Page 4: Historical Events In January - 19

1877  Charles Coburn, Savannah Ga, actor (Devil & Miss Jones) on this day in history.   

1878  Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67 on January - 19.   

1879  Marie Koenen, author/wife of Felix Rutten (Wassend Cereal) on January - 19.   

1883  On this day in history the first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.   

1883  Hermann Abendroth, German conductor on this day in history.   

1884  Jules Massenet's opera "Manon," premieres in Paris on January - 19.   

1884  Albert Louis Wolff, composer on January - 19.   

1885  Battle at Abu Klea Sudan 800-1000 killed on this day in history.   

1885  Battle at Abu Klea Sudan: 800-1000 killed on this day in history.   

1885  On January - 19 fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle   

1886  On January - 19 aurora Ski Club, first in US, founded in Minnesota   

1886  On January - 19 aurora Ski Club, 1st in US, founded in Minnesota   

1887  Alexander Woollcott, NJ, short story writer (Man Who Came to Dinner) on this day in history.   

1892  Olafur Thors, Icelandic PM (6 times, 1942-63) on January - 19.   

1893  On this day in history henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder premieres in Berlin.   

1893  On January - 19 julius Eichberg, composer, dies at 68   

1894  On this day in history francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58   

1897  Natacha Rambova, Salt Lake City UT, costume designer on January - 19.   

1898  On this day in history brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game   

1899  Anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms on this day in history.   

1899  On January - 19 [John] Herbert Whitton Sumsion, organist/composer   

1900  Bubonic plague spreads from Adelaide to Sydney (103 were to die) on this day in history.   

1902  Heinrich Schmist-Barrien, German author (Moorkeerl) on January - 19.   

1903  New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced on this day in history.   

1903  The first regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England on January - 19.   

1903  1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England on this day in history.   

1903  On January - 19 alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur   

1904  On January - 19 james Winston Watts, developer (Frontal Lobotomy)   

1905  Anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer on January - 19.   

1906  Gerhart Hauptmann's "Und Pippa Tanzt!," premieres in Berlin on this day in history.   

1906  Ish Kabbible, [Merwyn Bogue], Penns, comedian (Kay Kyser's Kollege) on January - 19.   

1907  On January - 19 variety magazine publishes film reviews for the first time.   

1907  Lillian Harvey, London England, actress (Invitation to the Waltz) on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history eugene Walter's "Easiest Way," premieres in NYC   

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0399  Pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453) was born on January - 19.   

1200  Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto was born on January - 19.   

1544  On January - 19 birth of francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60)   

1613  Jacques Huyn, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1679  On this day in history birth of girolamo Chiti, composer   

1686  Hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist was born on January - 19.   

0639  On this day in history dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustrië, dies   

1479  Johan II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

1547  On January - 19 death of henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29   

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

1576  On January - 19 hans Sachs, composer, dies at 81   

1591  Edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60 on this day in history.   

1625  Erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.