Page 2: Historical Events In January - 19

1737  On January - 19 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 this day in history.   

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

1749  Isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian on this day in history.   

1760  On January - 19 melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer   

1770  On January - 19 battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan)   

1790  On January - 19 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 January - 19.   

1793  On January - 19 french King Louis XVI sentenced to death   

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

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

1806  Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer on January - 19.   

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

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

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

1809  On January - 19 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  On January - 19 overnight temp at Portsmouth NH drops 50ºF (10ºC)   

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  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 January - 19.   

1816  Henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 on January - 19.   

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

1825  On this day in history ezra Daggett & nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans   

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  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 this day in history.   

1613  On January - 19 birth of jacques Huyn, composer   

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

1676  On January - 19 birth of john Weldon, composer   

1679  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

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

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