Historical Events In February - 19

1831  First practical US coal-burning locomotive makes it's trial run in Pennsylvania on this day in history.  

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

1841  On February - 19 felipe Pedrell, composer  

1843  On February - 19 adelina Patti, Madrid Spain, opera soprano (Lucio)  

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

1846  On February - 19 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 this day in history tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier OH  

1856  On February - 19 tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier, Ohio  

1858  On February - 19 alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78  

1859  On February - 19 dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity first time this defense is successfully used  

1859  Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used on this day in history.  

1859  On this day in history svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903)  

1861  Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom on February - 19.  

1861  On this day in history russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [NS=Mar 3]  

1863  On this day in history emanuel Moor, composer  

1864  Knights of Pythias form first lodge in Washington DC (12 members) on this day in history.  

1864  On February - 19 knights of Pythias form 1st lodge in Wash DC (12 members)  

1864  On this day in history aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture (Work Law of 1911)  

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

1865  On this day in history adrian van Oordt, Dutch writer (neo-romantic)  

1869  On February - 19 uS Assay Office in Boise ID authorized  

1869  On this day in history uS Assay Office in Boise, Idaho authorized  

1875  Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76 on February - 19.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1881  Kansas becomes 1st state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages on this day in history.  

1881  On February - 19 armin Knab, German composer (Eichendorff-cycle)  

1884  Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky &Indiana kill 800 people on February - 19.  

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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 this day in history.  

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  Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71) was born on this day in history.  

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

1630  Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680) was born on February - 19.  

1660  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on February - 19.  

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

0440  On this day in history 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  Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies on February - 19.  

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

1414  On February - 19 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 February - 19.