What are the important events that happened on April 19? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

April 19: Facts & Myths About This Day

April 19 is the 110^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 256 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 6, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,713,484,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectadecagon’ day.

Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 285 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,137 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

April 19 Historical Events

• 1529 –
  The Second Diet of Speyer bans Lutheranism; a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities (German: Reichsstadt) protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms, beginning the Protestant Reformation.
• 1587 –
  Francis Drake’s expedition sinks the Spanish fleet in Cádiz harbor.
• 1782 –
  John Adams secures the Dutch Republic’s recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague, Netherlands becomes the first American embassy.
• 1810 –
  Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparan, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a junta is installed.
• 1839 –
  The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom.
• 1861 –
  American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: a pro-Secession mob in Baltimore, Maryland, attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
• 1956 –
  Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
• 1985 –
  FBI siege on the compound of The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord (CSAL) in Arkansas
• 1993 –
  The 51-day siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Eighty-one people die.
• 2011 –
  Fidel Castro resigns from the Communist Party of Cuba’s central committee after 45 years of holding the title.

Who were born on April 19?

• 1877 –
  Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American inventor (d. 1934)
• 1897 –
  Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970)
• 1937 –
  Joseph Estrada, Philippine actor and politician, 13th President (1998-2001)
• 1940 –
  Dougal Haston, Scottish mountaineer (d. 1977)
• 1941 –
  Bobby Russell, American songwriter (d. 1992)
• 1942 –
  Alan Price, English musician (The Animals, The Alan Price Set)
• 1944 –
  James Heckman, American economist, Bank of Sweden Prize
• 1957 –
  Tony Martin, English musician
• 1969 –
  Susan Polgar, Hungarian-born American chess player
• 1981 –
  Troy Polamalu, American football player

Who died on April 19?

• 1054 –
  Pope Leo IX (b. 1002)
• 1686 –
  Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra, Spanish writer (b. 1610)
• 1689 –
  Queen Christina of Sweden (b. 1626)
• 1768 –
  Canaletto, Italian artist (b. 1697)
• 1833 –
  James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, Royal Navy admiral of the fleet (b. 1756)
• 1941 –
  Johanna Müller-Hermann, Austrian composer and pedagogue (b. 1878)
• 1949 –
  Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (b. 1877)
• 1975 –
  Percy Lavon Julian, American scientist (b.1899)
• 1993 –
  David Koresh, leader of Branch Davidians (b. 1959)
• 2007 –
  Helen Walton, widow of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton (b. 1919)