Historical Events In February - 19

1884  Tornadoes in Miss, Ala, NC, SC, Tenn, Ky & In kill 800 people on February - 19.  

1886  George Luther Foote, composer on this day in history.  

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

1889  On February - 19 jose Eustasio Rivera, Colombia, poet/novelist (Vortex)  

1891  On February - 19 j C "Farmer" White, cricketer (Somerset slow lefty 1909-37)  

1892  On this day in history 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  On February - 19 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 February - 19.  

1897  On this day in history karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81  

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

1900  On February - 19 british troops occupy Hlangwane Natal  

1900  On February - 19 giorgos Seferis, writer  

1901  Cor[nelis RJ] Kieboom, Dutch resistance fighter/chairman (Feyenoord) on this day in history.  

1902  Hugo Haas, Brno Czechoslovakia, actor/director (2 Smart People) on this day in history.  

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

1904  On February - 19 havank, [HF vqan der Kallen], Dutch thriller writer (St Eustache)  

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

1906  On February - 19 william Kellogg founds his breakfast cereal company  

1906  On February - 19 wK Kellogg & Ch Bolin find Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co  

1906  Grace Mary Williams, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1912  On this day in history adolf Rudnicki, Polish writer (Niekochana)  

1913  Mexican General V Huerta takes power with US support on February - 19.  

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  On February - 19 alvin Derold Etler, composer  

1914  On this day in history riccardo Zandonai's opera "Francesco da Rimini," premieres in Turin  

1915  On February - 19 british fleet fire on Dardanellen coast  

1915  John Freeman, British politician (Labour)/ambassador/TV host on February - 19.  

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

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1473  On this day in history 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  Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630) was born on February - 19.  

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 this day in history.  

1630  Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history 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  Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies on this day in history.  

1545  Death of Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death on February - 19.  

1553  Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41 on February - 19.