Page 3: Historical Events In February - 19
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1831 On February - 19 first practical US coal-burning locomotive makes it's trial run in Pennsylvania
1831 On this day in history 1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Penn
1841 On this day in history felipe Pedrell, composer
1843 On February - 19 adelina Patti, Madrid Spain, opera soprano (Lucio)
1846 On this day in history texas state government formally installed in Austin
1846 On this day in history texas state govt formally installed in Austin
1852 On this day in history the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
1856 On February - 19 tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier OH
1856 Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier, Ohio on this day in history.
1858 On this day in history alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78
1859 Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity first time this defense is successfully used on February - 19.
1859 On this day in history dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used
1859 Svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903) on February - 19.
1861 Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom on February - 19.
1861 Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [NS=Mar 3] on February - 19.
1863 Emanuel Moor, composer on this day in history.
1864 On February - 19 knights of Pythias form first lodge in Washington DC (12 members)
1864 On February - 19 knights of Pythias form 1st lodge in Wash DC (12 members)
1864 Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture (Work Law of 1911) on February - 19.
1864 On February - 19 william Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies
1865 Adrian van Oordt, Dutch writer (neo-romantic) on this day in history.
1869 On February - 19 uS Assay Office in Boise ID authorized
1869 US Assay Office in Boise, Idaho authorized on February - 19.
1875 On February - 19 jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76
1877 Else Berg, German/Dutch painter on this day in history.
1878 On this day in history thomas Edison patents the phonograph
1878 Thomas Edison receives a patent for his cylinder-playing music player (forerunner of the "modern day" phonograph) on February - 19.
1878 On February - 19 thomas Alva Edison patents gramophone (phonograph)
1878 Charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1880 On February - 19 arthur Shepherd, composer
1881 On this day in history kansas becomes first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages
1881 Kansas becomes 1st state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages on February - 19.
1881 On February - 19 armin Knab, German composer (Eichendorff-cycle)
1884 On this day in history tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky &Indiana kill 800 people
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