Historical Events In February - 19

0003  On February - 19 sadiq Hidajat, Persian writer (Blind Person Owl)  

0197  D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle on February - 19.  

0197  On this day in history lucius Septimius Severus' army beats Clodius Albinus at Lyon  

0356  On this day in history emperor Constantius II shuts all heathen temples  

0607  Boniface III begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

0842  Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstated the veneration of icons in the churches on February - 19.  

1260  Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies on February - 19.  

1401  William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London on this day in history.  

1414  Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies on this day in history.  

1473  The birth of Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer on this day in history.  

1512  On February - 19 french troops under Gaston de Foix occupy Brescia  

1537  Weavers of Leiden Netherlands strike on this day in history.  

1537  On February - 19 weavers of Leiden Neth strike  

1539  Jews of Tyrnau Hungary (then Trnava Czech), expelled on this day in history.  

1545  Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death on February - 19.  

1553  On February - 19 erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41  

1561  Mary Proclaimed Queen of Scots on February - 19.  

1568  Miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80 on February - 19.  

1574  Spanish troops plunder Krommenie, Wormerveer &Jisp Netherlands on this day in history.  

1574  Spanish troops plunder Krommenie, Wormerveer & Jisp Neth on February - 19.  

1582  Francis of Valois becomes duke of Brabant on this day in history.  

1588  On February - 19 pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies  

1594  On this day in history having already inherited the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine Jagellonica of Poland, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, succeeding his father John III of Sweden.  

1600  On this day in history the Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.  

1605  On February - 19 orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer, dies at 54  

1611  On February - 19 andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)  

1616  On this day in history jacques de Saint-Luc, composer  

1619  Trial against Johan van Oldenbarnevelt begins in The Hague on February - 19.  

1620  On this day in history roemer P Visscher, poet, buried in Amsterdam  

1634  On this day in history battle at Smolensk Polish king Wladyslaw IV beats Russians  

1634  Battle at Smolensk: Polish king Wladyslaw IV beats Russians [NS=Mar 1] on this day in history.  

1653  On this day in history luigi Rossi, composer, dies  

1671  On February - 19 charles-Hubert Gervais, composer  

1674  On this day in history netherlands &England sign Peace of Westminster (NYC becomes English)  

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1473  Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543) was born on February - 19.  

1526  Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609) was born on this day in history.  

1552  Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630) was born on February - 19.  

1588  On February - 19 birth of pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies  

1611  On this day in history birth of andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)  

1616  On this day in history birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer  

1630  On February - 19 birth of shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)  

1660  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.  

0197  D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle on this day in history.  

0440  On this day in history death of mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362)  

1133  Death of Irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066) on February - 19.  

1260  Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1401  Death of William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London on this day in history.  

1414  On this day in history thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies  

1545  Death of Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death on February - 19.  

1553  Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41 on February - 19.