What happened on January 19 ?

639 - Dagobert I, King of the Franks

1526 - Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501)

1576 - Hans Sachs, German Meistersinger (b. 1494)

1661 - Thomas Venner, Fifth Monarchist (executed)

1729 - William Congreve, English playwright (b. 1670)

1757 - Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1674)

1766 - Jean-Nicolas Servan, French architect and painter (b. 1695)

1785 - Jonathan Toup, English classical scholar and critic (b. 1713)

1833 - Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold, French composer (b. 1791)

1847 - Charles Bent, New Mexico pioneer (assassinated)

1851 - Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (b. 1805)

1865 - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809)

1869 - Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (b. 1788)

1874 - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet (b. 1798)

1878 - Henri Victor Regnault French physicist and chemist (b. 1810)

1905 - Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher (b. 1817)

1929 - Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (b. 1873)

1948 - Tony Garnier, French architect (b. 1869)

1968 - Ray Harroun, American race car driver (b. 1879)

1969 - Jan Palach, Czech student and political activist (suicide) (b. 1948)

1971 - Harry Shields, American musician (b. 1899)

1972 - Michael Rabin, American violinist (b. 1936)

1973 - Max Adrian, Northern Irish actor (b. 1903)

1975 - Thomas Hart Benton, American painter (b. 1889)

1980 - William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1898)

1982 - Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (b. 1945)

1983 - Ham the Chimp, Monkey astronaut

1990 - Rajneesh, Indian religious leader (b. 1931)

1990 - Herbert Wehner, German politician (b. 1906)

1991 - John Russell, American actor (b. 1921)

1996 - Don Simpson, American film producer (b. 1943)

1997 - James Dickey, American writer (b. 1923)

1998 - Carl Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1932)

2000 - Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1934)

2000 - Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-born actress (b. 1913)

2003 - Françoise Giroud, French writer and journalist (b. 1916)

2004 - Harry E. Claiborne, American judge (suicide) (b. 1917)

2004 - David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1955)

2005 - Bill Andersen, New Zealand communist and trade union leader (b. 1924)

2005 - K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist (b. 1974)

2006 - Wilson Pickett, Soul singer (b. 1941)

2006 - Aoun Al-Sharif Qasim, Sudanese writer and Islamic scholar (b. 1933)