Historical Events In February - 19

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

0197  On this day in history d Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle  

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

0842  Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstated the veneration of icons in the churches on this day in history.  

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

1401  On February - 19 william Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London  

1414  On February - 19 thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies  

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

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

1537  On February - 19 weavers of Leiden Netherlands strike  

1537  On February - 19 weavers of Leiden Neth strike  

1539  Jews of Tyrnau Hungary (then Trnava Czech), expelled on February - 19.  

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

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

1561  On this day in history mary Proclaimed Queen of Scots  

1568  On February - 19 miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80  

1574  On February - 19 spanish troops plunder Krommenie, Wormerveer &Jisp Netherlands  

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

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  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 February - 19.  

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

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

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

1620  On February - 19 roemer P Visscher, poet, buried in Amsterdam  

1634  Battle at Smolensk Polish king Wladyslaw IV beats Russians on this day in history.  

1634  Battle at Smolensk: Polish king Wladyslaw IV beats Russians [NS=Mar 1] on February - 19.  

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

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

1674  Netherlands &England sign Peace of Westminster (NYC becomes English) on February - 19.  

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1473  On February - 19 birth of nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1611  Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

0197  On this day in history d Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle  

0440  On February - 19 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  On February - 19 boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies  

1401  On February - 19 death of william Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London  

1414  Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies on February - 19.  

1545  Death of Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death on this day in history.  

1553  On this day in history erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41