Historical Events In February - 19
Sunday, 17 August 2025
0003 Sadiq Hidajat, Persian writer (Blind Person Owl) on February - 19.
0197 D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle on February - 19.
0197 On February - 19 lucius Septimius Severus' army beats Clodius Albinus at Lyon
0356 Emperor Constantius II shuts all heathen temples on this day in history.
0607 On this day in history boniface III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0842 On February - 19 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 February - 19.
1473 The birth of Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer on this day in history.
1512 French troops under Gaston de Foix occupy Brescia on this day in history.
1537 On February - 19 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 Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death on this day in history.
1553 Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41 on February - 19.
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 February - 19 spanish troops plunder Krommenie, Wormerveer & Jisp Neth
1582 Francis of Valois becomes duke of Brabant on February - 19.
1588 On this day in history 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 February - 19.
1600 The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America on February - 19.
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 February - 19 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 On this day in history 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 February - 19.
1674 Netherlands &England sign Peace of Westminster (NYC becomes English) on this day in history.
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