Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 19
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January 19: Theophany (Julian calendar)
- 1607 – San Agustin Church in Manila, the oldest church in the Philippines, was completed.
- 1795 – A day after William V, Prince of Orange (pictured), fled the Dutch Republic as a result of the Batavian Revolution, the Batavian Republic was established.
- 1862 – American Civil War: In their first significant victory, Union forces defeated the Confederates at the Battle of Mill Springs in Wayne and Pulaski counties, near current Nancy, Kentucky.
- 1917 – Approximately 50 tons of TNT exploded at a munitions factory in Silvertown in West Ham, present-day Greater London, killing over 70 people and injuring over 400 others.
- 1935 – In Chicago, Coopers Inc. sold the world's first briefs, a new style of men's undergarment.
- 2007 – Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was assassinated by a Turkish nationalist for his statements on the Armenian Genocide.