Historical Events In February - 19

0003  Sadiq Hidajat, Persian writer (Blind Person Owl) on this day in history.  

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

0197  On February - 19 lucius Septimius Severus' army beats Clodius Albinus at Lyon  

0356  On February - 19 emperor Constantius II shuts all heathen temples  

0607  Boniface III begins his reign as Catholic Pope on February - 19.  

0842  On this day in history medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstated the veneration of icons in the churches  

1260  On February - 19 boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies  

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  Weavers of Leiden Netherlands strike on this day in history.  

1537  On this day in history weavers of Leiden Neth strike  

1539  On this day in history jews of Tyrnau Hungary (then Trnava Czech), expelled  

1545  On February - 19 pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death  

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

1561  Mary Proclaimed Queen of Scots on this day in history.  

1568  Miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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

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

1582  On February - 19 francis of Valois becomes duke of Brabant  

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

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 February - 19.  

1611  Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71) on February - 19.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1634  On February - 19 battle at Smolensk: Polish king Wladyslaw IV beats Russians [NS=Mar 1]  

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

1671  Charles-Hubert Gervais, composer on this day in history.  

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  On February - 19 birth of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)  

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  Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71) was born on February - 19.  

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

1630  Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.  

1660  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on February - 19.  

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

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

1133  Death of Irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066) on this day in history.  

1260  On February - 19 boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies  

1401  Death of William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London on February - 19.  

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

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

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