February 19th, 1262

Born on February 19th, 1262

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 278,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 553 days, exactly on January 5th, 2026, people who were born on February 19th, 1262 will be 279,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 19th?

February 19th, 2012

Mexican drug war: Forty-four inmates died in a prison riot in Apodaca, Mexico, between members of Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel.

February 19th, 2011

Items from the Belitung shipwreck, the largest single collection of Tang-dynasty artefacts found in one location, were first exhibited in Singapore.

February 19th, 2006

A methane explosion in a coal mine in Nueva Rosita, Mexico, trapped and killed 65 miners.

February 19th, 1999

U.S. president Bill Clinton issued a posthumous pardon to Henry Ossian Flipper, the first African American graduate of West Point, who had been accused of embezzlement in 1881.

February 19th, 1986

The first module of the Soviet space station Mir was launched, establishing the first long-term research station in space.

February 19th, 1965

Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm attempted a coup against the military junta of Nguyễn Khánh.

February 19th, 1963

Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique, a non-fiction book credited with sparking the beginning of second-wave feminism in the United States, was first published.

February 19th, 1954

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency planted a cache of Soviet-made weapons on a beach in Nicaragua, as part of an effort to portray Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz as a Soviet puppet.

February 19th, 1942

World War II: U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the forcible relocation of over 112,000 Japanese Americans to internment camps.

February 19th, 1937

Italian forces began a brutal crackdown on Ethiopians following an attempted assassination of Rodolfo Graziani, the viceroy of Italian East Africa, in Addis Ababa.

February 19th, 1910

Old Trafford, a football stadium in Greater Manchester, England, hosted its inaugural match, between Manchester United and Liverpool.

February 19th, 1811

Peninsular War: Outnumbered French forces under Édouard Mortier routed and nearly destroyed Spanish troops at the Battle of the Gebora near Badajoz, Spain.

February 19th, 1903

A blockade against Venezuela (depicted), caused by President Cipriano Castro's refusal to pay foreign debts, was lifted.

February 19th, 2021

Mya Thwe Thwe Khine, a 19-year-old protester, becomes the first known casualty of anti-coup protests that formed in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.

February 19th, 2012

Forty-four people are killed in a prison brawl in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico.

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

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

70

Nicolaus Copernicus

Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473–1543)

*February 19th, 1473, Toruń †May 24th, 1543, Frombork

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

72

Georg Cantor

German mathematician, inventor of set theory (1845–1918)

*February 19th, 1845, Saint Petersburg †January 6th, 1918, Halle (Saale)

28

Mabel

English singer and songwriter

*February 19th, 1996, Alhaurín el Grande

88

Noëlle Ailloud

Badminton player

*February 19th, 1932, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon †January 6th, 2021, 5th arrondissement of Lyon

71

Barbara Schnitzler

German actress

*February 19th, 1953, East Berlin

91

Emil Forrer

Swiss linguist (1894-1986)

*February 19th, 1894, Strasbourg †January 10th, 1986, San Salvador

66

Stephan Henrik Barratt-Due

Norwegian violinist

*February 19th, 1919, Oslo †November 18th, 1985, Oslo

28

Ashnikko

American rapper and singer

*February 19th, 1996, Oak Ridge

81

Günter Ebert

German journalist and writer (1925-2006)

*February 19th, 1925, Meerane †July 17th, 2006, Berlin

21

Stephanie Widjaja

Badminton player

*February 19th, 2003, Jakarta

39

Arielle Kebbel

American actress and model

*February 19th, 1985, Winter Park

61

David Garrick

British actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer (1717–1779)

*February 19th, 1717, Hereford †January 20th, 1779, London

54

Bellamy Young

American actress

*February 19th, 1970, Asheville

61

Seal

British singer

*February 19th, 1963, Paddington

60

Jennifer Doudna

American biochemist

*February 19th, 1964, Washington, D.C.

85

Alfredo Bryce Echenique

Peruvian writer

*February 19th, 1939, Lima

69

Lucio Fontana

Italian-Argentine sculptor, painter and theorist, Manifiesto blanco, Spatialism (1899-1968)

*February 19th, 1899, Rosario †September 7th, 1968, Comabbio

57

Benicio del Toro

Puerto Rican actor

*February 19th, 1967, San Germán

48

Brian Price

Canadian rowing coxswain

*February 19th, 1976, Belleville

66

Saparmyrat Nyýazow

President of Turkmenistan from 1990 to 2006

*February 19th, 1940, Gypjak †December 21st, 2006, Ashgabat

83

David Gross

American particle physicist and string theorist

*February 19th, 1941, Washington, D.C.

64

Prince Andrew, Duke of York

Second son and third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)

*February 19th, 1960, Buckingham Palace

96

Jürgen von Beckerath

German Egyptologist (1920–2016)

*February 19th, 1920, Hanover †June 26th, 2016, Schlehdorf

43

Nicky Shorey

English association football player

*February 19th, 1981, Romford

31

Victoria Justice

American actress and singer

*February 19th, 1993, Hollywood

71

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

President of Argentina from 2007-2015, vice president of Argentina since 2019 to 2023

*February 19th, 1953, La Plata

47

Gianluca Zambrotta

Italian association football player

*February 19th, 1977, Como

57

Sócrates

Brazilian association football player [1954-2011]

*February 19th, 1954, Belém †December 4th, 2011, São Paulo

20

Millie Bobby Brown

British actress and model

*February 19th, 2004, Marbella

72

Rick Dufay

American musician

*February 19th, 1952, Paris

69

Jeff Daniels

American actor, musician and playwright

*February 19th, 1955, Athens

68

Roderick MacKinnon

American neuroscientist

*February 19th, 1956, Burlington

63

Lee Marvin

American actor (1924-1987)

*February 19th, 1924, New York City †August 29th, 1987, Tucson

86

Alberto Dines

Brazilian journalist and writer

*February 19th, 1932, Rio de Janeiro †May 22nd, 2018, São Paulo

87

Sven Hedin

Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

*February 19th, 1865, Stockholm †November 26th, 1952, Stockholm

68

Merle Oberon

British actress (1911-1979)

*February 19th, 1911, Mumbai †November 23rd, 1979, Malibu

42

Mattias Nilsson

Swedish biathlete

*February 19th, 1982, Östersund

25

Quinn Lord

Canadian actor

*February 19th, 1999, Vancouver

24

Ayoub Maach

Dutch singer

*February 19th, 2000, Huizen

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 19th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1262 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1262