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

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  Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstated the veneration of icons in the churches on February - 19.  

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

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

1414  On this day in history thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies  

1473  The birth of Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer on February - 19.  

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

1537  Weavers of Leiden Netherlands strike on February - 19.  

1537  Weavers of Leiden Neth strike on February - 19.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1588  On this day in history pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies  

1594  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1619  On February - 19 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 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  On February - 19 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  On this day in history birth of melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)  

1588  On this day in history birth of pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies  

1611  On February - 19 birth of andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)  

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  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.  

0197  On February - 19 d Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle  

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362) on February - 19.  

1133  Death of Irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066) on February - 19.  

1260  On this day in history boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies  

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

1414  On this day in history thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies  

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.