Historical Events In February - 19

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  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  On February - 19 medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstated the veneration of icons in the churches  

1260  On this day in history 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  On this day in history the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer  

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1512  On February - 19 french troops under Gaston de Foix occupy Brescia  

1537  On this day in history weavers of Leiden Netherlands strike  

1537  Weavers of Leiden Neth strike on February - 19.  

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

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

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

1561  On this day in history mary Proclaimed Queen of Scots  

1568  Miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80 on February - 19.  

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

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

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

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  On this day in history orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer, dies at 54  

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

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

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  Battle at Smolensk: Polish king Wladyslaw IV beats Russians [NS=Mar 1] on this day in history.  

1653  On February - 19 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 this day in history.  

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1473  On this day in history birth of nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)  

1526  Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609) was born on February - 19.  

1552  Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630) was born on February - 19.  

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  On February - 19 birth of shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)  

1660  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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