Historical Events In February - 19

1884  On February - 19 tornadoes in Miss, Ala, NC, SC, Tenn, Ky & In kill 800 people   

1886  George Luther Foote, composer on February - 19.   

1887  Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1889  Jose Eustasio Rivera, Colombia, poet/novelist (Vortex) on February - 19.   

1891  On this day in history j C "Farmer" White, cricketer (Somerset slow lefty 1909-37)   

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

1893  Cedric Hardwicke, Stourbridge England, actor (Peter Pan, Richard III) on February - 19.   

1894  Herb Pennock, hall of fame pitcher (Yankees, 243 career wins) on February - 19.   

1894  On this day in history ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78   

1895  Louis Calhern, NYC, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle) on February - 19.   

1897  Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1898  Lauwrens Voorthuyzen, [Lou de Palingboer], Dutch sect leader on February - 19.   

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

1900  Giorgos Seferis, writer on February - 19.   

1901  On this day in history cor[nelis RJ] Kieboom, Dutch resistance fighter/chairman (Feyenoord)   

1902  Hugo Haas, Brno Czechoslovakia, actor/director (2 Smart People) on February - 19.   

1903  On this day in history kay Boyle, St Paul Minn, novelist (Plagued by Nightingales)   

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 this day in history william Kellogg founds his breakfast cereal company   

1906  WK Kellogg & Ch Bolin find Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co on February - 19.   

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

1909  Charlie Walker, South Aust cricket wicket-keeper (toured but no Tests) on this day in history.   

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

1911  On this day in history merle Oberon, Calcutta India, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion)   

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

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 February - 19 1st prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box   

1913  Alvin Derold Etler, composer on this day in history.   

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

1915  Gopal Krishna Gokhale, India's social reformer/politician, dies on February - 19.   

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1473  Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543) was born on February - 19.   

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

1552  Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer   

1630  On February - 19 birth of shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)   

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 this day in history.   

1133  Death of Irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066) on this day in history.   

1260  Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies on February - 19.   

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

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 February - 19.   

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