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02/19/0003
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Sadiq Hidajat, Persian writer (Blind Person Owl)
Type: Birth
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02/19/0197
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Lucius Septimius Severus' army beats Clodius Albinus at Lyon
Type: Event
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02/19/0197
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D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle
Type: Death
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02/19/0356
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Emperor Constantius II shuts all heathen temples
Type: Event
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02/19/0607
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Boniface III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
Type: Event
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02/19/0842
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Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstated the veneration of icons in the churches
Type: Event
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02/19/1260
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Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies
Type: Death
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02/19/1401
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William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London
Type: Death
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02/19/1414
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Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies
Type: Death
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02/19/1473
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Nicolaus Copernicus, Tor£n, Poland, astronomer (heliocentrism)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1512
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French troops under Gaston de Foix occupy Brescia
Type: Event
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02/19/1532
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Jean-Antoine de Ba‹f, French poet (Les amours de M‚line)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1537
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Weavers of Leiden Neth strike
Type: Event
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02/19/1539
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Jews of Tyrnau Hungary (then Trnava Czech), expelled
Type: Event
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02/19/1545
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Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death
Type: Death
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02/19/1553
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Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41
Type: Death
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02/19/1568
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Miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80
Type: Death
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02/19/1574
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Spanish troops plunder Krommenie, Wormerveer and Jisp Neth
Type: Event
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02/19/1582
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Francis of Valois becomes duke of Brabant
Type: Event
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02/19/1588
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Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies
Type: Birth
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02/19/1605
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Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer, dies at 54
Type: Death
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02/19/1611
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Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1616
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Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1619
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Trial against Johan van Oldenbarnevelt begins in The Hague
Type: Event
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02/19/1620
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Roemer P Visscher, poet, buried in Amsterdam
Type: Death
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02/19/1634
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Battle at Smolensk: Polish king Wladyslaw IV beats Russians [NS=Mar 1]
Type: Event
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02/19/1653
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Luigi Rossi, composer, dies
Type: Death
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02/19/1671
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Charles-Hubert Gervais, composer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1674
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Netherlands and England sign Peace of Westminster (NYC becomes English)
Type: Event
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02/19/1683
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Philip V, France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1687
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Johann Adam Birkenstock, composer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1700
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Last day of Julian calendar in Denmark
Type: Event
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02/19/1717
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David Garrick, actor/producer/writer (Aboan-Oroonoko)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1736
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Georg F H„ndel's "Alexander's Feast," premieres
Type: Event
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02/19/1743
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[Ridolfo] Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer, cellist (Minuet)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1751
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Cornelis de Gijselaar, Dutch politician/patriot
Type: Birth
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02/19/1754
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Vincenzo Monti, Italian poet/translator (Al Signor di Montgolfier)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1755
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Pieter G van Overstraten, governor-general of Neth-Indies
Type: Birth
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02/19/1762
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Friedrich Franz Hurka, composer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1763
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Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1771
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Messier adds M46-M49 to his catalog (galactic clusters in Puppis and Hydra and galaxy in Virgo)
Type: Event
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02/19/1780
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Friedrich H von der Hagen, German germanist (Nibelungenlied)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1785
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Johann Christoph Richter, composer, dies at 84
Type: Death
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02/19/1790
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Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer, dies at 47
Type: Death
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02/19/1797
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1/3 of papal domain ceded to France
Type: Event
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02/19/1803
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Congress accepts Ohio's constitution, statehood not ratified till 1953
Type: Event
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02/19/1807
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VP Aaron Burr arrested in Alabama for treason; later found innocent
Type: Event
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02/19/1807
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British squadron under Adm Duckworth forces passage of Dardanelle
Type: Event
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02/19/1812
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Lauro Rossi, composer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1815
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Leonhard von Call, composer, dies at 47
Type: Death
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