Page 3: Historical Events In February - 07
Thursday, 19 February 2026
1847 Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor. 

1856 The colonial Tasmanian Parliament passes the inaugural piece of legislation (the Electoral Act of 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot. 

1857 Félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65 

1862 Federal fleet attack on Roanoke Island NC 

1862 Bernard Maybeck, US architect (Palace of Fine Arts, SF) 

1862 Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61. 

1863 HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189. 

1863 Mieczyslaw Soltys, composer 

1864 Federal troops occupy Jacksonville FL 

1864 Federal troops occupy Jacksonville, Florida 

1864 Arthur Collins, singer/comedian (Peerless Quartet). 

1865 John Henry Winder, US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64. 

1866 Raf[ael] Verhulst, [Koen Ravestein], Flemish writer (Jesus of Nazarus). 

1867 Laura Ingalls Wilder, Wisc, kid book author (Little House on Prarie). 

1869 Jindrich S Baar, Czech pastor/writer (Jan Cimbura) 

1870 Alfred Adler, Austria, psychiatrist (Inferiority Complex). 

1871 Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer 

1872 Alcorn A and M College opens 

1872 Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek lawyer/diplomat/foreign minister 

1875 Erkki Gustav Melartin, composer. 

1876 President Grant's private-secretary Orville acquitted in Whiskey Ring 

1876 Pres Grants private-secretary Orville acquitted in Whiskey Ring 

1877 1st Guernsey Cattle Club organizes (NYC) 

1877 Feliks Nowowiejski, composer 

1878 Ossip Gabrilovich, composer 

1878 Pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85 

1881 Battle at Ingogo, Transvaal Boers beat superior British forces 

1881 Battle at Ingogo, Transvaal: Boers beat superior British forces 

1881 Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73. 

1882 The last unprotected (i.e., without padded gloves) heavyweight boxing championship fight occurs in Mississippi City 

1882 Last bare knuckle champion John L Sullivan KOs Paddy Ryan in Miss 

1883 Lieutenant-Colonel Borgnis-Desbordes founds Fort Bamako Niger. 

1883 Lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes founds Fort Bamako Niger. 

1883 Eubie Blake, ragtime composer/pianist (Memories of You). 

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