Page 4: Historical Events In February - 19

1884  Tornadoes in Miss, Ala, NC, SC, Tenn, Ky & In kill 800 people on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history george Luther Foote, composer   

1887  Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 on February - 19.   

1889  On this day in history jose Eustasio Rivera, Colombia, poet/novelist (Vortex)   

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

1892  Monty Bowden, cricket Capt (England v S Africa 1889), dies at 26 on February - 19.   

1893  On this day in history cedric Hardwicke, Stourbridge England, actor (Peter Pan, Richard III)   

1894  On this day in history herb Pennock, hall of fame pitcher (Yankees, 243 career wins)   

1894  Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78 on February - 19.   

1895  Louis Calhern, NYC, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle) on this day in history.   

1897  Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81 on February - 19.   

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

1900  British troops occupy Hlangwane Natal on this day in history.   

1900  Giorgos Seferis, writer on this day in history.   

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

1902  On February - 19 hugo Haas, Brno Czechoslovakia, actor/director (2 Smart People)   

1903  Kay Boyle, St Paul Minn, novelist (Plagued by Nightingales) on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history havank, [HF vqan der Kallen], Dutch thriller writer (St Eustache)   

1906  W K Kellogg &Charles D Bolin incorporate Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, Battle Creek MI on this day in history.   

1906  William Kellogg founds his breakfast cereal company on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history wK Kellogg & Ch Bolin find Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co   

1906  Grace Mary Williams, composer on February - 19.   

1909  Charlie Walker, South Aust cricket wicket-keeper (toured but no Tests) on February - 19.   

1910  On this day in history english premiere of Richard Strauss' "Elektra"   

1911  Merle Oberon, Calcutta India, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion) on this day in history.   

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

1913  Mexican General V Huerta takes power with US support on this day in history.   

1913  On February - 19 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 February - 19.   

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

1915  On this day in history british fleet fire on Dardanellen coast   

1915  On this day in history john Freeman, British politician (Labour)/ambassador/TV host   

1915  On February - 19 gopal Krishna Gokhale, India's social reformer/politician, dies   

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

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

1552  Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630) was born on February - 19.   

1588  On this day in history birth of pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies   

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 February - 19.   

1630  On February - 19 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 February - 19.   

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

1133  On this day in history death of irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066)   

1260  On this day in history boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies   

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

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 this day in history.   

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