Page 3: Historical Events In February - 19

1831  First practical US coal-burning locomotive makes it's trial run in Pennsylvania on February - 19.   

1831  On February - 19 1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Penn   

1841  Felipe Pedrell, composer on February - 19.   

1843  On this day in history adelina Patti, Madrid Spain, opera soprano (Lucio)   

1846  Texas state government formally installed in Austin on this day in history.   

1846  Texas state govt formally installed in Austin on February - 19.   

1852  The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

1856  Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier OH on February - 19.   

1856  On February - 19 tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier, Ohio   

1858  On this day in history alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78   

1859  On this day in history dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity first time this defense is successfully used   

1859  On February - 19 dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used   

1859  On February - 19 svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903)   

1861  On this day in history russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom   

1861  Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [NS=Mar 3] on this day in history.   

1863  Emanuel Moor, composer on February - 19.   

1864  Knights of Pythias form first lodge in Washington DC (12 members) on February - 19.   

1864  On this day in history knights of Pythias form 1st lodge in Wash DC (12 members)   

1864  On this day in history aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture (Work Law of 1911)   

1864  On February - 19 william Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies   

1865  Adrian van Oordt, Dutch writer (neo-romantic) on February - 19.   

1869  On this day in history uS Assay Office in Boise ID authorized   

1869  US Assay Office in Boise, Idaho authorized on this day in history.   

1875  Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76 on February - 19.   

1877  Else Berg, German/Dutch painter on February - 19.   

1878  On this day in history thomas Edison patents the phonograph   

1878  On February - 19 thomas Edison receives a patent for his cylinder-playing music player (forerunner of the "modern day" phonograph).   

1878  On February - 19 thomas Alva Edison patents gramophone (phonograph)   

1878  On this day in history charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61   

1880  Arthur Shepherd, composer on this day in history.   

1881  Kansas becomes first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages on February - 19.   

1881  On this day in history kansas becomes 1st state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages   

1881  On February - 19 armin Knab, German composer (Eichendorff-cycle)   

1884  On this day in history tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky &Indiana kill 800 people   

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1473  On this day in history birth of nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)   

1526  Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609) was born on this day in history.   

1552  Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630) was born on this day in history.   

1588  Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies was born on February - 19.   

1611  On February - 19 birth of andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)   

1616  Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer was born on this day in history.   

1630  On this day in history birth of shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)   

1660  On this day in history birth of friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)   

0197  D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle on February - 19.   

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362) on this day in history.   

1133  Death of Irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066) on February - 19.   

1260  On February - 19 boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies   

1401  On this day in history death of william Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London   

1414  On February - 19 thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies   

1545  Death of Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death on February - 19.   

1553  Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41 on this day in history.