Page 3: Historical Events In August - 19

1831  On August - 19 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  On August - 19 minna Canth, Finland, novelist/playwright (social evils)   

1848  On this day in history 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 August - 19.   

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 August - 19.   

1860  On this day in history john Kane, Scottish-born US primitivist painter (Self-Portrait)   

1861  On August - 19 confederacy Congress allies with govt of MO   

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

1870  On this day in history bernard Baruch, financier/presidential adviser (Cold War)   

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

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

1873  Fred Stone, Longmont CO, acrobat/Broadway actor (Alice Adams) on August - 19.   

1876  On August - 19 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  Joseph Labitzky, composer, dies at 79 on August - 19.   

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

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

1886  On August - 19 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  Arthur Waley, sinologist, translator from Chinese & Japanese on this day in history.   

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 August - 19.   

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

1893  On this day in history alfred Lunt, Milwaukee WI, Broadway actor (Emmy 1965)   

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1342  On August - 19 birth of katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395)   

1398  Marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.   

1521  Lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti) was born on August - 19.   

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

1558  Paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian was born on August - 19.   

1590  Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

1596  On this day in history birth of elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I   

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 August - 19.   

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

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  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 August - 19.