Page 2: Historical Events In February - 07
Thursday, 19 February 2026
1758 Benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer. 

1779 William Boyce, composer, dies at 67 

1792 Austria and Prussia sign anti-French covenant 

1795 11th Amendment to US Constitution ratified, affirms power of states. 

1795 Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies. 

1801 John Rylands, England, merchant/philanthropist 

1804 John Deere, pioneer manufacturer of agricultural implements. 

1807 The Battle of Eylau February 7 to 8 pits Prussian and Russian forces against the French in a bloody slaughter that ends indecisively. 

1809 Frederik Paludan-Muller, Danish Romantic poet (Danserinden). 

1812 8.2 earthquake shakes New Madrid MO 

1812 Lord Byron makes his maiden speech in House of Lords. 

1812 Charles Dickens, British writer is born. 

1812 8.2 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri 

1812 Charles Dickens, England, novelist (Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities) 

1817 Leroy Pope Walker, US lawyer/Confederate minister of War (1861). 

1818 1st successful US educational magazine "Academician," begins (NYC) 

1820 Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer, dies at 57. 

1822 Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer 

1823 Richard Genee, composer. 

1823 Ann Radcliffe (Ward), English poet/author of horror novels, dies at 58. 

1824 William Higgins, discoverer (nature of spiral nebulae) 

1825 Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer. 

1827 Ballet (Deserter) introduced to US at Bowery Theater (NYC) 

1827 Franz Anton Dimmler, composer, dies at 73 

1830 Marcus Antonio da Fonseca Portugal, Portuguese composer, dies at 67 

1831 In this year, Belgium formally adopts it's Constitution 

1833 Ricardo Palma, Peru, writer/poet (Tradiciones Peruanas) 

1834 Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist (Periodic Table). 

1836 "Sketches by Boz" (essays) published by Charles Dickens. 

1837 James Augustus Henry Murray, Scotland, created Oxford Dictionary 

1839 Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president". 

1839 Nicolaas G Pierson, Dutch banker/Suriname premier (1897-1901) 

1842 Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien 

1842 Alexandre Ribit, premier (France) 

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