Page 3: Historical Events In February - 19

1831  On February - 19 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  Felipe Pedrell, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1852  On February - 19 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  Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier, Ohio on February - 19.   

1858  Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78 on February - 19.   

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

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

1861  On February - 19 russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom   

1861  Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [NS=Mar 3] on February - 19.   

1863  On February - 19 emanuel Moor, composer   

1864  Knights of Pythias form first lodge in Washington DC (12 members) on this day in history.   

1864  On February - 19 knights of Pythias form 1st lodge in Wash DC (12 members)   

1864  Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture (Work Law of 1911) on February - 19.   

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

1865  Adrian van Oordt, Dutch writer (neo-romantic) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1877  Else Berg, German/Dutch painter on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history thomas Edison patents the phonograph   

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

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  On February - 19 arthur Shepherd, composer   

1881  Kansas becomes first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages on this day in history.   

1881  Kansas becomes 1st state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages on this day in history.   

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

1884  Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky &Indiana kill 800 people on February - 19.   

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

1630  Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

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

0197  On February - 19 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  Death of William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London on February - 19.   

1414  On this day in history thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies   

1545  Death of Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death on this day in history.   

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