February 19
Appearance
February 19is the 50th day of the year in theGregorian calendar.There are 315 days remaining until the end of the year (316 inleap years).
Events[change|change source]
Up to 1900[change|change source]
- 197–Septimius Severusbecomes lone Emperor of the Roman Empire.
- 357- EmperorConstantius IIissues a decree closing allPagantemples in theRoman Empire.
- 1594– Polish-Lithuanian KingSigismund III Vasais crownedKingofSweden.
- 1600-PeruvianstratovolcanoHuaynaputinaexplodes in a violent eruption.
- 1674–Englandand theNetherlandssign theTreaty of Westminsterto end theThird Anglo-Dutch War.As part of the deal, New Amsterdam is transferred to English control, leading to it being renamed asNew York.
- 1771–Charles Messierdiscovers the Messier 49Galaxy.
- 1803–Thomas JeffersonrecognisesOhioas the 17thUSState. This is only made official later.
- 1807– FormerVice President of the United StatesAaron Burris arrested inAlabamaon charges of treason.
- 1819– ExplorerWilliam Smithdiscovers theSouth Shetland IslandsnearAntarctica.
- 1845– TheUSannexesTexas.
- 1860- Passenger steamer "Hungarian" of the Canadian-British Allan Line is tossed against cliffs on Sable Island,Nova Scotia,EasternCanada,killing all 205 people on board.
- 1861– Serfdom is abolished inRussia.
- 1878–Thomas Edisonpatents thephonograph.
- 1884- Over 60tornadoeshit the SouthernUnited States.
1901 – 2000[change|change source]
- 1915– The first naval attack on theDardanellesbegins when a strongAnglo-French force bombsOttomanartilleryalong the coast ofGallipoli.
- 1928- TheWinter OlympicsinSt. Moritz,Switzerland,end.
- 1942–World War II:250Japanesewarplanesbombthe city ofDarwininAustralia'sNorthern Territory,killing 243 people.
- 1942- United States PresidentFranklin D. Rooseveltissues Order 9066, leading to the moving ofJapaneseAmericans tointernment camps.
- 1945–World War II:30,000United States Marinesland onIwo Jima(Battle of Iwo Jima)
- 1959– TheUnited KingdomgrantsCyprusindependence, which it gains on August 16, 1960.
- 1960-Chinasuccessfully launches the T-7, the first soundingrocket.
- 1960- German skierGeorg Thomabecomes the first person from outsideScandinaviato win the Olympicgold medalin theNordic Combinedevent, at the1960 Winter OlympicsinSquaw Valley,California.
- 1968-Mister Rogers' Neighborhoodairs its first episode onPBSwith hostFred Rogers
- 1976- United States PresidentGerald Fordreverses Order 9066, which hadJapaneseAmericans being moved tointernment camps.
- 1978– At least 10Egyptiancommandosare killed in agunbattle with GreekCypriotsoldiersatLarnaca AirportinCyprus.
- 1985–Iberia Airlines Flight 610crashes nearBilbao,killing all 148 people on board.
- 1985-William J. Schroederbecomes the first person to both receive an artificialheartand be able to leavehospital.
- 1985-EastEndersis first broadcast on theBBC.
- 1986– TheSoviet Unionlaunches theMirspacecraft.
- 1986– TheSri LankanArmymassacres 80Tamilfarmworkers in the eastern Province.
From 2001[change|change source]
- 2001–Foot and Mouth Diseaseis discovered at anabattoirinEssex,leading to an outbreak across theUnited Kingdom.
- 2001– TheOklahoma City bombingmuseum is officially opened.
- 2002–NASA'sMars Odysseyspaceprobe begins tomapthe surface ofMars,using its thermal imaging system.
- 2003- An Ilyushin II-76militaryaircraftcrashes near Kerman,Iran,killing 275 people.
- 2006– Amethaneexplosion at acoalminenear Nueva Rosita,Mexico,kills 65 people.
- 2008–Fidel Castroannounces his resignation asPresidentofCuba.His brother,Raul Castro,succeeds him.
- 2010– Chemical Element 112 is namedCopernicium.
- 2011- The first exhibition of the Belitung Shipwreck, containing the largest collection ofTang Dynastyartefacts found in one location, begins inSingapore.
- 2012–Iransuspendsoilexports to theUnited KingdomandFrance,in response to an embargo imposed by theEU.
- 2012–Joachim Gauckis put forward as the main candidate to succeedChristian WulffasPresident of Germany.
Births[change|change source]
Up to 1900[change|change source]
- 1473–Nicolaus Copernicus,Polish astronomer and mathematician (d.1543)
- 1626–February 18/19 –Francesco Redi,physician (d.1697)
- 1630–Shivaji,founder of theMaratha Empire(d.1680)
- 1660–Friedrich Hoffmann,physician and chemist (d.1742)
- 1717–David Garrick,actor (d.1779)
- 1733-Daniel Solander,Swedishbotanist(d.1782)
- 1743–Luigi Boccherini,Italian composer (d.1805)
- 1754-Vincenzo Monti,Italian writer (d.1828)
- 1789-William Fairbairn,Scottishengineer(d.1874)
- 1798–Allan MacNab,Canadian politician (d.1862)
- 1799-Ferdinand Reich,Germanchemistandphysicist(d.1882)
- 1802–Wilhelm Matthias Näff,member of theSwiss Federal Council(d.1881)
- 1804–David Wark,Canadian politician and Senator (d.1905)
- 1817– KingWilliam III of the Netherlands(d.1890)
- 1821–August Schleicher,German linguist (d.1868)
- 1833–Elie Ducommun,Swiss journalist (d.1906)
- 1843-Adelina Patti,Italianoperasinger (d.1919)
- 1855-Nishinoumi Kajiro I,Japanesesumowrestler (d.1908)
- 1859–Svante Arrhenius,Swedish chemist,Nobel Prizelaureate (d.1927)
- 1863-Augusto B. Leguia,PresidentofPeru(d.1932)
- 1865–Sven Hedin,Swedish scientist and adventurer (d.1952)
- 1865-Ferdinand Löwe,Austrian conductor (d.1925)
- 1866-Thomas Jefferson Jackson See,Americanastronomer(d.1962)
- 1869–Hovhannes Tumanyan,Armenian writer and poet (d.1923)
- 1873-Louis Feuillade,French director (d.1925)
- 1876–Constantin Brancusi,Romanian sculptor (d.1957)
- 1877-George Melford,American director (d.1961)
- 1877–Gabriele Münter,German painter (d.1962)
- 1879-Luigj Gurakuqi,Albanian writer and politician (d.1925)
- 1880–Alvaro Obregon,PresidentofMexico(d.1928)
- 1888–Aurora Quezon,First Lady of thePhilippines(d.1949)
- 1888–José Eustasio Rivera,Colombian writer (d.1928)
- 1893–Cedric Hardwicke,British actor, director and producer (d.1964)
- 1895-Louis Calhern,American actor (d.1956)
- 1895-Diego Mazquiaran,Spanish matador (d.1940)
- 1896-André Breton,French poet (d.1966)
- 1897-Alma Rubens,American actress (d.1931)
- 1899-Yury Olesha,Russiannovelist(d.1960)
1901 – 1950[change|change source]
- 1901–Florence Green,Britishsupercentenarianand last-survivingWorld War Iservice veteran (d.2012)
- 1903-Orma Slack,Canadiansupercentenarian(d.2015)
- 1910-William Grey Walter,American-British neurophysiologist(d.1977)
- 1910–Dorothy Janis,American actress (d.2010)
- 1911–Merle Oberon,British actress (d.1979)
- 1911–Bill Bowerman,American athletics coach (d.1999)
- 1912–Stan Kenton,American musician (d.1979)
- 1915-John Freeman,Englishpolitician(d.2014)
- 1916–Eddie Arcaro,American jockey (d.1997)
- 1917–Carson McCullers,American writer (d.1967)
- 1920–Jaan Kross,Estonian writer (d.2007)
- 1920–George Rose,British music hall entertainer (d.1988)
- 1922-Wladyslaw Bartoszewski,Polish historian, publicist and politician (d.2015)
- 1924–David Bronstein,Ukrainian chess player (d.2006)
- 1924–Lee Marvin,American actor (d.1987)
- 1926-Egisto Pandolfino,Italianfootballer
- 1928–Nicolas Hayek,Swiss watchmaker (d.2010)
- 1930–John Frankenheimer,American movie director (d.2002)
- 1930-Kasinathuni Viswanath,Indian film director
- 1931-Camillo Ruini,Italiancardinal
- 1932-Joseph P. Kerwin,AmericanNASAastronaut
- 1932-Jean-Pierre Ponnelle,Frenchtheaterdirector(d.1988)
- 1937-Boris Pugo,Soviet-Latvian politician
- 1937-David Margulies,American actor (d.2016)
- 1938-Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama(d.1989)
- 1939-Erin Pizzey,British activist, writer and briadcaster
- 1939–Alfredo Bryce-Echenique,Peruvian novelist
- 1940–Smokey Robinson,American musician
- 1940-Bobby Rogers,Americansinger-songwriter(d.2013)
- 1940–Saparmurat Niyazov,formerPresidentofTurkmenistan(d.2006)
- 1940–Andrzej Strejlau,Polishfootballer,coachandhandballplayer
- 1941–David Gross,Americanphysicist
- 1941-Jenny Tonge, Baroness Tonge,English politician
- 1942-Will Provine,Americanhistorianandscientist(d.2015)
- 1942-Howard Stringer,formerCEOofSony
- 1942–Paul Krause,American football player
- 1943–Lou Christie,American singer
- 1943–Tim Hunt,British biochemist
- 1943-Robert Trivers,American sociobiologistandevolutionarybiologist
- 1945–Michael Nader,American actor
- 1946–Karen Silkwood,American activist (d.1974)
- 1946-Carolyn Maloney,American politician
- 1947-Tim Shadbolt,MayorofInvercargill,New Zealand
- 1948–Tony Iommi,British musician (Black Sabbath)
- 1948–Pim Fortuyn,Dutch politician (d.2002)
- 1949–Dan Bunten,American software developer (d.1998)
- 1949-Eddie Hardin,Englishrock musicpianist(d.2015)
1951 – 1975[change|change source]
- 1951–Tahir-ul-Qadri,Islamic scholar and leader
- 1952–Danilo Türk,formerPresidentofSlovenia
- 1952–Amy Tan,American novelist
- 1952–Rodolfo Neri Vela,Mexicanastronaut
- 1953–Massimo Troisi,Italian actor (d.1994)
- 1953–Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner,President of Argentina
- 1953–Conrad Murray,American doctor,Michael Jackson's personalphysician
- 1954–Socrates,Brazilianfootballerand qualifiedphysician(d.2011)
- 1954–Francis Buchholz,German musician (Scorpions)
- 1955–Jeff Daniels,actor
- 1956–Roderick MacKinnon,American biologist
- 1957–Falco,Austrian singer (d.1998)
- 1957–Ray Winstone,British actor
- 1958–Helen Fielding,British writer
- 1960–Prince Andrew,second son ofQueen Elizabeth II
- 1960-Leslie Ash,English actress
- 1961–Justin Fashanu,Englishfootballer(d.1998)
- 1962–Hana Mandlikova,Czech-born Australiantennisplayer
- 1963–Seal,British singer
- 1964-Jonathan Lethem,American writer
- 1965–Michael Westphal,Germantennisplayer (d.1991)
- 1966–Justine Bateman,American actress
- 1966-Enzo Scifo,Belgianfootballer
- 1966–Paul Haarhuis,tennis player
- 1967–Benicio Del Toro,Puerto-Rican actor
- 1968-Frank Watkins,Americanmusician(d.2015)
- 1972-Malky Mackay,Scottish football manager
- 1973-Eric Lange,American actor
From 1976[change|change source]
- 1976-Jahidi White,Americanbasketballplayer
- 1977–Gianluca Zambrotta,Italian footballer
- 1979–Andrew Buchan,British actor
- 1979–Steven Cherundolo,Americansoccerplayer
- 1979–Eva-Maria Bisschop,Belgian pop star
- 1980-Ma Lin,Chinesetable tennisplayer
- 1981-Vitas,Russian singer
- 1981–Nicky Shorey,Englishfootballer
- 1981-Kyle Martino,Americanfootballer
- 1981-Beth Ditto,American singer
- 1981-Baiba Skride,Latvian classicalviolinist
- 1982-Camelia Potec,Romanian swimmer
- 1983–Nick Zoricic,Canadian skier (d.2012)
- 1985–Haylie Duff,American singer and actress
- 1985-Arielle Kebbel,American actress
- 1986-Björn Gustafsson,Swedish comedian
- 1986-Henri Karjalainen,Finnish racing driver
- 1986–Maria Mena,Norwegian singer
- 1986–Marta Vieira da Silva,Brazilian footballer
- 1988-Miyu Irino,Japanese voice actor
- 1989–Sone Aluko,former Aberdeen F.C. footballer
- 1991-Christoph Kramer,Germanfootballer
- 1992-Helene Hegemann,Germanwriter,directorandactress
- 1992-Georgi Milanov,Bulgarianfootballer
- 1993–Victoria Justice,American actress
- 2004–Millie Bobby Brown,English actress[1]
Deaths[change|change source]
Up to 1900[change|change source]
- 197-Clodius Albinus,Roman Governor of Britain
- 1133-Irene Ducaena,Byzantine Empress (b.1066)
- 1553–Erasmus Reinhold,Germanastronomerandmathematician(b.1511)
- 1605–Orazio Vecchi,Italian composer (b.1550)
- 1653–Luigi de Rossi,Italian composer (b.1597)
- 1663-Adam Adami,German bishop and diplomat (b.1603)
- 1670– KingFrederick III of Denmark(b.1609)
- 1672-Charles Chauncy,English-born President of Harvard College (b.1592)
- 1709–Tokugawa Tsunayoshi,Japaneseshogun(b.1646)
- 1716-Yostos,Emperor of Ethiopia(b. before1690)
- 1716–Dorothe Engelbretsdotter,Norwegian writer (b.1634)
- 1729–Karol Piotr Pancerzyński,Saint bishop and uncle ofKazimierz Ludwik Piłsudski,the ofJózef Piłsudski(b. 1690)
- 1789–Nicholas Van Dyke,American lawyer andPresidentofDelaware(b.1738)
- 1799–Jean-Charles de Borda,Frenchscientist(b.1733)
- 1837–Georg Büchner,Germanplaywright(b.1813)
- 1863-Roger Sherman Baldwin,GovernorofConnecticut(b.1793)
- 1868-Venancio Flores,Uruguayangeneralandpolitician(b.1808)
- 1887-Multatuli,Dutch writer (b.1820)
1901 – 2000[change|change source]
- 1915-Gopal Krishna Gokhale,Indianphilosopherandpolitician(b.1866)
- 1916–Ernst Mach,Austrianphysicistandphilosopher(b.1838)
- 1927–Robert Fuchs,Austrian composer (b.1847)
- 1936–Billy Mitchell,American general and military aviation pioneer (b.1879)
- 1945-Fay Moulton,American sprinter, football player, coach and lawyer (b.1876)
- 1951–André Gide,French writer (b.1869)
- 1952–Knut Hamsun,Norwegian writer (b.1859)
- 1957–Maurice Garin,French cyclist (b.1871)
- 1958-Charles King,American athlete (b.1880)
- 1962–Georgios Papanikolaou,Greek doctor (b.1883)
- 1968-Georg Hackenschmidt,Estonian-English strongman and wrestler (b.1877)
- 1972–John Grierson,Scottish documentary movie maker (b.1898)
- 1973-Kostas Negrepontis,Greekfootballer(b.1897)
- 1973–Joseph Szigeti,Hungarianviolinist(b.1892)
- 1975-Luigi Dallapiccola,Italian composer (b.1904)
- 1980-Bon Scott,singer (AC/DC) (b.1946)
- 1983-Alice White,American actress (b.1904)
- 1986-Adolfo Celi,Italianactoranddirector(b.1927)
- 1988–André Frédéric Cournand,French-bornphysician(b.1895)
- 1990-Edris Rice-Wray,Americanphysician(b.1904)
- 1994-Derek Jarman,Britishmovie director(b.1942)
- 1996-Antonio Creus,Spanish racing driver (b.1924)
- 1997–Deng Xiaoping,Chinese Communist leader (b.1904)
- 1998–Grandpa Jones,American entertainer (b.1913)
- 2000–Friedensreich Hundertwasser,Austrian artist (b.1928)
From 2001[change|change source]
- 2001–Stanley Kramer,American director (b.1913)
- 2003-Johnny Paycheck,American singer (b.1938)
- 2008–Lydia Shum,Hong Kong actress and singer (b.1945)
- 2010–Lionel Jeffries,British actor (b.1926)
- 2011-Ollie Matson,American football player (b.1930)
- 2011–Dietrich Stobbe,German politician andMayorofBerlin(b.1938)
- 2012–Ruth Barcan Marcus,Americanphilosopherand logician (b.1921)
- 2012–Renato Dulbecco,ItalianvirologistandNobel Prizewinner (b.1914)
- 2013-Armen Alchian,Armenian-American economist (b.1914)
- 2013-Eva Bergh,Norwegian actress (b.1926)
- 2013-Robert Coleman Richardson,Americanphysicist(b.1937)
- 2013-Donald Richie,American author (b.1924)
- 2014-Valeri Kubasov,Soviet-Russiancosmonaut(b.1935)
- 2014-Dale Gardner,Americanastronaut(b.1948)
- 2014-Toni Ucci,Italian actor and comedian (b.1922)
- 2014-Kresten Bjerre,Danishfootballer(b.1946)
- 2014-Simon Diaz,Venezuelan folk singer and composer (b.1928)
- 2015-Harris Wittels,Americantelevisionproducerandwriter(b.1984)
- 2016-Tamerlan Aguzarov,Russianpolitician(b.1963)
- 2016-Harper Lee,Americanwriter(b.1926)
- 2016-William O'Brien,English naval officer (b.1916)
- 2016-Vi Subversa,Englishmusician(b.1935)
- 2016-Samuel Willenberg,Polish-Israelisculptor(b.1923)
- 2016-Umberto Eco,Italianwriterandphilosopher(b.1932)
- 2016-Bruno Zuppiger,Swisspolitician(b.1952)
- 2017-Alejandro Atchugarry,Uruguayan lawyer and politician (b.1952)
- 2017-Kaci Kullmann Five,Norwegian politician (b.1951)
- 2017-Larry Coryell,Americanjazzguitarist(b.1943)
- 2017-Altamas Kabir,39thChief Justice of India(b.1948)
- 2017-Igor Shafarevich,Ukrainian-Russianmathematician(b.1923)
- 2017-Danuta Szaflarska,Polish actress (b.1915)
- 2017-John S. Wold,American politician (b.1916)
- 2017-Roman Zhuravskyi,Ukrainianfootballer(b.1948)
Observances[change|change source]
- Armed Forces Day (Mexico)
- Flag Day (Turkmenistan)
- Shivaji Jayanti (MaharashtrainIndia)
References[change|change source]
- ↑"Millie Bobby Brown - Biography".Biography.Archived fromthe originalon 11 August 2018.Retrieved10 August2018.