August 19th, 1257

Born on August 19th, 1257

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 280,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 962 days, exactly on December 26th, 2026, people who were born on August 19th, 1257 will be 281,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 19th?

August 19th, 2017

Around 250,000 farmed non-native Atlantic salmon were accidentally released into the wild near Cypress Island, Washington.

August 19th, 2005

Thunderstorms in southern Ontario, Canada, spawned at least three tornadoes that caused over C$500 million in damage.

August 19th, 2003

A Hamas suicide bomber killed 23 people and wounded more than 130 others, including many Orthodox Jewish children, on a crowded public bus in Shmuel HaNavi, Jerusalem.

August 19th, 2002

Second Chechen War: A Russian Mil Mi-26 was brought down by Chechen separatists with a man-portable air-defense system near Khankala, killing 127 people in the deadliest helicopter crash in history.

August 19th, 1953

The intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom and the United States orchestrated a coup d'état of Iranian prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh and restored the constitutional monarchy of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

August 19th, 1950

The 766th Independent Infantry Regiment of North Korea was disbanded after fighting for less than two months in the Korean War.

August 19th, 1934

A referendum supported the recent merging of the posts of Chancellor and President of Germany, consolidating Adolf Hitler's assumption of supreme power.

August 19th, 1920

Russian Civil War: Peasants in Tambov Governorate began a rebellion against the Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia.

August 19th, 1897

The Bersey Electric Cab entered service as the first electric taxi in London.

August 19th, 1759

Seven Years' War: Having damaged several French vessels, British ships pursued the remainder of the fleet to Lagos, Portugal, and continued the battle there (depicted) in violation of Portuguese neutrality.

August 19th, 1745

Bonnie Prince Charlie (pictured) raised the Jacobite standard at Glenfinnan, Scotland, in an attempt to regain the British throne for his father, beginning the Jacobite rising of 1745.

August 19th, 1274

Shortly after his return from the Ninth Crusade, Edward I was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey, nearly two years after his father's death.

August 19th, 1945

August Revolution: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.

August 19th, 1944

World War II: Liberation of Paris: Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.

August 19th, 1942

World War II: Operation Jubilee: The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails.

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

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

37

Tian Qing

Chinese badminton player

*August 19th, 1986, Anhua County

77

Bill Clinton

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

54

Matthew Perry

American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)

*August 19th, 1969, Williamstown †October 28th, 2023, Los Angeles

39

Simon Stone

Australian theatre director, writer and actor

*August 19th, 1984, Basel

20

Letshanaa A. Karupathevan

Malaysian badminton player

*August 19th, 2003, Selangor

56

Nandana Sen

American actress

*August 19th, 1967, Kolkata

30

Nik Tendo

Czech rapper

*August 19th, 1993, Pardubice

49

Edward Boscawen

Royal Navy admiral (1711-1761)

*August 19th, 1711, Tregothnan †January 10th, 1761, Surrey

80

Ginger Baker

British drummer (1939–2019)

*August 19th, 1939, Lewisham †October 6th, 2019, Canterbury

67

Adam Arkin

American actor and director

*August 19th, 1956, Brooklyn

39

Alessandro Matri

Italian footballer

*August 19th, 1984, Sant'Angelo Lodigiano

39

Simon Bird

British actor and comedian

*August 19th, 1984, Guildford

37

Sebastián Sosa

Uruguayan footballer violín

*August 19th, 1986, Montevideo

72

Jean-Luc Mélenchon

French politician (born 1951)

*August 19th, 1951, Tangier

58

James Tomkins

Australian rower

*August 19th, 1965, Sydney

29

Fernando Gaviria

Colombian Road racing cyclist

*August 19th, 1994, La Ceja del Tambo

75

Ian McElhinney

Northern Irish actor, director

*August 19th, 1948, Belfast

71

Renaud Van Ruymbeke

French judge

*August 19th, 1952, Neuilly-sur-Seine

68

Peter Gallagher

American actor

*August 19th, 1955, Manhattan

48

Chynna Clugston Flores

American comic book creator

*August 19th, 1975, Fresno

58

Kyra Sedgwick

American actress (born 1965)

*August 19th, 1965, New York City

79

Jean-Paul Fitoussi

French economist (1942-2022)

*August 19th, 1942, La Goulette †April 15th, 2022, Paris

80

Hans-Joachim Weimann

German historian

*August 19th, 1932, Kassel †December 14th, 2012

50

Marco Materazzi

Italian association football player and manager

*August 19th, 1973, Lecce

36

Nico Hülkenberg

Formula One racing driver

*August 19th, 1987, Emmerich am Rhein

73

John Flamsteed

English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal

*August 19th, 1646, Denby †December 31st, 1719, Burstow

87

Coco Chanel

French fashion designer (1883–1971)

*August 19th, 1883, Saumur †January 10th, 1971, Hôtel Ritz Paris

33

Mathias Pogba

Guinean footballer (born 1990)

*August 19th, 1990, Conakry

56

Satya Nadella

Indian American business executive and CEO of Microsoft

*August 19th, 1967, Hyderabad

38

David A. Gregory

American actor

*August 19th, 1985, Fairbanks

80

Johnny Nash

American singer (1940–2020)

*August 19th, 1940, Houston †October 6th, 2020, Houston

72

Peter Noble

English footballer (1944-2017)

*August 19th, 1944, Newcastle upon Tyne †May 6th, 2017

78

Ian Gillan

English singer

*August 19th, 1945, Chiswick

51

Roberto Abbondanzieri

Argentine association football player

*August 19th, 1972, Bouquet, Santa Fe

81

Shankar Dayal Sharma

Indian politician (1918-1999)

*August 19th, 1918, Bhopal †December 26th, 1999, New Delhi

62

Francesca Comencini

Italian film director and screenwriter

*August 19th, 1961, Rome

85

Ring Lardner Jr.

American screenwriter (1915–2000)

*August 19th, 1915, Chicago †October 31st, 2000, New York City

36

Richard Stearman

English association football player

*August 19th, 1987, Wolverhampton

68

Ogden Nash

American poet

*August 19th, 1902, New York †May 19th, 1971, Baltimore

70

Nanni Moretti

Italian screenwriter, film director, and actor

*August 19th, 1953, Bruneck

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 19th

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day) which are celebrated on August 19th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1257 is a normal year and no leap year.

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