Page 2: Historical Events In January - 19

1737  On this day in history jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin)   

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

1746  Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Stirling [OS= Jan 8] on January - 19.   

1747  On this day in history johann Bode, "discoverer" of Bode's Law, dies   

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

1760  Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer on January - 19.   

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

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  On January - 19 king Louis XVI sentenced to death by the French Convention   

1795  Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy on January - 19.   

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

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  Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer, dies at 43 on January - 19.   

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

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

1806  Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1808  On this day in history louis Napoleon signs 1st Dutch aviation law   

1809  On this day in history the birth of Edgar Allen Poe, American author and poet   

1809  On January - 19 edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum)   

1810  Overnight temp at Portsmouth NH drops 50ºF (10ºC) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history 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.   

1813  Henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine) on this day in history.   

1816  On this day in history henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892   

1820  John Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888 on January - 19.   

1825  Ezra Daggett & nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (Rafagas,)   

1829  Johann von Goethe's "Faust, Part 1," premieres on January - 19.   

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0399  On this day in history birth of pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453)   

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 January - 19.   

1676  John Weldon, composer was born on January - 19.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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  Erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32 on January - 19.