Historical Events In February - 19

0003  Sadiq Hidajat, Persian writer (Blind Person Owl) on February - 19.   

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

0197  On February - 19 lucius Septimius Severus' army beats Clodius Albinus at Lyon   

0356  On February - 19 emperor Constantius II shuts all heathen temples   

0607  Boniface III begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

0842  Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstated the veneration of icons in the churches on this day in history.   

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

1401  On February - 19 william Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London   

1414  On February - 19 thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies   

1473  The birth of Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer on this day in history.   

1512  French troops under Gaston de Foix occupy Brescia on February - 19.   

1537  Weavers of Leiden Netherlands strike on February - 19.   

1537  On February - 19 weavers of Leiden Neth strike   

1539  On February - 19 jews of Tyrnau Hungary (then Trnava Czech), expelled   

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

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

1561  On this day in history mary Proclaimed Queen of Scots   

1568  Miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80 on February - 19.   

1574  Spanish troops plunder Krommenie, Wormerveer &Jisp Netherlands on this day in history.   

1574  Spanish troops plunder Krommenie, Wormerveer & Jisp Neth on this day in history.   

1582  On this day in history francis of Valois becomes duke of Brabant   

1588  Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies on this day in history.   

1594  On February - 19 having already inherited the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine Jagellonica of Poland, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, succeeding his father John III of Sweden.   

1600  The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America on this day in history.   

1605  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1611  On February - 19 andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)   

1616  Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer on this day in history.   

1619  Trial against Johan van Oldenbarnevelt begins in The Hague on this day in history.   

1620  On February - 19 roemer P Visscher, poet, buried in Amsterdam   

1634  On this day in history battle at Smolensk Polish king Wladyslaw IV beats Russians   

1634  On this day in history battle at Smolensk: Polish king Wladyslaw IV beats Russians [NS=Mar 1]   

1653  Luigi Rossi, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1671  Charles-Hubert Gervais, composer on February - 19.   

1674  On February - 19 netherlands &England sign Peace of Westminster (NYC becomes English)   

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

1526  Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609) was born on February - 19.   

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 February - 19 birth of andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)   

1616  On February - 19 birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer   

1630  Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680) was born on February - 19.   

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

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  On this day in history thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies   

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

1553  On February - 19 erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41