Editing February 19 (section)

===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}}</ref>