Page 3: Historical Events In August - 19

1831  Stephen Gano Burbridge, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

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

1839  Details of Louis Daguerre's 1st practical photographic process are released in Paris on August - 19.   

1839  On this day in history oskar Brefeld, German botanist   

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 August - 19.   

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

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

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  On this day in history confederacy Congress allies with govt of MO   

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

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

1871  On August - 19 orville Wright, Dayton OH, aviator (Wright Brothers)   

1872  Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer, dies at 63 on August - 19.   

1873  Fred Stone, Longmont CO, acrobat/Broadway actor (Alice Adams) on this day in history.   

1876  George Smith, English assyriologist (script), dies at 36 on August - 19.   

1878  On August - 19 manuel Luis Quezón y Molina, 1st president of Philippines (1935-42)   

1881  Georges Enesco, [or Enescu], Romania, composer (Romanian Dances) on this day in history.   

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

1883  On this day in history the birth of Gabrielle (aka Coco) Chanel, French designer   

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

1886  On this day in history robert Heger, composer   

1888  First beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history 1st beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins   

1888  On August - 19 spencer F Baird, US biologist (Wood's Hole Station), dies at 65   

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

1889  On August - 19 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  William Huggins describes astronomical application of spectrum on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky, composer, dies at 62   

1893  Alfred Lunt, Milwaukee WI, Broadway actor (Emmy 1965) on August - 19.   

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1342  Katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395) was born on this day in history.   

1398  Marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458) was born on August - 19.   

1521  On August - 19 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 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 this day in history.   

1596  On August - 19 birth of elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (d. 1662)   

0440  Sixtus III, Italian Pope (432-40), dies on this day in history.   

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

1186  On August - 19 death of geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158)   

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

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  Frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77 on August - 19.   

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