December 19th, 1653

Born on December 19th, 1653

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 135,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 720 days, exactly on April 28th, 2026, people who were born on December 19th, 1653 will be 136,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 19th?

December 19th, 2022

Argentina won the 2022 World Cup.

December 19th, 2016

Andrei Karlov (pictured), Russia's ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated at an art gallery in Ankara.

December 19th, 2013

The European Space Agency's spacecraft Gaia was launched with the goal of constructing the largest and most precise star catalogue ever made.

December 19th, 1997

SilkAir Flight 185 crashed into the Musi River in Indonesia, killing 104 people.

December 19th, 1985

Aeroflot Flight 101/435 was hijacked by the co-pilot and landed in a cow pasture in China, where he was apprehended.

December 19th, 1984

China and the United Kingdom signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, agreeing to the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to China on 1 July 1997.

December 19th, 1983

The Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to the winner of the FIFA World Cup, was stolen from the offices of the Brazilian Football Confederation.

December 19th, 1964

The ruling junta of South Vietnam, led by Nguyễn Khánh, initiated a coup, dissolving the High National Council, a civilian advisory body.

December 19th, 1956

British physician and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams was arrested in connection with the death of Edith Alice Morrell.

December 19th, 1843

A Christmas Carol (illustration pictured), a novella by Charles Dickens about the miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation after being visited by ghosts, was published.

December 19th, 1776

Thomas Paine published the first in a series of pamphlets entitled The American Crisis, opening with the line: "These are the times that try men's souls."

December 19th, 1675

King Philip's War: In the Great Swamp Fight, the colonial militia of New England and their Pequot allies attacked a Narragansett fort in Rhode Island, killing many warriors and hundreds of non-combatants.

December 19th, 1154

Henry II was crowned king of England in Westminster Abbey, London.

December 19th, 2016

A vehicular attack in Berlin, Germany, kills and injures multiple people at a Christmas market.

December 19th, 2013

Spacecraft Gaia is launched by the European Space Agency.

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

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

47

Édith Piaf

French singer (1915–1963)

*December 19th, 1915, Paris †October 10th, 1963, Grasse

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

36

Karim Benzema

French and Algerian footballer (born 1987)

*December 19th, 1987, Lyon

69

Heinz Sichrovsky

Austrian journalist and writer

*December 19th, 1954, Vienna

29

Jonathan Dolan

Irish badminton player

*December 19th, 1994, Sligo

75

Leonid Brezhnev

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1906–1982)

*December 19th, 1906, Kamyanske †November 10th, 1982, Zareche

60

Terry Gray

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1963, Auckland

22

Alonso Medel

Badminton player

*December 19th, 2001, Antofagasta

79

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

96

Cicely Tyson

American actress (1924–2021)

*December 19th, 1924, Harlem †January 28th, 2021, New York City

78

Albert A. Michelson

Polish physicist

*December 19th, 1852, Strzelno †May 9th, 1931, Pasadena

60

Til Schweiger

German actor

*December 19th, 1963, Freiburg im Breisgau

80

Ralph Richardson

British actor (1902–1983)

*December 19th, 1902, Cheltenham †October 10th, 1983, London

35

Alexis Sánchez

Chilean association football player

*December 19th, 1988, Tocopilla

57

Alberto Tomba

Italian alpine ski racer

*December 19th, 1966, Province of Bologna

89

Pratibha Patil

President of India from 2007 to 2012

*December 19th, 1934, Nadgaon

51

Eleanor H. Porter

American novelist

*December 19th, 1868, Littleton †May 21st, 1920, Cambridge

58

Gary Fleder

American film director

*December 19th, 1965, Norfolk

62

Philip V of Spain

King of Spain from 1700 to 1746

*December 19th, 1683, Versailles †July 9th, 1746, Madrid

39

Alphonse Kirchhoffer

French fencer

*December 19th, 1873, 11th arrondissement of Paris †June 30th, 1913, 5th arrondissement of Paris

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59

Arcangelo Corelli

Italian violinist and composer

*February 17th, 1653, Fusignano †January 8th, 1713, Rome

90

Marie Poussepin

French Dominican and founder of Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Presentation

*October 4th, 1653, Dourdan †January 24th, 1744, Sainville

36

Jeremiáš Süssner

German sculptor (1653-1690)

*December 12th, 1653, Ostrov †June 5th, 1690, Prague

79

Emperor Reigen

Emperor of Japan

*July 9th, 1653, Kyoto †September 24th, 1732, Kyoto

52

Johann Pachelbel

German composer, organist and teacher

*September 1st, 1653, Nuremberg †March 3rd, 1706, Nuremberg

50

Giovanni Anastasi

Italian painter (1653-1704)

*March 17th, 1653, Senigallia †March 13th, 1704, Macerata

76

Anton Maria Salvini

Italian naturalist and classicist

*January 12th, 1653, Florence †May 17th, 1729, Florence

89

André-Hercule de Fleury

Catholic cardinal (1653-1743)

*June 22nd, 1653, Lodève †January 29th, 1743, Issy-les-Moulineaux

76

Jean-Baptiste-Henri de Valincour

French classical scholar (1653-1730)

*March 1st, 1653, Paris †January 4th, 1730, Paris

74

Johann Conrad Brunner

Swiss anatomist

*January 16th, 1653, Diessenhofen †October 2nd, 1727, Mannheim

81

Claude Louis Hector de Villars

Marshal General of France

*May 8th, 1653, Moulins †June 17th, 1734, Turin

55

Prince George, Duke of Cumberland

Husband of Queen Anne, who reigned over Great Britain from 1702

*April 2nd, 1653, Copenhagen Castle †October 28th, 1708, Kensington Palace

75

Louis-Guillaume Pécour

French ballet dancer and choreographer

*August 10th, 1653, Paris †April 22nd, 1729, Paris

40

Christian II, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg

Duke of Saxe-Merseburg

*November 19th, 1653, Merseburg †October 20th, 1694, Merseburg

81

Carlo Ruzzini

Doge of Venice

*November 11th, 1653, Venice †January 5th, 1735, Venice

66

Johann Heinrich Majus

German historian and theologian

*February 5th, 1653, Pforzheim †September 3rd, 1719, Giessen

90

Matthias Klotz

German luthier

*January 1st, 1653, Mittenwald †August 16th, 1743, Mittenwald

44

Giovanni Francesco Grossi

Italian opera singer (1653–1697)

*February 12th, 1653, Chiesina Uzzanese †May 29th, 1697, Malalbergo

57

Joan van Hoorn

Dutch colonial governor (1653-1711)

*November 16th, 1653, Amsterdam †February 21st, 1711, Amsterdam

63

Joseph Sauveur

French mathematician and founder of the science of acoustics

*March 24th, 1653, La Flèche †July 9th, 1716, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1653 is a normal year and no leap year.

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