Page 3: Historical Events In February - 19

1831  On this day in history first practical US coal-burning locomotive makes it's trial run in Pennsylvania   

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

1841  On February - 19 felipe Pedrell, composer   

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  On February - 19 texas state govt formally installed in Austin   

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

1856  Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier OH on this day in history.   

1856  On this day in history 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 February - 19 dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity first time this defense is successfully used   

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

1859  On this day in history svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903)   

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

1861  On February - 19 russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [NS=Mar 3]   

1863  Emanuel Moor, composer on this day in history.   

1864  On February - 19 knights of Pythias form first lodge in Washington DC (12 members)   

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

1864  On February - 19 aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture (Work Law of 1911)   

1864  William Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1869  On this day in history uS Assay Office in Boise, Idaho authorized   

1875  Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1877  On February - 19 else Berg, German/Dutch painter   

1878  Thomas Edison patents the phonograph on February - 19.   

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

1878  Thomas Alva Edison patents gramophone (phonograph) on this day in history.   

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

1880  Arthur Shepherd, composer on February - 19.   

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  Armin Knab, German composer (Eichendorff-cycle) on February - 19.   

1884  On February - 19 tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky &Indiana kill 800 people   

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1473  Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543) was born on this day in history.   

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

1552  On this day in history birth of melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)   

1588  On February - 19 birth of pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies   

1611  Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71) was born on this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer   

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

1660  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on February - 19.   

0197  On this day in history d Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle   

0440  On this day in history death of mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362)   

1133  On this day in history death of irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066)   

1260  Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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

1414  Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies on this day in history.   

1545  On February - 19 death of pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death   

1553  On this day in history erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41