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  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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1473  Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543) was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 19.   

1616  Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer was born on February - 19.   

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

1660  On this day in history 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  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  Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies on February - 19.   

1401  Death of William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London on February - 19.   

1414  Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies on February - 19.   

1545  On this day in history death of pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death   

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