Historical Events In February - 19

1831  On February - 19 first practical US coal-burning locomotive makes it's trial run in Pennsylvania   

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

1841  Felipe Pedrell, composer on February - 19.   

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

1856  On this day in history tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier, Ohio   

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

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 February - 19.   

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

1861  On February - 19 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  On February - 19 knights of Pythias form first lodge in Washington DC (12 members)   

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

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

1864  On this day in history william Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies   

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

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

1869  US Assay Office in Boise, Idaho authorized on February - 19.   

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

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

1878  Thomas Edison patents the phonograph on this day in history.   

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 this day in history thomas Alva Edison patents gramophone (phonograph)   

1878  Charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61 on February - 19.   

1880  On this day in history arthur Shepherd, composer   

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

1881  On February - 19 kansas becomes 1st state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages   

1881  Armin Knab, German composer (Eichendorff-cycle) on February - 19.   

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 February - 19 birth of nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)   

1526  On this day in history birth of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)   

1552  On February - 19 birth of melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)   

1588  On this day in history birth of pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies   

1611  On this day in history birth of andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)   

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  On February - 19 birth of friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1401  On February - 19 death of william Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London   

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

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

1553  Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41 on February - 19.