On This Day
19th February
1878 – Thomas Edison patented the phonograph.
1861 – Serfdom was abolished in Russia.
1674 – England and the Netherlands signed the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transferred the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, whereupon it was renamed New York.
1878 – Thomas Edison patented the phonograph.
1861 – Serfdom was abolished in Russia.
1674 – England and the Netherlands signed the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transferred the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, whereupon it was renamed New York.
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