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

August 19: Facts & Myths About This Day

August 19 is the 231^st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 134 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 6, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,259,360 minutes 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 ‘dihectatriacontahenagon’ day.

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

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 182 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 4,624 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

August 19 Historical Events

• 43 BC –
  Octavian, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.
• 1561 –
  An 18-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.
• 1612 –
  The “Samlesbury witches”, three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused for practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in English history.
• 1666 –
  Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as “Holmes’s Bonfire”.
• 1692 –
  Salem witch trials: in Salem, Massachusetts, Province of Massachusetts Bay five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
• 1782 –
  American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks – the last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Lord Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
• 1909 –
  First automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway takes place.
• 1944 –
  World War II: Liberation of Paris – Paris rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
• 1945 –
  Vietnam War: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
• 1953 –
  Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

Who were born on August 19?

• 1596 –
  Elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (d. 1662)
• 1902 –
  Ogden Nash, American poet (d. 1971)
• 1912 –
  Austin Dobson, British racing driver (d. 1963)
• 1940 –
  Jill St. John, American actress
• 1947 –
  Gerard Schwarz, American conductor
• 1957 –
  Paul-Jan Bakker, Netherland cricketer
• 1963 –
  John Stamos, American actor
• 1965 –
  Kevin Dillon, American actor
• 1973 –
  Carl Bulfin, New Zealand cricketer
• 1986 –
  Saori Kimura, Japanese volleyball player

Who died on August 19?

• 1186 –
  Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158)
• 1493 –
  Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1415)
• 1680 –
  Jean Eudes, French catholic priest, founder of the Eudists (b. 1601)
• 1923 –
  Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
• 1944 –
  Günther von Kluge, German field marshal (b. 1882)
• 1959 –
  Jacob Epstein, American-born sculptor (b. 1880)
• 1979 –
  Dorsey Burnette, American singer (b. 1932)
• 2000 –
  Antonio Pugliese, Italian professional wrestler (b. 1941)
• 2001 –
  Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (b. 1939)
• 2003 –
  Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948)