Historical Events In August - 19

1831  On this day in history stephen Gano Burbridge, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1836  On this day in history hMS Beagle anchors at Angra Azores  

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

1839  On August - 19 oskar Brefeld, German botanist  

1844  Minna Canth, Finland, novelist/playwright (social evils) on this day in history.  

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

1851  Gioseffo Catrufo, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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  2nd day of battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia on August - 19.  

1870  On August - 19 bernard Baruch, financier/presidential adviser (Cold War)  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1883  On August - 19 the birth of Gabrielle (aka Coco) Chanel, French designer  

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

1886  Robert Heger, composer on August - 19.  

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

1888  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1889  On this day in history 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 August - 19 yves Alix, French painter/graphic artist  

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

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 August - 19.  

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

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

1557  On this day in history birth of frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608)  

1558  Paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian was born on this day in history.  

1590  Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649) was born on August - 19.  

1596  On August - 19 birth of elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I  

1596  Elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (d. 1662) was born on this day in history.  

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

0472  On August - 19 ricimer, Barbaars general, dies  

1186  On this day in history death of geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158)  

1245  On this day in history death of ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195)  

1284  On August - 19 death of alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273)  

1297  Death of Saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274) on this day in history.  

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.