Page 3: Historical Events In February - 19

1831  First practical US coal-burning locomotive makes it's trial run in Pennsylvania on February - 19.   

1831  On this day in history 1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Penn   

1841  Felipe Pedrell, composer on this day in history.   

1843  On this day in history adelina Patti, Madrid Spain, opera soprano (Lucio)   

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

1846  Texas state govt formally installed in Austin on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.   

1856  Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier OH on February - 19.   

1856  Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier, Ohio on this day in history.   

1858  Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1859  On February - 19 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 this day in history.   

1861  On February - 19 russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom   

1861  Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [NS=Mar 3] on February - 19.   

1863  On this day in history emanuel Moor, composer   

1864  On this day in history knights of Pythias form first lodge in Washington DC (12 members)   

1864  Knights of Pythias form 1st lodge in Wash DC (12 members) on February - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history uS Assay Office in Boise, Idaho authorized   

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

1877  On February - 19 else Berg, German/Dutch painter   

1878  On this day in history thomas Edison patents the phonograph   

1878  Thomas Edison receives a patent for his cylinder-playing music player (forerunner of the "modern day" phonograph) on February - 19.   

1878  On this day in history thomas Alva Edison patents gramophone (phonograph)   

1878  Charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1880  On February - 19 arthur Shepherd, composer   

1881  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history birth of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)   

1552  Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630) was born on February - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1630  On this day in history birth of shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)   

1660  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on February - 19.   

0197  On February - 19 d Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle   

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  On February - 19 boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies   

1401  Death of William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London on this day in history.   

1414  Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies on this day in history.   

1545  On February - 19 death of pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death   

1553  On this day in history erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41