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 this day in history.   

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

1883  The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey on January - 19.   

1883  On January - 19 hermann Abendroth, German conductor   

1884  On January - 19 jules Massenet's opera "Manon," premieres in Paris   

1884  On January - 19 albert Louis Wolff, composer   

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  Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle on January - 19.   

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

1886  Aurora Ski Club, 1st in US, founded in Minnesota on January - 19.   

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

1892  On January - 19 olafur Thors, Icelandic PM (6 times, 1942-63)   

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

1893  Julius Eichberg, composer, dies at 68 on January - 19.   

1894  On January - 19 francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58   

1897  Natacha Rambova, Salt Lake City UT, costume designer on this day in history.   

1898  Brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game on this day in history.   

1899  On January - 19 anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms   

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

1900  On January - 19 bubonic plague spreads from Adelaide to Sydney (103 were to die).   

1902  On January - 19 heinrich Schmist-Barrien, German author (Moorkeerl)   

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

1903  On January - 19 the first regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England   

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

1903  On January - 19 alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur   

1904  James Winston Watts, developer (Frontal Lobotomy) on January - 19.   

1905  On January - 19 anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer   

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 this day in history.   

1907  Variety magazine publishes film reviews for the first time on January - 19.   

1907  On this day in history lillian Harvey, London England, actress (Invitation to the Waltz)   

1909  On January - 19 eugene Walter's "Easiest Way," premieres in NYC   

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

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

1544  Francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60) was born on this day in history.   

1613  On this day in history birth of jacques Huyn, composer   

1639  Noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian was born on January - 19.   

1676  John Weldon, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On January - 19 dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustrië, dies   

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 this day in history 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 January - 19 hans Sachs, composer, dies at 81   

1591  Edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60 on January - 19.   

1625  Erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32 on January - 19.