Historical Events In February - 19
0197 Lucius Septimius Severus' army beats Clodius Albinus at Lyon
0356 Emperor Constantius II shuts all heathen temples
0607 Boniface III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0842 Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstated the veneration of icons in the churches
1512 French troops under Gaston de Foix occupy Brescia
1537 Weavers of Leiden Netherlands strike
1574 Spanish troops plunder Krommenie, Wormerveer &Jisp Netherlands
1582 Francis of Valois becomes duke of Brabant
1619 Trial against Johan van Oldenbarnevelt begins in The Hague
1634 Battle at Smolensk Polish king Wladyslaw IV beats Russians
1674 Netherlands &England sign Peace of Westminster (NYC becomes English)
1700 Last day of the Julian calendar in Denmark
1803 Congress accepts Ohio's constitution, statehood not ratified till 1953
1807 British squadron under Admiral Duckworth forces passage of Dardanelles
1807 Vice President Aaron Burr arrested in Alabama for treason; later found innocent
1846 Texas state government formally installed in Austin
1856 Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier OH
1859 Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity first time this defense is successfully used
1861 Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom
1864 Knights of Pythias form first lodge in Washington DC (12 members)
1869 US Assay Office in Boise ID authorized
1878 Thomas Edison receives a patent for his cylinder-playing music player (forerunner of the "modern day" phonograph).
1881 Kansas becomes first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages
1884 Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky &Indiana kill 800 people
1900 British troops occupy Hlangwane Natal
1906 W K Kellogg &Charles D Bolin incorporate Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, Battle Creek MI
1913 Mexican General V Huerta takes power with US support
1913 Prizes are prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box
1915 British fleet fire on Dardanellen coast
1919 Pan-African Congress, organized by W E B Du Bois (Paris)
1920 Netherlands joins League of Nations
1927 General strike against British occupiers in Shanghai
1928 2nd Winter Olympics games close at St Moritz, Switzerland
1928 Canadian hockey team wins 3rd consecutive gold medal
1933 Prussian minister Göring bans all Catholic newspapers
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