Page 3: Historical Events In February - 19

1831  On February - 19 first practical US coal-burning locomotive makes it's trial run in Pennsylvania   

1831  1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Penn on this day in history.   

1841  Felipe Pedrell, composer on this day in history.   

1843  Adelina Patti, Madrid Spain, opera soprano (Lucio) on this day in history.   

1846  Texas state government formally installed in Austin on this day in history.   

1846  Texas state govt formally installed in Austin on this day in history.   

1852  The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania on February - 19.   

1856  Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier OH on this day in history.   

1856  Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier, Ohio on this day in history.   

1858  Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity first time this defense is successfully used   

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 this day in history.   

1861  On February - 19 russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom   

1861  On February - 19 russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [NS=Mar 3]   

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  Knights of Pythias form 1st lodge in Wash DC (12 members) on February - 19.   

1864  Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture (Work Law of 1911) on this day in history.   

1864  William Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies on February - 19.   

1865  On February - 19 adrian van Oordt, Dutch writer (neo-romantic)   

1869  US Assay Office in Boise ID authorized on February - 19.   

1869  On February - 19 uS Assay Office in Boise, Idaho authorized   

1875  On this day in history jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76   

1877  On this day in history else Berg, German/Dutch painter   

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 this day in history thomas Alva Edison patents gramophone (phonograph)   

1878  Charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61 on February - 19.   

1880  On this day in history arthur Shepherd, composer   

1881  Kansas becomes first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages on February - 19.   

1881  Kansas becomes 1st state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages on February - 19.   

1881  On this day in history armin Knab, German composer (Eichendorff-cycle)   

1884  On February - 19 tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky &Indiana kill 800 people   

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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 February - 19.   

1552  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1630  On this day in history birth of shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)   

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

0197  On February - 19 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  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 February - 19 erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41