Advertisement

On this day: February 19

Published On: Feb 18 2013 06:31:49 PM CST   Updated On: Feb 19 2013 01:00:00 AM CST

Rescuers reach the Donner Party, Edison patents the phonograph, the Soviet Union launches the Mir space station, and Fidel Castro resigns as Cuban president, all on this day.

OTD February 19 - New Amsterdam
3 / 31
Public domain

1674: England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Netherlands, and its capital city of New Amsterdam, to England, which eventually renames both New York.

Features

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Advertisement

Upload Photos / Videos

Advertise With Us
Advertise With Us