Page 4: Historical Events In February - 19

1884  On this day in history tornadoes in Miss, Ala, NC, SC, Tenn, Ky & In kill 800 people   

1886  George Luther Foote, composer on February - 19.   

1887  On this day in history eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66   

1889  Jose Eustasio Rivera, Colombia, poet/novelist (Vortex) on this day in history.   

1891  J C "Farmer" White, cricketer (Somerset slow lefty 1909-37) on this day in history.   

1892  On February - 19 monty Bowden, cricket Capt (England v S Africa 1889), dies at 26   

1893  Cedric Hardwicke, Stourbridge England, actor (Peter Pan, Richard III) on this day in history.   

1894  Herb Pennock, hall of fame pitcher (Yankees, 243 career wins) on this day in history.   

1894  On February - 19 ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78   

1895  On this day in history louis Calhern, NYC, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle)   

1897  On February - 19 karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81   

1898  Lauwrens Voorthuyzen, [Lou de Palingboer], Dutch sect leader on this day in history.   

1900  British troops occupy Hlangwane Natal on February - 19.   

1900  Giorgos Seferis, writer on February - 19.   

1901  Cor[nelis RJ] Kieboom, Dutch resistance fighter/chairman (Feyenoord) on February - 19.   

1902  On this day in history hugo Haas, Brno Czechoslovakia, actor/director (2 Smart People)   

1903  Kay Boyle, St Paul Minn, novelist (Plagued by Nightingales) on February - 19.   

1904  Havank, [HF vqan der Kallen], Dutch thriller writer (St Eustache) on this day in history.   

1906  On February - 19 w K Kellogg &Charles D Bolin incorporate Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, Battle Creek MI   

1906  On this day in history william Kellogg founds his breakfast cereal company   

1906  WK Kellogg & Ch Bolin find Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co on February - 19.   

1906  On this day in history grace Mary Williams, composer   

1909  On this day in history charlie Walker, South Aust cricket wicket-keeper (toured but no Tests)   

1910  On February - 19 english premiere of Richard Strauss' "Elektra"   

1911  On February - 19 merle Oberon, Calcutta India, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion)   

1912  Adolf Rudnicki, Polish writer (Niekochana) on February - 19.   

1913  On this day in history mexican General V Huerta takes power with US support   

1913  On this day in history prizes are prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box   

1913  On this day in history 1st prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box   

1913  Alvin Derold Etler, composer on this day in history.   

1914  Riccardo Zandonai's opera "Francesco da Rimini," premieres in Turin on February - 19.   

1915  British fleet fire on Dardanellen coast on this day in history.   

1915  On February - 19 john Freeman, British politician (Labour)/ambassador/TV host   

1915  On this day in history gopal Krishna Gokhale, India's social reformer/politician, dies   

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1473  On February - 19 birth of nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)   

1526  On February - 19 birth of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)   

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

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  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.   

0197  D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle on this day in history.   

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362) on this day in history.   

1133  Death of Irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066) on this day in history.   

1260  On February - 19 boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies   

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

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