374 Historic Events for January 19
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| 1825 |
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Ezra Daggett and nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans
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| 1827 |
Birth |
Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (R fagas)
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| 1829 |
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Johann von Goethe's "Faust, Part 1," premieres
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| 1830 |
Birth |
George Blake Cosby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909
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| 1830 |
Death |
Wenzel Thomas Matiegka, composer, dies at 56
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| 1832 |
Birth |
Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer
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| 1832 |
Birth |
Ferdinand Laub, composer
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| 1833 |
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Louis-J-Ferdinand H‚rold, French composer (Pr‚ aux clercs), dies at 41
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| 1833 |
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Charles Darwin reaches Straits Ponsonby, Fireland
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| 1837 |
Birth |
William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)
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| 1839 |
Birth |
Paul C‚zanne, France, impressionist painter (Bathers)
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| 1839 |
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Aden conquered by British East India Company
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| 1839 |
Death |
Georg Abraham Schneider, composer, dies at 38
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| 1839 |
Birth |
Bohumil Pazdirek, composer
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| 1840 |
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Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim)
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| 1851 |
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Johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer
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| 1851 |
Birth |
David Starr Jordan, NY, biologist/university pres (Leland Stanford)
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| 1853 |
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Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore," premieres in Rome
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| 1853 |
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Napoleon III marries Eug‚nie de Montijo
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| 1858 |
Birth |
Eugene Brieux, French playwright (Blanchette, Lesson Avaries)
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| 1859 |
Birth |
Alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif)
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| 1861 |
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MS troops take Ft Massachusetts an Ship Island
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| 1861 |
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Georgia becomes 5th state to secede
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| 1862 |
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Battle of Mill Springs, KY (Fishing Creek, Logan's Crossroads)
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| 1863 |
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General Mieroslawski appointed dictator of Poland
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