Historical Events In February - 19
Friday, 19 December 2025
0003 On this day in history sadiq Hidajat, Persian writer (Blind Person Owl) 

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

0197 Lucius Septimius Severus' army beats Clodius Albinus at Lyon on February - 19. 

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

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

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

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

1473 On February - 19 the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer 

1512 French troops under Gaston de Foix occupy Brescia on February - 19. 

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

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

1539 On this day in history 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 this day in history. 

1561 On this day in history mary Proclaimed Queen of Scots 

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 this day in history. 

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

1582 Francis of Valois becomes duke of Brabant on February - 19. 

1588 Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies on this day in history. 

1594 On February - 19 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 Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history. 

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

1616 Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer on February - 19. 

1619 Trial against Johan van Oldenbarnevelt begins in The Hague on this day in history. 

1620 Roemer P Visscher, poet, buried in Amsterdam on this day in history. 

1634 On February - 19 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 this day in history. 

1674 Netherlands &England sign Peace of Westminster (NYC becomes English) on this day in history. 

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