Page 3: Historical Events In February - 19

1831  First practical US coal-burning locomotive makes it's trial run in Pennsylvania on February - 19.   

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  On this day in history adelina Patti, Madrid Spain, opera soprano (Lucio)   

1846  Texas state government formally installed in Austin on February - 19.   

1846  Texas state govt formally installed in Austin on February - 19.   

1852  On February - 19 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  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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1863  Emanuel Moor, composer on this day in history.   

1864  Knights of Pythias form first lodge in Washington DC (12 members) on February - 19.   

1864  Knights of Pythias form 1st lodge in Wash DC (12 members) on February - 19.   

1864  On February - 19 aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture (Work Law of 1911)   

1864  On February - 19 william Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies   

1865  Adrian van Oordt, Dutch writer (neo-romantic) on February - 19.   

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 February - 19.   

1878  On February - 19 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  Thomas Alva Edison patents gramophone (phonograph) on this day in history.   

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

1880  Arthur Shepherd, composer on this day in history.   

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  Armin Knab, German composer (Eichendorff-cycle) on this day in history.   

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  On February - 19 birth of nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)   

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 this day in history.   

1611  On this day in history birth of andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)   

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

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

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

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

1414  On this day in history thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies   

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

1553  Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41 on this day in history.