Historical Events In February - 19

0003  On February - 19 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 this day in history.  

0607  Boniface III begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

0842  Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstated the veneration of icons in the churches on February - 19.  

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 February - 19.  

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

1512  On this day in history french troops under Gaston de Foix occupy Brescia  

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  On this day in history pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death  

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

1561  On this day in history 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  On this day in history francis of Valois becomes duke of Brabant  

1588  On February - 19 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 February - 19 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  On this day in history andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)  

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

1619  On this day in history trial against Johan van Oldenbarnevelt begins in The Hague  

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 February - 19 battle at Smolensk: Polish king Wladyslaw IV beats Russians [NS=Mar 1]  

1653  On February - 19 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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1473  Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543) was born on February - 19.  

1526  On this day in history birth of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)  

1552  On February - 19 birth of melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)  

1588  Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies was born on February - 19.  

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

1616  On February - 19 birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer  

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

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  Death of 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.  

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

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