January 19
January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 347 days remain until the year's end. It falls in winter (northern hemisphere) and under the astrological sign of Capricorn.
External references
Curated jump-off points to the major almanacs, encyclopaedias and primary sources for this date.
Astronomy
On January 19 the Sun's declination is approximately -20.5°. At this latitude the Sun is south of the celestial equator, giving the Northern Hemisphere shorter days than nights.
For specific rise/set times at your location, see the U.S. Naval Observatory, or the NASA APOD archive for any imagery published on a January 19.
Position in the year
Holidays & observances
No widely-observed holidays catalogued for this day in our base set. See the external almanacs above for region-specific observances.
Events
A selection of widely-documented historical events that took place on this date. Years marked BCE follow standard astronomical convention.
- 1419 — The Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrendered to Henry V of England. ↗(607 years ago)
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Siege of Rouen may refer to:Siege of Rouen (1143–1144), the siege and capture of the town by Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou Siege of Rouen (1204), the siege and capture of the town and castle by the French during the French annexation of Normandy Siege of Rouen (1418–1419), the siege and capture of the town and castle by the English during the Hundr...
1853 — Verdi's opera Il trovatore premiered in Rome. ↗(173 years ago)more
Il trovatore is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto largely written by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the Spanish play El trovador (1836) by Antonio García Gutiérrez. It was García Gutiérrez's most successful play, one which Verdi scholar Julian Budden describes as "a high flown, sprawling melodrama flamboyantly defiant of the Ar...
1915 — Georges Claude patented the neon discharge tube for advertising signs. ↗(111 years ago)more
In the signage industry, neon signs are electric signs lighted by long luminous gas-discharge tubes that contain rarefied neon or other gases. They are the most common use for neon lighting, which was first demonstrated in a modern form in December 1910 by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
1983 — Apple Computer announced the Lisa, one of the first personal computers with a graphical user interface. ↗(43 years ago)more
Lisa is a line of desktop computers that were designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer. It was the first mass-market personal computer operable through a graphical user interface (GUI). The Lisa was primarily marketed to individual and small and medium-sized businesses as a groundbreaking new alternative to much bigger and more expensive mainfram...
2006 — NASA's New Horizons probe was launched, bound for Pluto. ↗(20 years ago)more
New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program. It was launched in 2006, becoming the first spacecraft to perform a flyby study of the Pluto system in 2015.
Notable births
1736 — James Watt, Scottish engineer who improved the steam engine. ↗(290 years ago)more
James Watt was a Scottish inventor, engineer and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world.
1809 — Edgar Allan Poe, American writer. ↗(217 years ago)more
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as one of the central figures of Romanticism and Gothic fiction in the United States and of early American literature.
1839 — Paul Cézanne, French Post-Impressionist painter. ↗(187 years ago)more
Paul Cézanne was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose work introduced new modes of representation, influenced avant-garde artistic movements of the early 20th century and formed the bridge between late 19th-century Impressionism and early 20th-century Cubism.
Notable deaths
Numerical & calendrical curiosities
| Day-of-year (19) | 19 · prime |
|---|---|
| Days remaining (347) | 347 |
| Date code DDMMYYYY | 19012026 · no palindrome in next 200 years |
| Sun declination | -20.53° (Cooper approximation) |
| Distance from solstice | 30 days |