April 19th, 1240

Born on April 19th, 1240

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 286,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 619 days, exactly on January 29th, 2026, people who were born on April 19th, 1240 will be 287,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on April 19th?

April 19th, 2015

Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African American, died of injuries sustained while in the custody of the Baltimore Police Department.

April 19th, 1995

A car bombing destroyed much of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people and injuring more than 680 others.

April 19th, 1989

A gun turret exploded on board the United States Navy battleship Iowa, killing 47 sailors.

April 19th, 1984

"Advance Australia Fair", written by Scottish-born composer Peter Dodds McCormick, officially replaced "God Save the Queen" as Australia's national anthem.

April 19th, 1971

The Doors' L.A. Woman was released, their final album during Jim Morrison's lifetime.

April 19th, 1956

American actress Grace Kelly (pictured) became the princess consort of Monaco upon her marriage to Rainier III.

April 19th, 1927

American actress Mae West (pictured) was sentenced to ten days in jail for "corrupting the morals of youth" with her play Sex.

April 19th, 1903

Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Kishinev, the capital of Bessarabia Governorate, causing the death of nearly 50 Jews and focusing worldwide attention on the persecution of Jews in Russia.

April 19th, 1809

War of the Fifth Coalition: French general Louis-Nicolas Davout defeated an Austrian force in Lower Bavaria, allowing him to rejoin the main French army.

April 19th, 1782

The States General of the Dutch Republic received John Adams, and the house he had purchased in The Hague became the first United States embassy.

April 19th, 1775

The American Revolutionary War began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord in the British colony of Massachusetts.

April 19th, 1773

The Polish Partition Sejm met to discuss the First Partition of Poland, carried out the previous year by Russia, Prussia and Austria.

April 19th, 1713

With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issued the Pragmatic Sanction, allowing the Habsburg hereditary possessions to be inherited by a daughter.

April 19th, 1506

In Lisbon, a crowd began a massacre of Jews who had been forced to convert to Christianity.

April 19th, 1921

The Jaffa riots commence.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 19th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 19th?

85

Oswald Menghin

Austrian prehistorian

*April 19th, 1888, Merano †November 29th, 1973, Buenos Aires

29

Arizona Zervas

American rapper and singer

*April 19th, 1995, Providence

34

Jayne Mansfield

American actress and Playmate

*April 19th, 1933, Bryn Mawr †June 29th, 1967, Slidell

72

Tony Plana

Cuban actor

*April 19th, 1952, Havana

37

Maria Sharapova

Russian tennis player

*April 19th, 1987, Nyagan

65

Andreas Lämmel

German politician

*April 19th, 1959, Falkenstein, Saxony

53

Gad Elmaleh

Moroccan-Canadian comedian and actor

*April 19th, 1971, Casablanca

84

José Echegaray

Spanish author (1832-1916)

*April 19th, 1832, Madrid †September 14th, 1916, Madrid

58

Oliver Welke

German television presenter and comedian

*April 19th, 1966, Bielefeld

82

Harald Hauptmann

German praehistorian and near eastern archaeologist

*April 19th, 1936, Radkov †August 2nd, 2018

45

Kate Hudson

American actress (born 1979)

*April 19th, 1979, Los Angeles

46

James Franco

American actor

*April 19th, 1978, Palo Alto

67

Mukesh Ambani

Indian businessman

*April 19th, 1957, Aden

34

Damien Le Tallec

French association football player

*April 19th, 1990, Poissy

56

Mswati III

King of Eswatini

*April 19th, 1968, Manzini

82

Ferdinand I of Austria

Austrian emperor, king of Hungary and Bohemia (1793-1875)

*April 19th, 1793, Vienna †June 29th, 1875, Prague

86

Glenn T. Seaborg

American chemist (1912–1999)

*April 19th, 1912, Ishpeming †February 25th, 1999, Lafayette

56

Ashley Judd

American actress

*April 19th, 1968, Granada Hills

52

Rivaldo

Brazilian association football player

*April 19th, 1972, Recife

33

Eric Stanley

American internet entrepreneur and violinist

*April 19th, 1991, Chesapeake

85

Ali Khamenei

Supreme Leader of Iran since 1989

*April 19th, 1939, Mashhad

60

Frank-Peter Roetsch

East German biathlete

*April 19th, 1964, Güstrow

64

Gustavo Petro

President of Colombia since 2022

*April 19th, 1960, Ciénaga de Oro

45

Matthew Wells

British rower

*April 19th, 1979, Bradford

87

Joseph Estrada

President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001

*April 19th, 1937, Tondo

37

Joe Hart

English association football player

*April 19th, 1987, Shrewsbury

58

Frank Fontaine

American comedian and singer (1920–1978)

*April 19th, 1920, Cambridge †August 4th, 1978, Spokane

30

Cédric Hountondji

Beninese and French footballer

*April 19th, 1994, Toulouse

55

Alexis Korner

British blues musician and radio broadcaster

*April 19th, 1928, Paris †January 1st, 1984, London

91

Fernando Botero

Colombian painter and sculptor

*April 19th, 1932, Medellín †September 15th, 2023, Monaco

32

Bas Jan Ader

Dutch-American artist

*April 19th, 1942, Winschoten †January 1st, 1975, Atlantic Ocean

86

Gustav Fechner

German scientist (1801-1887)

*April 19th, 1801, Żarki Wielkie †November 18th, 1887, Leipzig

39

Nicolas Maurice-Belay

French footballer

*April 19th, 1985, Sucy-en-Brie

35

Marko Arnautović

Austrian association football player (born 1989)

*April 19th, 1989, Vienna

80

James Heckman

American economist

*April 19th, 1944, Chicago

55

Susan Polgar

Hungarian chess player (born 1969)

*April 19th, 1969, Budapest

46

Gabriel Heinze

Argentine association football player

*April 19th, 1978, Crespo, Entre Ríos

15

Elisabeth of Bohemia

Czech princess, daughter of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

*April 19th, 1358, Prague †September 19th, 1373, Vienna

37

Oksana Akinshina

Russian actress

*April 19th, 1987, Saint Petersburg

91

Fred Brooks

American computer scientist (1931-2022)

*April 19th, 1931, Durham †November 17th, 2022, Chapel Hill

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 19th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on April 19th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1240 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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