Historical Events In February - 19

0003  On this day in history sadiq Hidajat, Persian writer (Blind Person Owl)  

0197  On February - 19 d Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle  

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

0356  Emperor Constantius II shuts all heathen temples on February - 19.  

0607  On February - 19 boniface III begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

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 this day in history.  

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  French troops under Gaston de Foix occupy Brescia on February - 19.  

1537  On this day in history weavers of Leiden Netherlands strike  

1537  On this day in history weavers of Leiden Neth strike  

1539  On February - 19 jews of Tyrnau Hungary (then Trnava Czech), expelled  

1545  On this day in history pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death  

1553  Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

1561  On February - 19 mary Proclaimed Queen of Scots  

1568  On this day in history miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80  

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

1574  On this day in history spanish troops plunder Krommenie, Wormerveer & Jisp Neth  

1582  On this day in history francis of Valois becomes duke of Brabant  

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

1594  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 on this day in history.  

1600  The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America on February - 19.  

1605  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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

1616  Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer on this day in history.  

1619  On this day in history trial against Johan van Oldenbarnevelt begins in The Hague  

1620  Roemer P Visscher, poet, buried in Amsterdam on February - 19.  

1634  Battle at Smolensk Polish king Wladyslaw IV beats Russians on February - 19.  

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

1653  Luigi Rossi, composer, dies on this day in history.  

1671  On this day in history charles-Hubert Gervais, composer  

1674  On February - 19 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 this day in history.  

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

1552  On this day in history birth of melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)  

1588  Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies was born on February - 19.  

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

1616  On February - 19 birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer  

1630  Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680) was born on February - 19.  

1660  On February - 19 birth of friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)  

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

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362) on this day in history.  

1133  On February - 19 death of irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066)  

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

1401  On this day in history death of william Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London  

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

1545  On this day in history death of pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death  

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