Page 3: Historical Events In August - 19

1831  On August - 19 stephen Gano Burbridge, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1836  HMS Beagle anchors at Angra Azores on this day in history.   

1839  On this day in history details of Louis Daguerre's 1st practical photographic process are released in Paris   

1839  Oskar Brefeld, German botanist on this day in history.   

1844  On this day in history minna Canth, Finland, novelist/playwright (social evils)   

1848  On August - 19 gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding design/painter (Rue de Paris)   

1849  NY Herald reports gold discovery in California on this day in history.   

1851  Frans Schollaert, Belgian premier (1908-11) on this day in history.   

1851  Gioseffo Catrufo, composer, dies at 80 on August - 19.   

1858  On August - 19 edith Nesbit, England, children books author (Railway Children)   

1859  Charles Comiskey, 1st basemen/manager (Chicago White Sox) on August - 19.   

1860  On August - 19 john Kane, Scottish-born US primitivist painter (Self-Portrait)   

1861  Confederacy Congress allies with govt of MO on this day in history.   

1864  On August - 19 2nd day of battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia   

1870  Bernard Baruch, financier/presidential adviser (Cold War) on August - 19.   

1871  Orville Wright, Dayton OH, aviator (Wright Brothers) on August - 19.   

1872  On this day in history eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63   

1873  On this day in history fred Stone, Longmont CO, acrobat/Broadway actor (Alice Adams)   

1876  On this day in history george Smith, English assyriologist (script), dies at 36   

1878  On this day in history manuel Luis Quezón y Molina, 1st president of Philippines (1935-42)   

1881  Georges Enesco, [or Enescu], Romania, composer (Romanian Dances) on August - 19.   

1881  On August - 19 joseph Labitzky, composer, dies at 79   

1883  The birth of Gabrielle (aka Coco) Chanel, French designer on this day in history.   

1885  Elsie Ferguson, NY, actress (Lie, Footlights, Scarlet Pages) on August - 19.   

1886  Robert Heger, composer on this day in history.   

1888  First beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins on August - 19.   

1888  On August - 19 1st beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins   

1888  Spencer F Baird, US biologist (Wood's Hole Station), dies at 65 on August - 19.   

1889  On August - 19 arthur Waley, sinologist, translator from Chinese & Japanese   

1889  On this day in history jean MMPA de Villiers de l'isle-Adam, French writer (Axel), dies at 60   

1890  On this day in history yves Alix, French painter/graphic artist   

1891  On August - 19 william Huggins describes astronomical application of spectrum   

1892  On August - 19 frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer, dies at 62   

1893  Alfred Lunt, Milwaukee WI, Broadway actor (Emmy 1965) on this day in history.   

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1342  On this day in history birth of katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395)   

1398  On August - 19 birth of marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458)   

1521  On this day in history birth of lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti)   

1557  Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608) was born on August - 19.   

1558  On this day in history birth of paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian   

1590  On August - 19 birth of henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649)   

1596  Elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I was born on this day in history.   

1596  Elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (d. 1662) was born on August - 19.   

0440  Sixtus III, Italian Pope (432-40), dies on August - 19.   

0472  On August - 19 ricimer, Barbaars general, dies   

1186  Death of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158) on August - 19.   

1245  Death of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195) on August - 19.   

1284  On this day in history death of alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273)   

1297  On this day in history death of saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274)   

1493  On August - 19 frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77   

1580  Andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71 on this day in history.