The Truce of Malestroit is signed on January 19, 1343, between King Edward III of England and King Philip VI of France, in the chapel de la Madeleine; temporarily halting hostilities.
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On This Day in History: January 19
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Circa 1604, January 19
Tsar Boris Godunov of Russia grants significant trading privileges to the English Muscovy Company including toll exemptions actively promoting English trade. The Muscovy Company had been charted in 1555 but enjoyed much growth and support during Tsar Godunov reign.
The Batavian Republic, a French client state, is established in the Netherlands on January 19, 1795, following the French invasion that overthrew the Dutch Republic as a French client state; . until its transformation into the Kingdom of Holland in 1806.under Napoleon's brother Louis.
Edgar Allan Poe, American author and poet, is born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts.
The United States Naval officer, Lt. Charles Wilkes, exploring expedition of the South Seas reaches the Antarctic continent on January 19, 1840. The six U.S. Navy vessels under Wilkes command had set out in 1838 on a great voyage of exploration with several hundred seamen and scientists to explore and map the Pacific, Antarctica, and the northwest coast of the United States.
Lt. Charles Wilkes' tremendous feat of navigation during his 4 year expedition helped broadened the knowledge of uncharted areas of the world and to expand American scientific knowledge, commerce, industry, and world standing. Wilkes is credited with proving the existence of Antarctica as a land continent, a vital contribution to world geography. More
Giuseppe Verdi's Il trovatore (The Troubadour) premiers in Rome at the Teatro Apollo on January 19, 1853 and becomes an instant success..
Il trovatore is considered one of Verdi's "popular trilogy," alongside Rigoletto and La traviata, marking a peak in his artistry.Source Material: The opera is based on the Spanish play El trovador by Antonio García Gutiérrez.
Indira Gandhi becomes the first female Prime Minister of India on January 19, 1966, following the sudden death of Indian Premier Lal Bahadur Shastri. She became known for her centralized power and political resolve. She led India to victory in the 1971 war with Pakistan, resulting in the creation of Bangladesh. She was assassinated in 1984.
U.S. President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) on January 19, 1977, a Japanese-American broadcaster from Japan to U.S. troops during World War II, who, after the war, was convicted of treason and served six years in a U.S. prison. Decades later, it was revealed that key witnesses had been coached by the FBI to lie under oath. President Gerald Ford granted her a full presidential pardon, acknowledging the injustice of her conviction.
"Tokyo Rose" was imagined as a single, seductive female traitor by GIs, a legend fueled by media and their own homesickness. In reality "Tokyo Rose" was the collective nickname given by Allied soldiers to several English-speaking women who broadcast Japanese propaganda during WWII. Iva Toguri D'Aquino, was born in Los Angeles in 1916 and was a UCLA graduate, Toguri was visiting an ill aunt in Japan when the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred in 1941 and she was stranded in Japan and forced to work as a radio announcer for the Zero Hour program. After the war, she was falsely identified as the "one and only" Tokyo Rose by journalists and others.