Page 3: Historical Events In February - 19

1831  On this day in history 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 February - 19.   

1841  On February - 19 felipe Pedrell, composer   

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

1846  On February - 19 texas state government formally installed in Austin   

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

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 this day in history tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier, Ohio   

1858  On this day in history 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  On February - 19 dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used   

1859  On February - 19 svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903)   

1861  Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom on this day in history.   

1861  Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [NS=Mar 3] on February - 19.   

1863  Emanuel Moor, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1869  US Assay Office in Boise, Idaho authorized on this day in history.   

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

1877  Else Berg, German/Dutch painter on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1878  On February - 19 thomas Alva Edison patents gramophone (phonograph)   

1878  On this day in history charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61   

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  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  Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609) was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 19.   

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

1616  On February - 19 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  D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle on February - 19.   

0440  On February - 19 death of mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362)   

1133  On February - 19 death of irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066)   

1260  Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1545  Death of Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death on this day in history.   

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