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02/19/1817
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Willem III, last male King of Netherlands (1849-90)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1819
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Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author/novelist/writer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1821
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Francis Preston Blair Jr, Lexington Ky, (Rep-Missouri)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1822
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Jeronymo Francisco de Lima, composer, dies at 78
Type: Death
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02/19/1824
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Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educator [NS=Mar 2]
Type: Birth
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02/19/1825
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Franz Grillparzer's "Konig Ottokars Gluck," premieres in Vienna
Type: Event
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02/19/1827
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Charles Robert Woods, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1855
Type: Birth
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02/19/1828
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Johannes von Miquel, German politician
Type: Birth
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02/19/1831
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1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Penn
Type: Event
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02/19/1833
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lie Ducommun, Switzerland, writer/pacifist (Nobel 1902)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1837
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Georg Bchner, German playwright (Leonce und Lena), dies at 23
Type: Death
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02/19/1841
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Felipe Pedrell, composer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1843
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Adelina Patti, Madrid Spain, opera soprano (Lucio)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1846
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Texas state govt formally installed in Austin
Type: Event
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02/19/1856
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Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier, Ohio
Type: Event
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02/19/1858
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Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78
Type: Death
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02/19/1859
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Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used
Type: Event
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02/19/1859
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Svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1861
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Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [NS=Mar 3]
Type: Event
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02/19/1863
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Augusto Bernardino Legu”a y Salcedo, president of Per£ (1908, 1919)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1863
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Emanuel Moor, composer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1864
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Knights of Pythias form 1st lodge in Wash DC (12 members)
Type: Event
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02/19/1864
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William Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies
Type: Death
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02/19/1864
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Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture (Work Law of 1911)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1865
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Adrian van Oordt, Dutch writer (neo-romantic)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1865
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Sven Hedin, Sweden, scientist/explorer (Tibet)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1869
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US Assay Office in Boise, Idaho authorized
Type: Event
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02/19/1875
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Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76
Type: Death
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02/19/1877
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Louis Franois-Marie Aubert, French composer (Habanera)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1877
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Else Berg, German/Dutch painter
Type: Birth
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02/19/1878
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Thomas Alva Edison patents gramophone (phonograph)
Type: Event
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02/19/1878
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Charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61
Type: Death
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02/19/1880
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Arthur Shepherd, composer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1881
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Kansas becomes 1st state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages
Type: Event
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02/19/1881
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Armin Knab, German composer (Eichendorff-cycle)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1881
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Evert Gorter, founder of Dutch medical child care
Type: Birth
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02/19/1881
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Paul Zech, writer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1884
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Tornadoes in Miss, Ala, NC, SC, Tenn, Ky and In kill 800 people
Type: Event
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02/19/1886
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George Luther Foote, composer
Type: Birth
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02/19/1887
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Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66
Type: Death
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02/19/1889
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Jos Eustasio Rivera, Colombia, poet/novelist (Vortex)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1891
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J C "Farmer" White, cricketer (Somerset slow lefty 1909-37)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1892
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Monty Bowden, cricket Capt (England v S Africa 1889), dies at 26
Type: Death
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02/19/1893
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Cedric Hardwicke, Stourbridge England, actor (Peter Pan, Richard III)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1893
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Pietro Pancrazi, Italian critic (Scrittori d'Oggi)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1894
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Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78
Type: Death
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02/19/1894
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Herb Pennock, hall of fame pitcher (Yankees, 243 career wins)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1895
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Louis Calhern, NYC, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle)
Type: Birth
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02/19/1897
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Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81
Type: Death
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02/19/1898
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Lauwrens Voorthuyzen, [Lou de Palingboer], Dutch sect leader
Type: Birth
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