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 August - 19.   

1839  Details of Louis Daguerre's 1st practical photographic process are released in Paris on this day in history.   

1839  On this day in history oskar Brefeld, German botanist   

1844  Minna Canth, Finland, novelist/playwright (social evils) on August - 19.   

1848  On this day in history gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding design/painter (Rue de Paris)   

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

1851  On this day in history frans Schollaert, Belgian premier (1908-11)   

1851  On August - 19 gioseffo Catrufo, composer, dies at 80   

1858  Edith Nesbit, England, children books author (Railway Children) on August - 19.   

1859  Charles Comiskey, 1st basemen/manager (Chicago White Sox) on this day in history.   

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

1861  Confederacy Congress allies with govt of MO on August - 19.   

1864  2nd day of battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia on this day in history.   

1870  Bernard Baruch, financier/presidential adviser (Cold War) on this day in history.   

1871  Orville Wright, Dayton OH, aviator (Wright Brothers) on this day in history.   

1872  On August - 19 eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63   

1873  On August - 19 fred Stone, Longmont CO, acrobat/Broadway actor (Alice Adams)   

1876  On August - 19 george Smith, English assyriologist (script), dies at 36   

1878  Manuel Luis Quezón y Molina, 1st president of Philippines (1935-42) on August - 19.   

1881  On August - 19 georges Enesco, [or Enescu], Romania, composer (Romanian Dances)   

1881  On this day in history joseph Labitzky, composer, dies at 79   

1883  The birth of Gabrielle (aka Coco) Chanel, French designer on August - 19.   

1885  Elsie Ferguson, NY, actress (Lie, Footlights, Scarlet Pages) on this day in history.   

1886  Robert Heger, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1888  On this day in history spencer F Baird, US biologist (Wood's Hole Station), dies at 65   

1889  On this day in history arthur Waley, sinologist, translator from Chinese & Japanese   

1889  Jean MMPA de Villiers de l'isle-Adam, French writer (Axel), dies at 60 on August - 19.   

1890  Yves Alix, French painter/graphic artist on this day in history.   

1891  William Huggins describes astronomical application of spectrum on August - 19.   

1892  Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer, dies at 62 on August - 19.   

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

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1342  Katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395) was born on August - 19.   

1398  On this day in history 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 August - 19 birth of paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian   

1590  On this day in history birth of henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649)   

1596  Elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I was born on August - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

0472  Ricimer, Barbaars general, dies on this day in history.   

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

1245  On August - 19 death of ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195)   

1284  Death of Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273) on August - 19.   

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

1493  On this day in history frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77   

1580  On this day in history andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71