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Anniversaries: Jan 19

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Events

In 1348 Edward III established the senior order of British chivalry, the Order of the Garter; in 1966 Indira Gandhi became India’s first woman Prime Minister.

Births

James Watt, manufacturer of mathematical instruments who designed the steam engine that largely powered the Industrial Revolution, 1736; Edgar Allan Poe, writer, 1809; Paul C?zanne, painter, 1839; Janis Joplin, rock singer, 1943.

Deaths

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Abbas I (the Great), Shah of Persia (1588-1628) who established his capital at Esfahan with extensive building works, and extended Persian territory by defeating the Uzbeks and Ottomans, 1629.