Editing February 19 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[197]] &ndash; Emperor [[Septimius Severus]] defeats [[Roman usurper|usurper]] [[Clodius Albinus]] in the [[Battle of Lugdunum]], the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Graham |first=A. J. |date=1978 |title=The Numbers at Lugdunum |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4435642 |journal=Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=625–630 |jstor=4435642 |issn=0018-2311 |access-date=2021-09-05 |archive-date=2021-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905052932/https://www.jstor.org/stable/4435642 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[356]] &ndash; The [[anti-paganism policy of Constantius II]] forbids the worship of pagan idols in the Roman Empire.
*[[1594]] &ndash; Having already been elected to the throne of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] in 1587, [[Sigismund III Vasa|Sigismund III]] of the [[House of Vasa]] is crowned King of Sweden, having succeeded his father [[John III of Sweden]] in 1592.
*[[1600]] &ndash; The Peruvian [[stratovolcano]] [[Huaynaputina]] explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Adams |first1=Nancy K. |last2=de Silva |first2=Shanaka L. |last3=Self |first3=Stephen |last4=Salas |first4=Guido |last5=Schubring |first5=Steven |last6=Permenter |first6=Jason L. |last7=Arbesman |first7=Kendra |date=2001-04-01 |title=The physical volcanology of the 1600 eruption of Huaynaputina, southern Peru |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s004450000105 |journal=Bulletin of Volcanology |language=en |volume=62 |issue=8 |pages=493–518 |doi=10.1007/s004450000105 |bibcode=2001BVol...62..493A |s2cid=129649755 |issn=1432-0819 |access-date=2021-09-14 |archive-date=2022-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219163738/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s004450000105 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1649]] &ndash; The [[Second Battle of Guararapes]] takes place, effectively ending Dutch colonization efforts in Brazil.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Marley |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rdvp3cGJUZoC |title=Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present |date=1998 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-87436-837-6 |pages=133 |language=en |access-date=2021-09-14 |archive-date=2021-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927042625/https://books.google.com/books?id=rdvp3cGJUZoC |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1674]] &ndash; England and the Netherlands sign the [[Treaty of Westminster (1674)|Treaty of Westminster]], ending the [[Third Anglo-Dutch War]]. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of [[New Amsterdam]] to England.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Treaty of Westminster |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803121911195 |language=en |access-date=2021-09-15 |archive-date=2021-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915021345/https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803121911195 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1714]] &ndash; [[Great Northern War]]: The [[battle of Napue]] between [[Swedish Empire|Sweden]] and [[Tsardom of Russia|Russia]] is fought in [[Isokyrö]], [[Ostrobothnia (historical province)|Ostrobothnia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kulturnav.org/da90bb28-be3e-4d71-af8f-ef3150821724|title=Napuen taistelu (1714)|website=KulturNav|access-date=February 19, 2022|language=sv|archive-date=February 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219163722/https://kulturnav.org/da90bb28-be3e-4d71-af8f-ef3150821724|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1726]] &ndash; The [[Supreme Privy Council]] is established in Russia.
*[[1807]] &ndash; Former [[Vice President of the United States]] [[Aaron Burr]] is arrested for treason in [[Wakefield, Alabama]], and confined to [[Fort Stoddert]].
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[British Empire|British]] explorer [[William Smith (mariner)|William Smith]] discovers the [[South Shetland Islands]].
*[[1836]] &ndash; King [[William IV of the United Kingdom|William IV]] signs Letters Patent establishing the province of [[South Australia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/subjects/letters-patent,%20/subjects/letters-patent|title=Letters Patent {{pipe}} SA History Hub|website=sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[1846]] &ndash; In [[Austin, Texas]], the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The [[Republic of Texas]] government officially transfers power to the [[Texas|State of Texas]] government following the [[annexation]] of Texas by the United States.
*[[1847]] &ndash; The first group of rescuers reaches the [[Donner Party]].
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Thomas Edison]] patents the [[phonograph]].
*[[1884]] &ndash; More than [[Tornado outbreak of February 19–20, 1884|sixty tornadoes]] strike the [[Southern United States]], one of the largest [[tornado]] outbreaks in U.S. history.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ludlum |first1=David M. |title=The Great Tornado Outbreak on 19 February 1884 |journal=Weatherwise |date=1 April 1975 |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=84–87 |doi=10.1080/00431672.1975.9931742 |bibcode=1975Weawi..28b..84L |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/00431672.1975.9931742 |issn=0043-1672|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Pedro Lascuráin]] becomes [[President of Mexico]] for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign|first naval attack]] on the [[Dardanelles]] begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of [[Gallipoli]].
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Yekatit 12]]: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in [[Addis Ababa]], Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of [[Eritrea]]n origin attempt to kill viceroy [[Rodolfo Graziani]] with a number of grenades.
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes [[Bombing of Darwin|attack]] the northern Australian city of [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]], killing 243 people.
*  1942   &ndash; World War II: United States President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] signs [[Executive Order 9066|executive order 9066]], allowing the United States military to relocate [[Japanese Americans]] to [[Internment of Japanese Americans|internment camps]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: [[Battle of Kasserine Pass]] in [[Tunisia]] begins.
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: [[Battle of Iwo Jima]]: About 30,000 [[United States Marine]]s land on the island of [[Iwo Jima]].
*[[1948]] &ndash; The [[Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence]] convenes in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]].
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Ezra Pound]] is awarded the first [[Bollingen Prize|Bollingen Prize in poetry]] by the [[Bollingen Foundation]] and [[Yale University]].
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Book censorship in the United States]]: The Georgia Literature Commission is established.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/georgia-literature-commission|title=Georgia Literature Commission|website=New Georgia Encyclopedia|access-date=2020-02-20|archive-date=2020-05-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507181052/https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/georgia-literature-commission|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[1954 transfer of Crimea|Transfer of Crimea]]: The [[Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Soviet Politburo]] of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the [[Crimean Oblast]] from the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]] to the [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]].
*[[1959]] &ndash; The United Kingdom grants [[Cyprus]] independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
*[[1960]] &ndash; China successfully launches the [[T-7 (rocket)|T-7]], its first [[sounding rocket]].
*[[1963]] &ndash; The publication of [[Betty Friedan]]'s ''[[The Feminine Mystique]]'' reawakens the [[feminist movement]] in the United States as women's organizations and [[consciousness raising]] groups spread.
*[[1965]] &ndash; Colonel [[Phạm Ngọc Thảo]] of the [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam]], and a communist spy of the [[North Vietnam]]ese [[Viet Minh]], along with Generals [[Lâm Văn Phát]] and [[Trần Thiện Khiêm]], all Catholics, [[1965 South Vietnamese coup|attempt a coup]] against the military [[Military dictatorship|junta]] of the Buddhist [[Nguyễn Khánh]].
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Executive Order 9066]], which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President [[Gerald Ford]]'s Proclamation 4417.
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Egyptian raid on Larnaca International Airport|Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport]] in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the [[Republic of Cyprus]] authorities. The [[Cypriot National Guard]] and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|C-130]] transport plane in open combat.
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[William J. Schroeder]] becomes the first recipient of an [[artificial heart]] to leave the hospital.
*  1985   &ndash; A [[Boeing 727]] operating as [[Iberia Flight 610]] crashes [[Mount Oiz]] in Spain, killing 148; it is the deadliest accident to occur in [[Iberia (airline)|Iberia]]'s history and the deadliest in [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque County]] to occur.
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Akkaraipattu massacre]]: the [[Sri Lankan Army]] massacres 80 [[Tamils|Tamil]] farm workers in eastern [[Sri Lanka]].
*[[1988]] &ndash; A [[Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner]] operating as [[AVAir Flight 3378]] crashes in [[Cary, North Carolina]], killing 12.<ref name="accident report">{{cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Aircraft Accident Report: Avair Inc. Flight 3378 Fairchild Metro III, SA227 AC, N622AV, Cary, North Carolina, February 19, 1988 |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR8810.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003152221/http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR8810.pdf |archive-date=October 3, 2015 |accessdate=March 16, 2013 |website=ntsb.gov |publisher=National Transportation Safety Board}} - [https://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR88-10.pdf Copy at] [[Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University]].</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Flying Tiger Line Flight 66|Flying Tiger Line flight 66]] crashes into a hill near [[Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport]] in [[Malaysia]], killing four.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19890219-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 747-249F N807FT Kuala Lumpur Subang International Airport (KUL)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2020-01-13|archive-date=2019-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214163634/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19890219-0|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[NASA]]'s [[Mars Odyssey]] [[Uncrewed spacecraft|space probe]] begins to map the surface of [[Mars]] using its thermal emission imaging system.
*[[2003]] &ndash; An [[Ilyushin Il-76]] military aircraft [[2003 Iran Ilyushin Il-76 crash|crashes]] near [[Kerman]], Iran, killing 275.
*[[2006]] &ndash; A [[methane]] explosion in a [[coal mine]] near [[Nueva Rosita]], Mexico, [[Pasta de Conchos mine disaster|kills 65 miners]].
*[[2011]] &ndash; The debut exhibition of the [[Belitung shipwreck]], containing the largest collection of [[Tang dynasty]] artifacts found in one location, begins in [[Singapore]].
*[[2012]] &ndash; Forty-four people are killed in a prison [[Apodaca prison riot|brawl]] in [[Apodaca|Apodaca, Nuevo León]], Mexico.
*[[2020]] &ndash;  Nine people are killed in [[Hanau shootings|two domestic terrorist shootings]] in [[Hanau]], [[Hesse]], Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-19 |title=Kulturstaatsministerin Roth zum fünften Jahrestag des Hanau-Attentats: "Die Opfer des rassistischen Anschlags sind unvergessen für unser Land" |url=https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktuelles/kulturstaatsministerin-roth-zum-fuenften-jahrestag-des-hanau-attentats-die-opfer-des-rassistischen-anschlags-sind-unvergessen-fuer-unser-land--2335776 |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=Die Bundesregierung |language=de}}</ref>
*2021 &ndash; [[Death of Mya Thwe Thwe Khine|Mya Thwe Thwe Khine]], a 19-year-old protester, becomes the first known casualty of [[Myanmar protests (2021–present)|anti-coup protests]] that formed in response to the [[2021 Myanmar coup d'état]].<ref>{{Cite news |author= |date=2021-02-10 |title='It was her spirit': Myanmar teen shot by police was determined to protest coup |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-politics-victim-idUSKBN2AA1J0 |access-date=2021-02-16}}</ref>