

1806  Britain occupies the Cape of Good Hope on this day in history.   

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

1806  On this day in history vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer   

1807  On January - 19 the birth of Robert E. Lee, American Civil War general   

1808  On January - 19 louis Napoleon signs first Dutch aviation law   

1808  Louis Napoleon signs 1st Dutch aviation law on January - 19.   

1809  On this day in history 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  Overnight temp at Portsmouth NH drops 50°F (10°C) on January - 19.   

1812  British forces under Duke of Wellington take Ciudad Rodrigo in Spain on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history john Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888   

1825  On January - 19 ezra Daggett & nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans   

1827  On January - 19 carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (Rafagas,)   

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

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0399  Pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453) was born on this day in history.   

1200  On January - 19 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 this day in history.   

1639  On this day in history birth of noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian   

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

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

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 January - 19 johan II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81   

1526  Death of Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501) on this day in history.   

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

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