Historical Events In February - 19
Friday, 18 October 2024
1831 On February - 19 first practical US coal-burning locomotive makes it's trial run in Pennsylvania
1831 1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Penn on this day in history.
1841 On February - 19 felipe Pedrell, composer
1843 Adelina Patti, Madrid Spain, opera soprano (Lucio) on February - 19.
1846 Texas state government formally installed in Austin on February - 19.
1846 On this day in history texas state govt formally installed in Austin
1852 The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania on this day in history.
1856 On this day in history tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier OH
1856 Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier, Ohio on February - 19.
1858 Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78 on February - 19.
1859 On this day in history dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity first time this defense is successfully used
1859 On this day in history dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used
1859 Svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903) on February - 19.
1861 Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom on this day in history.
1861 Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [NS=Mar 3] on this day in history.
1863 Emanuel Moor, composer on this day in history.
1864 On February - 19 knights of Pythias form first lodge in Washington DC (12 members)
1864 Knights of Pythias form 1st lodge in Wash DC (12 members) on this day in history.
1864 On this day in history aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture (Work Law of 1911)
1864 William Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies on February - 19.
1865 On this day in history adrian van Oordt, Dutch writer (neo-romantic)
1869 US Assay Office in Boise ID authorized on this day in history.
1869 US Assay Office in Boise, Idaho authorized on this day in history.
1875 On February - 19 jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76
1877 Else Berg, German/Dutch painter on February - 19.
1878 On this day in history thomas Edison patents the phonograph
1878 On this day in history thomas Edison receives a patent for his cylinder-playing music player (forerunner of the "modern day" phonograph).
1878 Thomas Alva Edison patents gramophone (phonograph) on February - 19.
1878 On February - 19 charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61
1880 Arthur Shepherd, composer on February - 19.
1881 Kansas becomes first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages on February - 19.
1881 Kansas becomes 1st state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages on this day in history.
1881 Armin Knab, German composer (Eichendorff-cycle) on this day in history.
1884 On this day in history tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky &Indiana kill 800 people
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