Title: January 19 Content: ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * 1419 – Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England in England's reconquest of Normandy. * 1520 - Sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden, is injured in the Battle of Bogesund, leading to his death on February 3. * 1607 - The San Agustin Church in Manila is completed. It is the oldest church in the Philippines still standing. * 1788 - A second group of the First Fleet of convicts from Great Britain arrives at Botany Bay, present-day Sydney, Australia. * 1795 – The Batavian Republic is founded in the Netherlands. * 1806 – The United Kingdom occupies the Cape of Good Hope. * 1812 - Peninsular War: After a ten-day siege, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington orders British soldiers of the Light and Third Divisions to storm Ciudad Rodrigo. * 1817 - An army led by Jose de San Martin crosses the Andes from Argentina to Chile, having already liberated Argentina. * 1829 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust Part 1 is performed for the first time. * 1839 - The British East India Company captures Aden, Yemen. * 1840 – Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica. * 1853 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore is performed for the first time, in Rome. * 1861 - Confederate States of America: Georgia leaves the Union, becoming the 5th state to do so. * 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs, the first important Confederate defeat of the war. * 1871 - Franco-Prussian War: Prussia wins in the Battle of Saint Quentin. * 1883 - German passenger steamer Cimbria sinks after a collision off the island of Borkum in the North Sea, killing 437 people. * 1893 - Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder is performed for the first time, in Berlin. * 1899 - Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed. === 1901 2000 === * 1915 - Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising. * 1915 - World War I: German zeppelins bomb Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, killing over 20 people. * 1917 – A Munitions Plant Explosion in London kills 73 people. * 1920 – The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations. * 1937 - Howard Hughes sets a new air record, by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds. * 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces invade Burma. * 1942 - Canadian passenger steamer RMS Lady Hawkins is sunk by a German U-boat off North Carolina, killing 251 people. * 1945 - World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Lodz ghetto. * 1946 – General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo. * 1949 – Cuba recognises Israel as an independent country. * 1953 - Almost 72% of US television sets are tuned in to I Love Lucy, to watch Lucy give birth. * 1958 - An expedition led by Vivian Fuchs reaches the South Pole, the fourth expedition to do so. * 1965 - The unmanned spacecraft Gemini 2 is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. * 1966 – Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. * 1969 – Czechoslovakian student Jan Palach dies, three days after setting himself on fire in an act of protest. * 1975 - A large earthquake strikes Himachal Pradesh, India. * 1977 - Rare snowfalls occur in Miami, Florida and the Bahamas. * 1977 - Gerald Ford pardons World War II propagandist Iva Toguri D'Aquino. * 1978 - The last Volkswagen Beetle to be produced in Europe runs off the assembly line in Emden, Germany. They continue to be produced in Latin America until 2003. * 1981 - Iran hostage crisis: US and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months in captivity. * 1983 - The Apple Lisa commercial personal computer is announced by Apple Inc. * 1983 – Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. * 1991 – Gulf War: Iraq fires a second scud missile into Israel. * 1993 – The Czech Republic and Slovakia join the UN. * 1996 - The North Cape Oil Spill occurs off Rhode Island. * 1997 - Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron, West Bank, after 30 years. === From 2001 === * 2006 – NASA's New Horizons probe launches to Pluto. * 2007 – Journalist Hrant Dink is murdered in front of his newspaper office. * 2012 - Wikipedia's English language edition ends its blackout from the previous day, which was a protest action against the SOPA and PIPA laws proposed by the United States Congress. * 2013 - Bulgarian politician Ahmed Dogan survives an attempt to kill him, when his attacker is stopped by security guards. * 2013 - An EU-wide driving licence is introduced. * 2014 - Anti-government protests escalate in Ukraine, as a new anti-protest law comes into force. * 2014 - A bomb attack on an army convoy in the northern Pakistani city of Bannu kills 26 soldiers and injures 38 others. ==Births== === Up to 1900 === * 399 – Pulcheria, Byzantine Empress (d. 453) * 1544 – Francis II of France (d. 1560) * 1676 - John Weldon, English musician and composer (d. 1736) * 1736 – James Watt, Scottish engineer (d. 1819) * 1737 - Giuseppe Millico, Italian singer, composer and music teacher (d. 1802) * 1739 - Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808) * 1757 - Augusta Reuss- Ebersdorf, German princess (d. 1831) * 1788 - Pavel Kivelyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874) * 1798 - Auguste Comte, French philosopher (d. 1857) * 1807 – Robert E. Lee, American Confederate General (d. 1870) * 1808 - Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887) * 1809 – Edgar Allan Poe, American writer (d. 1849) * 1813 - Henry Bessemer, English engineer and inventor (d. 1898) * 1832 - Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist (d. 1875) * 1833 - Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician (d. 1872) * 1839 – Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906) * 1845 - Joseph M. Carey, Governor of Wyoming (d. 1924) * 1848 – Matthew Webb, English swimmer and diver (d. 1883) * 1851 - Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer (d. 1922) * 1866 - Harry Davenport, American actor (d. 1949) * 1871 - Dame Gruev, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1906) * 1874 – Hitachiyama Taniemon, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1922) * 1876 – Hakashima Gonshiri, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1943) * 1876 – Dragotin Kette, Slovenian poet (d. 1899) * 1878 – Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager (d. 1934) * 1880 - James G. Scrugham, 14th Governor of Nevada (d. 1945) * 1889 - Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter, sculptor and designer (d. 1943) * 1890 - Elmer Niklander, Finnish sportsman (d. 1942) * 1892 – Olafur Thors, Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1964) * 1893 – Magda Tagliaferro, Brazilian classical pianist (d. 1986) === 1901 1950 === * 1901 - Hans Moser, Swiss equestrian (d. 1974) * 1905 – Stanley Hawes, British-born Australian movie producer, director and administrator (d. 1991) * 1908 - Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician (d. 1971) * 1909 – Hans Hotter, German bass-baritone (d. 2003) * 1912 – Leonid Kantorovich, Russian economist (d. 1986) * 1913 - Rudolph Wanderone, American pocket billiards player (d. 1996) * 1917 - John Raitt, American singer and actor (d. 2005) * 1920 – Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian UN Secretary-General (d. 2020) * 1920 - Aleksander Jackowski, Polish anthropologist (d. 2018) * 1920 - Roberto M. Levingston, Argentine general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (d. 2015) * 1920 - Bruce Sundlun, Governor of Rhode Island (d. 2011) * 1921 – Patricia Highsmith, American writer (d. 1995) * 1922 - Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 2015) * 1922 – Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish movie director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2007) * 1922 - Guy Madison, American actor (d. 1996) * 1923 – Jean Stapleton, American actress (d. 2013) * 1925 - Nina Bawden, English writer (d. 2012) * 1926 - Fritz Weaver, American actor * 1930 - Tippi Hedren, American actress * 1932 – Richard Lester, British movie director * 1932 - Harry Lonsdale, American scientist and businessman (d. 2014) * 1935 - Soumitra Chatterjee, Indian actor * 1935 – Owsley Stanley, American sound engineer and LSD supplier (d. 2011) * 1936 – Ziaur Rahman, President of Bangladesh (d. 1981) * 1937 - Giovanna Marini, Italian singer-songwriter * 1937 - Princess Birgitta of Sweden * 1939 – Phil Everly, American musician (Everly Brothers) (d. 2014) * 1940 – Paolo Borsellino, Italian magistrate (d. 1992) * 1940 - Mike Reid, English actor and comedian (d. 2007) * 1941 - Tony Anholt, English actor (d. 2002) * 1941 – Pat Patterson, Canadian professional wrestler * 1942 – Michael Crawford, British singer and actor * 1942 - Thom Mayne, American architect * 1943 – Janis Joplin, American singer (d. 1970) * 1943 – Princess Margriet of the Netherlands * 1944 – Laurie London, British singer * 1944 - Dan Reeves, American football coach * 1945 - Dragan Holcer, Croatian footballer (d. 2015) * 1945 - C. B. Forgotston, American political blogger (d. 2016) * 1945 - Trevor Williams, British musician * 1946 – Julian Barnes, British writer * 1946 – Dolly Parton, American country music singer * 1947 – Rod Evans, British musician (Deep Purple) * 1948 - Frank McKenna, Canadian politician and diplomat, 27th Premier of New Brunswick * 1948 - Amanda Holden, English playwright and composer * 1949 – Dennis Taylor, Northern Irish snooker player * 1949 – Robert Palmer, English singer (d. 2003) * 1949 - Lindsay Roy, Scottish politician === 1951 1975 === * 1951 - Gerald Tinker, American athlete * 1953 – Desi Arnaz, Jr., American actor * 1954 – Cindy Sherman, American photographer * 1954 – Katharina Thalbach, German actress and movie director * 1954 - Katey Sagal, American actress * 1955 – Simon Rattle, British conductor * 1957 - Kenneth McClintock, Puerto Rican politician * 1958 - Thomas Kinkade, American painter (d. 2012) * 1960 – Mauro Tassotti, Italian footballer * 1960 - Al Joyner, American athlete * 1961 - Wayne Hemingway, English fashion designer * 1963 – Martin Bashir, English journalist * 1963 – John Bercow, English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons * 1963 - Michael Adams, American basketball player * 1964 - Ricardo Arjona, Guatemalan singer- songwriter and basketball player * 1966 – Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player * 1966 – Lena Philipsson, Swedish singer * 1969 – Steve Staunton, Irish footballer * 1969 - Junior Seau, American football player (d. 2012) * 1969 - Luc Longley, Australian basketball player * 1971 - Shawn Wayans, American actor * 1972 - Angham, Egyptian singer, record producer and actress * 1972 - Princess Kalina of Bulgaria * 1973 - Antero Manninen, Finnish cellist * 1973 - Frank Caliendo, American comedian, actor and screenwriter * 1974 - Jaime Moreno, Bolivian footballer === From 1976 === * 1979 - Wiley, British rapper * 1979 - Svetlana Khorkina, Russian gymnast * 1980 - Pasha Kovalev, Russian-born dancer * 1980 – Jenson Button, British racing driver * 1981 – Asier del Horno, Spanish footballer * 1982 – Jodie Sweetin, American actress * 1985 – Rika Ishikawa, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) * 1985 – Benny Feilhaber, American soccer player * 1985 - Pascal Behrenbruch, German decathlete * 1986 - Claudio Marchisio, Italian footballer * 1986 - Loren Geller-Rabinowitz, American ice dancer * 1987 – Edgar Manucharyan, Armenian footballer * 1988 - Alexey Vorobyov, Russian singer and actor * 1991 – Erin Sanders, American actress * 1992 – Shawn Johnson, American gymnast * 1992 - Mac Miller, American rapper, producer and actor * 1992 - Logan Lerman, American actor ==Deaths== === Up to 1900 === * 520 - John of Cappadocia, Patriarch of Constantinople * 639 – Dagobert I, king of the Franks * 1526 – Isabella of Burgundy, queen of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501) * 1576 - Hans Sacher, German meistersinger (b. 1494) * 1661 - Thomas Venner, English Fifth monarchist (b. 1599) * 1729 – William Congreve, English playwright (b. 1670) * 1799 - Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1718) * 1833 - Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold, French composer (b. 1791) * 1847 – Charles Bent, New Mexico pioneer (b. 1799) * 1851 - Esteban Echeverria, Argentine writer (b. 1805) * 1865 - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809) * 1869 - Carl Reichenbach, German philosopher and chemist (b. 1788) * 1874 – August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet (b. 1798) * 1878 – Henri Victor Regnault, French physicist and chemist (b. 1810) * 1883 - Richard England, British general (b. 1793) === 1901 2000 === * 1905 – Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher (b. 1817) * 1906 - Bartolomé Mitre, President of Argentina (b. 1821) * 1925 - Maria Sophia of the Two Sicilies (b. 1841) * 1927 - Charlotte of Belgium (b. 1840) * 1930 - Frank Plumpton Ramsey, British philosopher (b. 1903) * 1948 - Tony Garnier, French architect (b. 1869) * 1954 - Mohamed Amin Didi, President of the Maldives (b. 1910) * 1957 - Jozsef Dudas, Hungarian-Romanian Resistance fighter (b. 1912) * 1968 – Ray Harroun, first winner of the Indianapolis 500 (b. 1879) * 1969 – Jan Palach, Czech student, political activist (b. 1948) * 1971 – Harry Shields, jazz musician (b. 1899) * 1972 – Michael Rabin, concert violinist (b. 1936) * 1975 – Thomas Hart Benton, painter (b. 1889) * 1979 - Tuffy Leemans, American football player (b. 1912) * 1980 – William O. Douglas, United States Supreme Court Associate Justice (b. 1898) * 1982 - Elis Regina, Brazilian soprano (b. 1945) * 1984 - Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920) * 1990 – Herbert Wehner, German politician (b. 1906) * 1990 – Rajneesh, religious leader (b. 1931) * 1991 – John Russell, American actor (b. 1921) * 1996 – Don Simpson, American movie producer (b. 1943) * 1997 – James Dickey, poet, novelist (b. 1923) * 1998 – Carl Perkins, guitarist (b. 1932) * 2000 – Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1934) * 2000 – Hedy Lamarr, actress (b. 1914) === 2001 2015 === * 2003 - Françoise Giroud, French journalist, screenwriter and politician (b. 1916) * 2003 - Milton Flores, Honduran footballer (b. 1974) * 2004 – David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1955) * 2005 – Bill Andersen, New Zealand communist and trade union leader (b. 1924) * 2005 – Donald Beardslee, United States murderer, executed in California (b. 1943) * 2005 – K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist (b. 1974) * 2005 – Ricardo Suriñach, Catholic Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico (2000-2003) (b. 1928) * 2006 – Wilson Pickett, American singer (b. 1941) * 2007 – Scott Bigelow, American professional wrestler (b. 1961). * 2007 – Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian journalist (b. 1954) * 2007 - Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (b. 1940) * 2008 - Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (b. 1937) * 2009 – Beatrice Farve, American supercentenarian (b. 1895) * 2010 – Bill McLaren, Scottish rugby commentator (b. 1923) * 2010 – Panajot Pano, Albanian footballer (b. 1939) * 2012 - Sarah Burke, Canadian freestyle skier (b. 1982) * 2013 - Stan Musial, American baseball player (b. 1920) * 2013 - Earl Weaver, American baseball manager (b. 1930) * 2013 - Taiho Koki, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1940) * 2014 - Christopher Chataway, English athlete, broadcaster, politician and businessman (b. 1931) * 2014 - Bert Williams, English footballer (b. 1920) * 2014 - Azaria Alon, Israeli environmentalist (b. 1918) * 2014 - Steven Fromholz, American entertainer, singer and songwriter (b. 1945) * 2015 - Michel Guimond, Canadian politician (b. 1953) * 2015 - Vladimir Kesarev, Russian footballer (b. 1930) * 2015 - Anne Kirkbride, English actress (Coronation Street) (b. 1954) * 2015 - Arthit Kamlang-ek, Thai general (b. 1925) * 2015 - Bob Symes, English inventor and television presenter (b. 1924) * 2015 - Karl H. Pribram, American neuroscientist and educator (b. 1919) * 2015 - Adam Yahiye Gadahn, American Al-Qaeda operative (b. 1978) === From 2016 === * 2016 - Yasutaro Koide, Japanese supercentenarian, oldest-living man (b. 1903) * 2016 - Ettore Scola, Italian movie director (b. 1931) * 2016 - M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1947) * 2016 - Robert M. Carter, English paleontologist (b. 1942) * 2016 - Sheila Sim, English actress (b. 1922) * 2016 - Frank Sullivan, American baseball player (b. 1930) * 2016 - Richard Levins, American mathematical ecologist and population geneticist (b. 1930) * 2016 - William Y. Smith, American air force general (b. 1925) * 2017 - Jalal Allakhverdiyev, Azerbaijani mathematician (b. 1929) * 2017 - Wayne Barrett, American journalist (b. 1945) * 2017 - Loalwa Braz, Brazilian singer- songwriter (b. 1953) * 2017 - Miguel Ferrer, American actor (b. 1955) * 2017 - Eddie Filgate, Irish politician (b. 1915) * 2017 - Jan Kruis, Dutch cartoonist (b. 1933) * 2017 - Ger van Mourik, Dutch footballer (b. 1931) * 2017 - Edwin Pope, American journalist (b. 1928) * 2017 - Walt Streuli, American baseball player (b. 1935) * 2017 - James S. Vlasto, American public servant (b. 1934) * 2017 - H. Boyd Woodruff, American microbiologist (b. 1917) * 2017 - Teori Zavascki, Brazilian judge (b. 1948) * 2018 - Ute Bock, Austrian educator and humanitarian (b. 1942) * 2018 - Anna Campori, Italian actress (b. 1917) * 2018 - Saqi Farooqi, Pakistani poet (b. 1926) * 2018 - Red Fisher, Canadian sports journalist (b. 1926) * 2018 - Dorothy Malone, American actress (b. 1924) * 2018 - Fredo Santana, American rapper (b. 1990) * 2018 - Allison Shearmur, American film producer (b. 1963) == Observances == * Epiphany in the Eastern Orthodox Church * Southern US States commemorate Robert E. Lee on this date. Category:Days of the year