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

September 19: Facts & Myths About This Day

September 19 is the 262^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 103 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

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

When this day started, 1,758,240,000 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 ‘dihectahexacontadigon’ day.

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

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 151 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 4,655 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 19 Historical Events

• 1676 –
  Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon’s Rebellion.
• 1692 –
  Giles Corey is pressed to death after refusing to plead in the Salem witch trials.
• 1778 –
  The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States.
• 1799 –
  French Revolutionary Wars: French-Dutch victory against the Russians and British in the Battle of Bergen.
• 1862 –
  American Civil War: Battle of Iuka – Union troops under General William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by General Sterling Price.
• 1945 –
  Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) is sentenced to death in London.
• 1971 –
  Montagnard troops of South Vietnam revolt against the rule of Nguyen Khanh, killing 70 ethnic Vietnamese soldiers.
• 1981 –
  Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a free concert in New York’s Central Park.
• 1990 –
  Delhi University student Rajiv Goswami attempts Self Immolation during Anti-Reservation agitation in India. Though he survived, his Self Immolation inspired nearly 150 self immolation bids and indirectly led to the Resignation of V P Singh Govt.
• 1991 –
  Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by German tourists.

Who were born on September 19?

• 1888 –
  Porter Hall, American actor d. 1953
• 1907 –
  Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr., American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1998)
• 1915 –
  Clyde Moody, bluegrass musician (d. 1989)
• 1940 –
  Paul Williams, American composer
• 1949 –
  Sally Potter, English film director and screenwriter
• 1952 –
  Henry Kaiser (musician), American guitarist and composer
• 1958 –
  Lucky Ali, Indian singer, Composer and Actor
• 1964 –
  Kim Richards, American child actress
• 1978 –
  Nick Johnson, American baseball player
• 1981 –
  Damiano Cunego, Italian cyclist

Who died on September 19?

• 1843 –
  Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (b. 1792)
• 1905 –
  Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist (b. 1845)
• 1927 –
  Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849)
• 1949 –
  George Shiels, Irish dramatist (b. 1886)
• 1949 –
  Nikos Skalkottas, Greek composer (b. 1901)
• 1967 –
  Zinaida Serebriakova, Russian painter (b. 1884)
• 1997 –
  Jack May, American voice actor (b. 1922)
• 2001 –
  Rhys Jones, Welsh-Australian archeologist (b. 1941)
• 2004 –
  Árpád Bogsch, Hungarian-born American civil servant (b. 1919)
• 2004 –
  Damayanti Joshi, Indian classical dancer of Kathak style (b. 1928)