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01/19/0379
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Theodosius installed as co-emperor of East Roman Empire
Type: Event
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01/19/0570
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Mohammed, Islamic prophet (Koran)
Type: Birth
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01/19/0639
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Dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustri‰, dies
Type: Death
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01/19/0973
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Pope Benedictus VI elected
Type: Event
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01/19/1200
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Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto
Type: Birth
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01/19/1419
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French city of Rouen surrenders to Henry V in Hundred Years War
Type: Event
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01/19/1479
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Johan II, king of Arag¢n/Navarra, dies at 81
Type: Death
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01/19/1493
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France cedes Roussillon and Cerd gne to Spain by treaty of Barcelona
Type: Event
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01/19/1544
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Francis II de Valois-Angoulˆme, king of France (1559-60)
Type: Birth
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01/19/1547
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Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29
Type: Death
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01/19/1549
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Barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies
Type: Death
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01/19/1576
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Hans Sachs, composer, dies at 81
Type: Death
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01/19/1591
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Edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60
Type: Death
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01/19/1613
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Jacques Huyn, composer
Type: Birth
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01/19/1625
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Erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32
Type: Death
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01/19/1629
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Abbas I, Shah of Persia (1588-1629), dies at 57
Type: Death
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01/19/1639
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No‰l Alexandre, French theologian/historian
Type: Birth
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01/19/1647
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Johan van Beverwijck, physician (Treas of Ongesontheyt), dies at 52
Type: Death
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01/19/1668
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King Louis XIV and Emperor Leopold I sign treaty dividing Spain
Type: Event
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01/19/1669
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Leo Allatios, Greek/Italian theologist/literary, dies at about 82
Type: Death
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01/19/1676
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John Weldon, composer
Type: Birth
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01/19/1679
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Girolamo Chiti, composer
Type: Birth
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01/19/1686
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Hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist
Type: Birth
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01/19/1692
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John Commelin, director of Hortus Botanist (Amsterdam), dies at 62
Type: Death
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01/19/1714
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Richard Steele publishes "Crisis," defending Hanoverian success
Type: Event
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01/19/1729
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William Congreve, English dramatist (Love for Love), dies at 58
Type: Death
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01/19/1736
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Laurens P van de Spiegel, Dutch regent/secretary of State 1787-95
Type: Birth
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01/19/1736
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James Watt, Scotland, inventor (steam engine)
Type: Birth
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01/19/1737
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Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin)
Type: Birth
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01/19/1746
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Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Stirling [OS= Jan 8]
Type: Event
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01/19/1747
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Johann Bode, "discoverer" of Bode's Law, dies
Type: Death
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01/19/1749
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Isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian
Type: Birth
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01/19/1760
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Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer
Type: Birth
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01/19/1770
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Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan)
Type: Event
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01/19/1790
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Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna)
Type: Birth
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01/19/1793
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French King Louis XVI sentenced to death
Type: Event
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01/19/1795
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Maria Teresa Agnesi, composer, dies at 74
Type: Death
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01/19/1795
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Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy
Type: Event
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01/19/1798
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Auguste Comte, philosopher/founder (sociology and positivism)
Type: Birth
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01/19/1802
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[Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belg min of Foreign affairs (1831)
Type: Birth
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01/19/1805
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Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer, dies at 43
Type: Death
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01/19/1806
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Britain occupies Cape of Good Hope
Type: Event
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01/19/1806
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Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer
Type: Birth
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01/19/1807
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Robert Edward Lee, Stratford Va, General-in-Chief (Confederacy)
Type: Birth
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01/19/1808
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Louis Napoleon signs 1st Dutch aviation law
Type: Event
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01/19/1809
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Edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit and the Pendulum)
Type: Birth
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01/19/1810
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Overnight temp at Portsmouth NH drops 50øF (10øC)
Type: Event
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01/19/1813
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Henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine)
Type: Birth
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01/19/1816
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Henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
Type: Birth
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01/19/1820
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John Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888
Type: Birth
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