Page 2: Historical Events In September - 02
Thursday, 19 February 2026
1789 The US Treasury Department is established. 

1789 US Treasury Department established by Congress 

1790 Johann N von Hontheim, German religious historian/Bishop, dies 

1792 Paris masses remove nobles/clergymen out of jails and slaughter them 

1796 Jews of the Netherlands are emancipated. 

1798 Thomas Holliday Hicks, (Union Gov) died in 1865. 

1806 A side of Rossberg Peak collapses into Goldau Valley Switz, results in the deaths of 500 

1807 The Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon 

1814 Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian. 

1837 James Harrison Wilson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1925 

1838 Liliuokalani, [Lydia Paki], last queen of Hawaii (1891-93). 

1839 Salon of Varietes opens in Amsterdam 

1839 Henry George, land reformer/writer (Progress and Poverty). 

1850 Albert Spaulding, baseball player/founded Spaulding sports company 

1853 Wilhelm Ostwald, Germany, physical chemist (Nobel 1909) 

1856 Tianjing's struggle Incident in Nanjing, China. 

1856 Yang Hsiu-ch'ing, commander in chief of Taiping Rebellion 

1859 Gas lighting introduced to Hawaii 

1862 Thornton F Brodhead, US lawyer/politician/brig-general, dies at 40 

1864 Union General William T Sherman captures Atlanta 

1864 Union General William T Sherman captures and burns Atlanta. 

1866 Hiram Johnson, (Gov-Progressive-Cal) 

1867 1st Girl School opens in Haarlem Neth. 

1870 Napoleon III surrenders to Prussian armies. 

1870 Marie Ault, [Mary Cragg], Wigan England 

1870 Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer, dies at 48 

1878 Werner von Blomberg, German minister of Reichswehr. 

1884 Frank Laubach, Benton Pa, educator, taught reading through phonetics 

1885 In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who were struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers, killing 28, wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town. 

1891 Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger, composer, dies at 76. 

1892 Felix Wolfes, composer. 

1894 -3] Amsterdam Municipal theater opens 

1894 Joseph Roth, Austria, journalist/writer (Hotel Savoy) 

1896 Nat Thompson, cricketer (played 1st Two Tests for Australia), dies. 

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