374 Historic Events for January 19
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| 1729 |
Death |
William Congreve, English dramatist (Love for Love), dies at 58
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| 1736 |
Birth |
Laurens P van de Spiegel, Dutch regent/secretary of State 1787-95
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| 1736 |
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James Watt, Scotland, inventor (steam engine)
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| 1737 |
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Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin)
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| 1746 |
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Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Stirling [OS= Jan 8]
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| 1747 |
Death |
Johann Bode, "discoverer" of Bode's Law, dies
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| 1749 |
Birth |
Isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian
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| 1760 |
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Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer
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| 1770 |
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Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan)
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| 1790 |
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Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna)
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| 1793 |
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French King Louis XVI sentenced to death
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| 1795 |
Death |
Maria Teresa Agnesi, composer, dies at 74
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| 1795 |
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Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy
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| 1798 |
Birth |
Auguste Comte, philosopher/founder (sociology and positivism)
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| 1802 |
Birth |
[Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belg min of Foreign affairs (1831)
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| 1805 |
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Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer, dies at 43
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| 1806 |
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Britain occupies Cape of Good Hope
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| 1806 |
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Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer
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| 1807 |
Birth |
Robert Edward Lee, Stratford Va, General-in-Chief (Confederacy)
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| 1808 |
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Louis Napoleon signs 1st Dutch aviation law
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| 1809 |
Birth |
Edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit and the Pendulum)
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| 1810 |
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Overnight temp at Portsmouth NH drops 50øF (10øC)
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| 1813 |
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Henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine)
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| 1816 |
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Henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
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| 1820 |
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John Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888
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