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

February 19: Facts & Myths About This Day

February 19 is the 50^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 316 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

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

When this day started, 1,708,300,800 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 ‘pentacontagon’ day.

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

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 345 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 4,077 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

February 19 Historical Events

• 197 –
  Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.
• 1594 –
  Having already inherited the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine Jagellonica of Poland, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, succeeding his father John III of Sweden.
• 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 Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
• 1807 –
  In Alabama, former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason and confined to Fort Stoddert.
• 1859 –
  Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity. This is the 1st time this defense is successfully used in the United States.
• 1876 –
  Founding of the National Amateur Press Association (NAPA) in Philadelphia.
• 1939 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
• 1943 –
  World War II: Battle of the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
• 1985 –
  Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148.
• 1999 –
  President Bill Clinton issues a posthumous pardon for U.S. Army Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper.

Who were born on February 19?

• 1804 –
  Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, German physician (d. 1878)
• 1904 –
  Havank, Dutch writer (d. 1964)
• 1911 –
  Merle Oberon, British actress (d. 1979)
• 1937 –
  Robert Walker Jr., American blues guitarist
• 1940 –
  Smokey Robinson, American singer
• 1946 –
  Paul Dean, Canadian guitarist (Loverboy)
• 1951 –
  Tahir-ul-Qadri, Pakistani Islamic Sufi Scholar
• 1952 –
  Rodolfo Neri Vela, Mexican astronaut
• 1955 –
  Jeff Daniels, American actor
• 1993 –
  Empress Schuck, Filipina actress

Who died on February 19?

• 1553 –
  Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1511)
• 1602 –
  Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (b. 1558)
• 1663 –
  Adam Adami, German bishop and diplomat (b. 1603)
• 1789 –
  Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware (b. 1738)
• 1837 –
  Georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813)
• 1916 –
  Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1970 –
  Christoforos Nezer, Greek actor (b. 1887)
• 1972 –
  Lee Morgan, American jazz musician (b. 1938)
• 1992 –
  Tojo Yamamoto, American professional wrestler (b. 1927)
• 2007 –
  Janet Blair, American actress (b. 1921)