February 19th, 1647

Born on February 19th, 1647

Age in days, weeks and months
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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 1647

43

Margaret Mary Alacoque

Catholic Saint and Mystic (1647-1690)

*July 22nd, 1647, Verosvres †October 17th, 1690, Paray-le-Monial

36

Amalia von Degenfeld

(1647-1683)

*October 29th, 1647, London †December 24th, 1683

73

Johann Diecmann

German theologian

*June 30th, 1647, Stade †July 4th, 1720, Stade

78

Gregorio De Ferrari

Italian painter (1647-1726)

*April 12th, 1647, Porto Maurizio †December 31st, 1725, Genoa

71

Benoîte Rencurel

French shepherdess and Marian visionary

*September 16th, 1647, Saint-Étienne-le-Laus †December 28th, 1718, Saint-Étienne-le-Laus

74

Christian William I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

*January 6th, 1647, Sondershausen †May 10th, 1721, Sondershausen

32

Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt

Duchess consort of Saxe-Meiningen

*November 26th, 1647, Giessen †April 19th, 1680, Ichtershausen

79

Matthijs Naiveu

Dutch painter (1647-1726)

*April 16th, 1647, Leiden †June 4th, 1726, Amsterdam

82

Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham

British noble and politician

*July 2nd, 1647, London †January 1st, 1730, Burley

42

Eberhard Werner Happel

Author

*August 12th, 1647, Kirchhain †May 15th, 1690, Hamburg

33

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

English poet, and peer of the realm (1647-1680)

*April 1st, 1647, Ditchley †July 26th, 1680, Woodstock

46

Elisabeth Hevelius

Astronomer

*January 17th, 1647, Gdańsk †December 22nd, 1693, Gdańsk

30

William Louis, Duke of Württemberg

Duke of Württemberg (1647-1677)

*January 7th, 1647, Stuttgart †June 23rd, 1677, Hirsau

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1647 is a normal year and no leap year.

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