397 Historic Events for February 19
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| 1817 |
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Willem III, last male King of Netherlands (1849-90)
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| 1819 |
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Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author/novelist/writer
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| 1821 |
Birth |
Francis Preston Blair Jr, Lexington Ky, (Rep-Missouri)
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| 1822 |
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Jeronymo Francisco de Lima, composer, dies at 78
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| 1824 |
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Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educator [NS=Mar 2]
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| 1825 |
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Franz Grillparzer's "Konig Ottokars Gluck," premieres in Vienna
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| 1827 |
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Charles Robert Woods, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1855
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| 1828 |
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Johannes von Miquel, German politician
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| 1831 |
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1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Penn
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| 1833 |
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lie Ducommun, Switzerland, writer/pacifist (Nobel 1902)
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| 1837 |
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Georg Bchner, German playwright (Leonce und Lena), dies at 23
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| 1841 |
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Felipe Pedrell, composer
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| 1843 |
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Adelina Patti, Madrid Spain, opera soprano (Lucio)
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| 1846 |
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Texas state govt formally installed in Austin
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| 1856 |
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Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier, Ohio
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| 1858 |
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Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78
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| 1859 |
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Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used
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| 1859 |
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Svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903)
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| 1861 |
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Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [NS=Mar 3]
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| 1863 |
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Augusto Bernardino Legu¡a y Salcedo, president of Per£ (1908, 1919)
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| 1863 |
Birth |
Emanuel Moor, composer
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| 1864 |
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Knights of Pythias form 1st lodge in Wash DC (12 members)
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| 1864 |
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William Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies
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| 1864 |
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Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture (Work Law of 1911)
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| 1865 |
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Adrian van Oordt, Dutch writer (neo-romantic)
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