February 19th, 1629

Born on February 19th, 1629

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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 1629

54

Pieter de Hooch

Dutch Golden Age painter (1629-1684)

*December 20th, 1629, Rotterdam †March 24th, 1684, Amsterdam

68

Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg

German prince (1629-1698)

*November 20th, 1629, Herzberg am Harz †January 23rd, 1698, Hanover

67

Niels Juel

Danish admiral (1629-1697)

*May 8th, 1629, Christiania †April 8th, 1697, Copenhagen

55

Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll

Scottish politician

*February 26th, 1629, Dalkeith †January 1st, 1685, Edinburgh

73

Samuel Oppenheimer

German-Jewish financier

*November 30th, 1629, Heidelberg †May 3rd, 1703, Vienna

35

Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat

Italian noble (1629-1665)

*October 31st, 1629, Mantua †August 14th, 1665, Mantua

47

Adolph, Prince of Nassau-Schaumburg

Titular Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg and Count of Nassau-Schaumburg

*January 23rd, 1629, Dillenburg †December 19th, 1676, Hadamar

62

Jan Commelin

Dutch botanist (1629-1692)

*April 23rd, 1629, Leiden †January 19th, 1692, Amsterdam

55

Werner Theodor Martini

German judge

*June 14th, 1629, Salzwedel †March 10th, 1685, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

41

Abraham Teniers

Flemish painter (1629-1670)

*January 1st, 1629, Antwerp †January 1st, 1670, Antwerp

62

Jean-Henri d'Anglebert

French harpsichordist and composer

*April 1st, 1629, Bar-le-Duc †April 23rd, 1691, Paris

42

Agneta Horn

Swedish writer

*August 18th, 1629, Riga †March 18th, 1672, Stockholm City

70

Lorenzo Pasinelli

Italian painter (1629-1700)

*September 4th, 1629, Bologna †March 4th, 1700, Bologna

66

Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy

French politician and diplomat (1629-1696)

*August 5th, 1629, Reims †July 28th, 1696, Versailles

71

Ahasverus Fritsch

German jurist, poet and hymn writer (1629-1701)

*December 16th, 1629, Mücheln †August 24th, 1701, Rudolstadt

45

Johann Georg Crocius

*January 1st, 1629, Kassel †January 1st, 1674

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1629 is a normal year and no leap year.

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