Historical Events In February - 19

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

1831  On this day in history 1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Penn   

1841  On this day in history felipe Pedrell, composer   

1843  Adelina Patti, Madrid Spain, opera soprano (Lucio) on February - 19.   

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

1846  On this day in history texas state govt formally installed in Austin   

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

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

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

1858  On February - 19 alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78   

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

1859  Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used on this day in history.   

1859  Svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903) on this day in history.   

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  On February - 19 emanuel Moor, composer   

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

1864  Knights of Pythias form 1st lodge in Wash DC (12 members) on February - 19.   

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

1864  William Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies on February - 19.   

1865  On February - 19 adrian van Oordt, Dutch writer (neo-romantic)   

1869  On February - 19 uS Assay Office in Boise ID authorized   

1869  On February - 19 uS Assay Office in Boise, Idaho authorized   

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

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

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 February - 19 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 this day in history.   

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

1881  Armin Knab, German composer (Eichendorff-cycle) on this day in history.   

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  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  Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630) was born on February - 19.   

1588  On this day in history 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 February - 19 birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer   

1630  Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680) was born on February - 19.   

1660  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.   

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

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362) on February - 19.   

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

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

1553  On February - 19 erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41