Today in History
19 February
Astroner Nicolaus Copernicus
Sven Hedin
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| 1408 In England, the Northumberland Rebellion ended when Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, was defeated by Henry IV at the battle of Bramham Moor. | ||
| 1473 Astroner Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Poland. He pioneered the theory that the Earth rotates around the Sun. |
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| 1512 French troops under Gaston de Foix occupy Brescia | ||
| 1537 Weavers of Leiden Neth strike | ||
| 1539 Jews of Tyrnau Hungary (then Trnava Czech), expelled | ||
| 1574 Spanish troops plunder Krommenie, Wormerveer & Jisp Netherland | ||
| 1582 Francis of Valois becomes duke of Brabant | ||
| 1619 Trial against Johan van Oldenbarnevelt begins in The Hague | ||
| 1634 Battle at Smolensk: Polish king Wladyslaw IV beats Russians | ||
| 1674 The Treaty of Westminster was signed, ending the Anglo-Dutch War; under its terms, New Netherlands (New York) became British. | ||
| 1700 Last day of Julian calendar in Denmark | ||
| 1751 Cornelis de Gijselaar, Dutch politician/patriot was born | Astroner Nicolaus Copernicus |
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| 1754 Vincenzo Monti, Italian poet/translator was born | ||
| 1797 Pope Pius VI signed the Treaty of Tolentino with Napoleon under which Bologna, Romagna and Ferrara were ceded to France. | ||
| 1800 Napoleon Bonaparte established himself as first consul in France. | ||
| 1807 Aaron Burr became the first vice president of the United States to be arrested; he was charged with treason for planning an expedition to invade Mexico. |
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| 1831 1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Penn | ||
| 1837 Georg Buechner, German playwright and poet, died. A pioneer of Expressionist theatre, his best known works are "Dantons Tod" and "Woyzeck." | ||
| 1856 Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier, Ohio | ||
| 1861 Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom | ||
| 1864 Knights of Pythias form 1st lodge in Wash DC (12 members) | ||
| 1865 Sven Hedin, Sweden, scientist/explorer (Tibet) was born | ||
| 1878 The phonograph, invented by Thomas Edison, was patented. | ||
| 1884 Tornadoes in Miss, Ala, NC, SC, Tenn, Ky & In kill 800 people | ||
| 1900 British troops occupy Hlangwane Natal | ||
| 1906 WK Kellogg & Ch Bolin find Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co | ||
| 1915 In World War I, a combined British and French fleet attacked the Dardanelles. | ||
| 1918 In Russia, a decree abolishing all private ownership of land, water and natural resources was issued by the Soviet Central Executive Committee. | ||
| 1919 Pan-African Congress, organized by W E B Du Bois (Paris) | ||
| 1920 Netherlands joins League of Nations | ||
| 1927 General strike against British occupiers in Shanghai | ||
| 1938 Soviet arctic ice research station North Pole 1 evacuated, Denmark |
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| 1941 Nazi raid Amsterdam & round up 429 young Jews for deportation | ||
| 1942 FDR orders detention & internment of all west-coast Japanese-Americans | ||
| 1942 Japanese troop land on Timor | ||
| 1942 Japanese forces invaded Bali and made a first raid on the Australian mainland bombing Port Darwin. | ||
| 1944 823 British bombers attack Berlin | ||
| 1944 U-264 sinks off Ireland | ||
| 1945 30,000 US Marines land on Iwo Jima | ||
| 1945 900 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days | ||
| 1945 The U.S. Fifth Fleet launched the invasion of Iwo Jima against the Japanese; the island was eventually taken on March 26. | ||
| 1949 Mass arrests of communists in India | ||
| 1951 Andre Gide, French novelist, died; he won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1947. | ||
| 1952 Norwegian author Knut Hamsun died; he won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1920 and was famed for his "Growth of the Soil" and "Hunger." | Sven Hedin |
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| 1952 French offensive at Hanoi | ||
| 1959 The prime ministers of Britain, Turkey and Greece signed an agreement in London for the independence of Cyprus. | ||
| 1959 Gabon adopts its constitution | ||
| 1961 Albania disavows Chinese "Revisionism" | ||
| 1963 Russia told the United States that it would withdraw several thousand troops from Cuba by March 15. | ||
| 1970 USSR launches Sputnik 52 & Molniya 1-13 communications satellite | ||
| 1976 Iceland broke off diplomatic relations with Britain after the two countries failed to agree over fishing rights in disputed waters. | ||
| 1982 In Northern Ireland, receivers were appointed to manage the affairs of the DeLorean car company. | ||
| 1985 150 killed when a Spanish jetliner crashed approaching Bilbao, Spain | ||
| 1990 Police kill 8 demonstrators for multi party system in Nepal | ||
| 1990 The Liberal Democrat Party in Japan won the general election under Toshiki Kaifu. | ||
| 1994 Fire bombs damaged six London stores; the IRA claimed responsibility. | ||
| 1996 Israel approved the return of 154 members of the Palestine National Council, including hijacker Layla Khaled, to Palestinian-ruled areas. | ||
| 1997 China's paramount leader Deng Xiaoping died at age 93. He ruled China from 1978 until he retired from his last official post in 1990, but his influence remained supreme until his death. | ||
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