Historical Events In January - 19

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

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

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

1747  Johann Bode, "discoverer" of Bode's Law, dies on this day in history.   

1749  Isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian on January - 19.   

1760  On January - 19 melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer   

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

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

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  On January - 19 democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy   

1795  On this day in history maria Teresa Agnesi, composer, dies at 74   

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

1802  On January - 19 [Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belg min of Foreign affairs (1831)   

1805  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer, dies at 43   

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

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

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

1809  The birth of Edgar Allen Poe, American author and poet on this day in history.   

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 January - 19.   

1812  On this day in history british forces under Duke of Wellington take Ciudad Rodrigo in Spain.   

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

1816  Henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 on this day in history.   

1820  John Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888 on this day in history.   

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

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

1200  On this day in history 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 January - 19 birth of girolamo Chiti, composer   

1686  On January - 19 birth of hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist   

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  On January - 19 death of isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501)   

1547  Death of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29 on January - 19.   

1549  On this day in history barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies   

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

1591  On this day in history edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60   

1625  On this day in history erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32