February 19th, 1584

Born on February 19th, 1584

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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

A book-burning was held and politicians were arrested in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, as part of a simulated Nazi invasion.

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, 1931

The Socialist Soviet Republic of Abkhazia (flag pictured) was dissolved and reformed as the Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, an autonomous republic of the Soviet Union within Georgia.

February 19th, 2026

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor became the first member of the British royal family to be arrested in 379 years.

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

Same year
Born in 1584

26

Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain

Queen consort of Spain (1584-1611)

*December 25th, 1584, Graz †October 3rd, 1611, Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial

63

Frederick Henry of Orange-Nassau

Prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland (1584-1647)

*January 29th, 1584, Delft †March 14th, 1647, The Hague

68

Georg Rudolf Weckherlin

German poet

*September 15th, 1584, Stuttgart †February 13th, 1653, London

65

Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke

English courtier and politician (1584-1650)

*October 10th, 1584, Wilton House †January 23rd, 1650, Westminster

62

Matthias Gallas

Italian-Austrian nobleman and professional soldier

*September 16th, 1584, Trento †April 25th, 1647, Vienna

63

Caspar Barlaeus

Dutch polymath (1584-1648)

*February 12th, 1584, Antwerp †January 14th, 1648, Amsterdam

43

Philip Ernest, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1584-1628)

*August 11th, 1584, Langenburg †January 29th, 1628, Weikersheim

55

Michael Altenburg

German composer

*May 27th, 1584, Alach †February 12th, 1640, Erfurt

70

Francisco Correa de Araujo

Spanish organist and composer

*September 16th, 1584, Seville †October 31st, 1654, Segovia

82

Grégoire de Saint-Vincent

Jesuit, mathematician

*September 8th, 1584, Bruges †January 27th, 1667, Ghent

73

Diederich von dem Werder

German translator

*January 17th, 1584, Gröbzig †December 18th, 1657, Görzig

54

Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg

Foster-mother of Queen Christina of Sweden

*November 10th, 1584, Nyköping Town †December 13th, 1638, Västerås Town

54

Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo

Italian painter (1584–1638)

*January 1st, 1584, Voltri †August 18th, 1638, Genoa

55

Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk

English Earl

*August 13th, 1584, Saffron Walden †June 3rd, 1640, Charing Cross

69

John Selden

English jurist and scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution, and of Jewish law (1584-1654)

*December 16th, 1584, Sussex †November 30th, 1654, London

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Leap year

Yes: 1584 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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