Page 3: Historical Events In February - 19

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 February - 19.   

1841  Felipe Pedrell, composer on this day in history.   

1843  On February - 19 adelina Patti, Madrid Spain, opera soprano (Lucio)   

1846  On February - 19 texas state government formally installed in Austin   

1846  On this day in history texas state govt formally installed in Austin   

1852  On February - 19 the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.   

1856  On February - 19 tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier OH   

1856  On this day in history tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier, Ohio   

1858  On this day in history alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78   

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  On February - 19 svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903)   

1861  Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom on February - 19.   

1861  On this day in history russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [NS=Mar 3]   

1863  Emanuel Moor, composer on February - 19.   

1864  Knights of Pythias form first lodge in Washington DC (12 members) on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history knights of Pythias form 1st lodge in Wash DC (12 members)   

1864  Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture (Work Law of 1911) on this day in history.   

1864  On February - 19 william Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies   

1865  Adrian van Oordt, Dutch writer (neo-romantic) on this day in history.   

1869  On February - 19 uS Assay Office in Boise ID authorized   

1869  US Assay Office in Boise, Idaho authorized on February - 19.   

1875  Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76 on February - 19.   

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  On this day in history thomas Alva Edison patents gramophone (phonograph)   

1878  On this day in history charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61   

1880  Arthur Shepherd, composer on this day in history.   

1881  On February - 19 kansas becomes first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages   

1881  On February - 19 kansas becomes 1st state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages   

1881  Armin Knab, German composer (Eichendorff-cycle) on this day in history.   

1884  On February - 19 tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky &Indiana kill 800 people   

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1473  On February - 19 birth of nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)   

1526  On February - 19 birth of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)   

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 this day in history.   

1611  Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71) was born on February - 19.   

1616  Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer was born on February - 19.   

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

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 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  Death of William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London on February - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

1553  Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41 on this day in history.