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On January 19, 379: Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to Augustus, and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.

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Featured moment · 379

Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to Augustus, and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.

Gratian was emperor of the Western Roman Empire from 367 to 383. The eldest son of Valentinian I, Gratian was raised to the rank of Augustus as a child and inherited the West after his father's death in 375. He nominally shared the government with his infant half-brother Valentinian II, who was also acclaimed emperor in Pannonia on Valentinian's death.

People

Born on January 19

Felix Afena-Gyan 2003– Ghanaian footballer (born 2003)
Jonathan Taylor 1999– American football player (born 1999)
Donyell Malen 1999– Dutch footballer (born 1999)
Emre Guler 1998– Turkey international rugby league player (born 1998)
Jakub Jankto 1996– Czech footballer (born 1996)
Matthias Ginter 1994– German association football player
Alfie Mawson 1994– English footballer (born 1994)
Marvelous Nakamba 1994– Zimbabwean footballer (born 1994)
Erick Torres Padilla 1993– Mexican footballer
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João Mário 1993– Portuguese footballer
Ricardo Centurión 1993– Argentine footballer
Walter Benítez 1993– Argentine footballer (born 1993)
Jack Schlossberg 1993– American writer and political commentator (born 1993)
Shawn Johnson East 1992– American artistic gymnast (born 1992)
Logan Lerman 1992– American actor (born 1992)
Mac Miller 1992– American rapper (1992–2018)
Petra Martić 1991– Croatian tennis player (born 1991)
Erin Sanders 1991– American actress (born 1991)

People

Died on January 19

Valentino Italian fashion designer (1932–2026)
Jeff Torborg American baseball player and manager (1941–2025)
Miguel Ferrer American actor (1955–2017)
Richard Levins American Marxist biologist (1930–2016)
Ettore Scola Italian screenwriter and film director (1931–2016)
Sheila Sim (Lady Attenborough) English actress (1922–2016)
Justin Capră Romanian engineer (1933–2015)
Michel Guimond Canadian politician
Ward Swingle Musical artist
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Azaria Alon Ukrainian-Israeli environmentalist, co-founded the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (born 1918)
Christopher Chataway British runner, broadcaster and politician (1931–2014)
Taihō Kōki Japanese sumo wrestler (1940–2013)
Stan Musial American baseball player (1920–2013)
Frank Pooler American conductor
Earl Weaver American baseball manager (1930–2013)
Toktamış Ateş Turkish academic and political commentator (1944-2013)
Peter Åslin Swedish ice hockey player
Sarah Burke Canadian freeskier (1982–2012)

Timeline

Every January 19 on record

  1. 379 Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to Augustus, and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.

    Roman emperor from 367 to 383

    Gratian was emperor of the Western Roman Empire from 367 to 383. The eldest son of Valentinian I, Gratian was raised to the rank of Augustus as a child and inherited the West after his father's death in 375. He nominally shared the government with his infant half-brother Valentinian II, who was also acclaimed emperor in Pannonia on Valentinian's death.

  2. 649 Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender after a forty-day siege led by Tang dynasty general Ashina She'er, establishing Tang control over the northern Tarim Basin in Xinjiang.

    Tang dynasty conquest

    The Tang campaign against Kucha was led by the Tang dynasty general Ashina She'er against the Tarim Basin oasis state of Kucha in Xinjiang, which was aligned with the Western Turkic Khaganate. The campaign began in 648 and ended on 19 January 649, after the surrender of the Kuchan forces following a forty-day siege of Aksu. Kuchean soldiers tried to recapture the kingdom with the assistance of the Western Turkic Khaganate, but were defeated by the Tang army.

  3. 1419 Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy.

    Medieval Anglo-French conflicts, 1337–1453

    The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duchy of Aquitaine and was triggered by a claim to the French throne made by Edward III of England. The war grew into a broader military, economic, and political struggle involving factions from across Western Europe, fuelled by emerging nationalism on both sides.

  4. 1421 John VIII Palaiologos marries Sophia of Montferrat and is then crowned Byzantine co-emperor to his father Manuel II Palaiologos.

    Byzantine emperor from 1425 to 1448

    John VIII Palaiologos was the penultimate Roman emperor to rule in Constantinople. Ruling from 1425 to 1448, he attempted to bring about the reunification of the Orthodox and Catholic churches and prioritised the protection of Constantinople against the Ottoman Empire. He was succeeded by his brother, Constantine XI, who would become the final emperor.

  5. 1511 The Italian Duchy of Mirandola surrenders to the Pope.

    Part of the War of the League of Cambrai

    The siege of Mirandola took place from 2 January to 19 January 1511 as a part of Pope Julius II's campaign to keep France from dominating northern Italy during the War of the League of Cambrai. At that time Mirandola was the capital of the Duchy of Mirandola in the Italian region of Emilia. The siege was conducted by Julius after he had broken away from the League of Cambrai and entered into a treaty with Venice.

  6. 1520 Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund and dies on February 3.
  7. 1607 San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines.
  8. 1639 Hämeenlinna (Swedish: Tavastehus) is granted privileges after it separated from the Vanaja parish as its own city in Tavastia.
  9. 1764 John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
  10. 1764 Bolle Willum Luxdorph records in his diary that a mail bomb, possibly the world's first, has severely injured the Danish Colonel Poulsen, residing at Børglum Abbey.
  11. 1788 The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
  12. 1795 The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands, replacing the Dutch Republic.
  13. 1817 An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crosses the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.
  14. 1829 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy receives its premiere performance.
  15. 1839 The British East India Company captures Aden.
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  1. 1853 Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
  2. 1861 American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
  3. 1862 American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
  4. 1871 Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
  5. 1883 The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
  6. 1899 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
  7. 1901 Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom, is stricken with paralysis. She dies three days later at the age of 81.
  8. 1915 Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
  9. 1915 German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
  10. 1917 Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
  11. 1920 The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
  12. 1920 The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.
  13. 1937 Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in seven hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
  14. 1941 World War II: HMS Greyhound and other escorts of convoy AS-12 sink Italian submarine Neghelli with all hands 64 kilometres (40 mi) northeast of Falkonera.
  15. 1942 World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins.

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