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

January 19: Facts & Myths About This Day

January 19 is the 19^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 347 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 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, 1,705,622,400 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 ‘enneadecagon’ day.

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

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 22 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 4,046 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

January 19 Historical Events

• 1419 –
  Hundred Years’ War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy.
• 1788 –
  The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay.
• 1795 –
  The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands bringing to an end the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
• 1812 –
  Peninsular War: After a ten day siege, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, orders British soldiers of the Light and third divisions to storm Ciudad Rodrigo.
• 1853 –
  Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Il Trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
• 1915 –
  World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King’s Lynn in the United Kingdom killing more than 20, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
• 1920 –
  The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
• 1953 –
  68% of all television sets in the United States are tuned in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
• 1978 –
  The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW’s plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America would continue until 2003.
• 1983 –
  Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia.

Who were born on January 19?

• 1893 –
  Magda Tagliaferro, Brazilian classical pianist (d. 1986)
• 1920 –
  Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian United Nations Secretary General
• 1941 –
  Colin Gunton, British theologian (d. 2003)
• 1944 –
  Dan Reeves, American football coach
• 1949 –
  Dennis Taylor, Northern Irish snooker player
• 1966 –
  Floris Jan Bovelander, Dutch field hockey player
• 1966 –
  Sylvain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 –
  Angela Chang, Taiwanese singer and actress
• 1984 –
  Thomas Vanek, Austrian ice hockey player
• 1987 –
  Angus Monfries, Australian league footballer

Who died on January 19?

• 1954 –
  Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1885)
• 1969 –
  Jan Palach, Czech student and political activist (suicide) (b. 1948)
• 1975 –
  Thomas Hart Benton, American painter (b. 1889)
• 1996 –
  Don Simpson, American film producer (b. 1943)
• 2001 –
  Dario Vittori, Argentine actor (b. 1921)
• 2003 –
  Françoise Giroud, French writer and journalist (b. 1916)
• 2004 –
  David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1955)
• 2004 –
  Harry E. Claiborne, American judge (suicide) (b. 1917)
• 2005 –
  Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian handball player (b. 1976)
• 2006 –
  Wilson Pickett, American singer (b. 1941)