October 19th, 1739

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Born on October 19th, 1739 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on October 19th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on October 19th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (October 1739)

Born on October 19th, 1739

Weekday

Monday

October 19th, 1739 was a Monday.

Age

284

People born on October 19th, 1739 will turn 285 this year (2024), in exactly 166 days .

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

September 24th, 1739 - October 23rd, 1739

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 103,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 71 days, exactly on July 16th, 2024, people who were born on October 19th, 1739 will be 104,000 days old!

103,929 Days

14,847 Weeks

3,414 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on October 19th?

October 19th, 2017

Canadian astronomer Robert Weryk discovered ʻOumuamua (depicted), the first known interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System.

October 19th, 2013

British YouTube collective the Sidemen were formed as a Rockstar Games Social Club group in Grand Theft Auto Online.

October 19th, 2005

Hurricane Wilma became the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum atmospheric pressure of 882 mbar (26.05 inHg).

October 19th, 1988

The British government restricted the broadcast of the voices of representatives from Sinn Féin and several Irish republican and loyalist paramilitary groups on television and radio.

October 19th, 1987

Iran–Iraq War: U.S. Navy forces destroyed two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf in response to an Iranian missile attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker three days earlier.

October 19th, 1955

At a meeting of its general assembly, the European Broadcasting Union approved the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest.

October 19th, 1943

World War II: Allied aircraft sank the German cargo ship Sinfra, killing mostly Italian POWs.

October 19th, 1914

First World War: Allied forces began engaging German troops at the First Battle of Ypres.

October 19th, 1864

American Civil War: Despite incurring nearly twice as many casualties as the Confederates, the Union Army emerged victorious at the Battle of Cedar Creek.

October 19th, 1781

American Revolutionary War: British forces led by Lord Cornwallis officially surrendered to Franco-American forces under George Washington and the comte de Rochambeau, ending the Siege of Yorktown.

October 19th, 1752

The Pennsylvania Gazette published a statement by Benjamin Franklin describing a kite experiment (depicted) to determine the electrical nature of lightning.

October 19th, 1596

The Spanish ship San Felipe was shipwrecked on the Japanese island of Shikoku, and its cargo confiscated by the local daimyō.

October 19th, 1579

A ceremony was held in Edinburgh marking the coming of age of James VI of Scotland as an adult ruler.

October 19th, 2019

Members of Parliament met at the House of Lords to discuss the United Kingdom's Brexit deal, this was the first Saturday sitting in Parliament since 3 April 1982 during the Falklands War.

October 19th, 2013

One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires.

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

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

Alexander Held

German actor

*October 19th, 1958, Munich

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

Michael Gambon

British actor (1940–2023)

*October 19th, 1940, Dublin †September 27th, 2023, Witham

John le Carré

British novelist and spy (1931-2020)

*October 19th, 1931, Poole †December 12th, 2020, Royal Cornwall Hospital

Nikolija Jovanović

Serbian singer and rapper

*October 19th, 1989, Zagreb

Jürgen Croy

East German association football player and manager

*October 19th, 1946, Zwickau

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Indian-American astrophysicist

*October 19th, 1910, Lahore †August 21st, 1995, Chicago

Ken Stott

British actor

*October 19th, 1954, Edinburgh

Jennifer Holliday

American actress and singer

*October 19th, 1960, Houston

Philip Pullman

English author

*October 19th, 1946, Norwich

Caroline Catz

British film, television, theatre and radio actress

*October 19th, 1969, Manchester

Leigh Hunt

British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)

*October 19th, 1784, Southgate †August 28th, 1859, Putney

Robert Beatty

Canadian actor (1909-1992)

*October 19th, 1909, Hamilton †March 3rd, 1992, London

Evander Holyfield

American boxer

*October 19th, 1962, Atmore

Jon Favreau

American actor and filmmaker (born 1966)

*October 19th, 1966, New York City

Kacey Ainsworth

Actress

*October 19th, 1968, London

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Hans Alwin Ketels

German politician (1913-2017)

*October 19th, 1913, Osterhever †April 12th, 2017, Garding

Pedro Lucas de Allende

Argentine military personnel

*October 19th, 1742, Córdoba †April 15th, 1801, Córdoba

Ty Parker

American actor

*October 19th, 1998, Louisiana

Cassius M. Clay

American planter, politician and ambassador to Russia (1810-1903)

*October 19th, 1810, Madison County †July 22nd, 1903, Madison County

Same year
Born in 1739

Camillo Marcolini

German noble (1739-1814)

*April 2nd, 1739, Fano †July 10th, 1814, Prague

George Clinton

Vice president of the United States from 1805 to 1812

*July 26th, 1739, Little Britain †April 20th, 1812, Washington, D.C.

Grigory Potemkin

Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)

*September 13th, 1739, Chizhevo †October 5th, 1791, Iași

Friedrich Wilhelm Rust

German violinist and composer

*July 6th, 1739, Wörlitz †February 28th, 1796, Dessau

Georges Jacob

French master joiner in seats, wood engraver, cabinet-maker 1739-1814

*July 6th, 1739, Cheny †July 5th, 1814, Paris

Juan de Villanueva

Spanish architect (1739–1811)

*September 15th, 1739, Madrid †August 22nd, 1811, Madrid

Charles François Dumouriez

French general (1739–1823)

*January 26th, 1739, Cambrai †March 14th, 1823, Turville

Giovanni Francesco Fromond

*September 17th, 1739, Cremona †July 16th, 1785, Cremona

William Hewson

British physiologist

*November 14th, 1739, Hexham †May 1st, 1774, London

Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart

French architect

*February 15th, 1739, Paris †June 6th, 1813, Paris

Henrik Gabriel Porthan

Finnish historian (1739-1804)

*November 8th, 1739, Viitasaari †March 16th, 1804, Turku

Paine Wingate

American politician (1739-1838)

*May 14th, 1739, Amesbury †March 7th, 1838, Stratham

Pedro Ramón Palacios Gil Arratia

Venezuelan priest, music educator

*January 17th, 1739, Guatire †January 1st, 1799, Caracas

Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance

French politician, linguist and translator (1739-1824)

*March 19th, 1739, Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin †June 14th, 1824, Sainte-Mesme

Allen Jones

American statesman, 1739-1798

*December 24th, 1739, Edgecombe County †November 10th, 1798, Northampton County

Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours

French writer, economist, and government official (1739–1817)

*December 14th, 1739, Paris †August 7th, 1817, Delaware

James Anderson

Scottish economist

*May 23rd, 1739, Edinburgh †October 15th, 1808, West Ham

Jean Nicolas Houchard

French general

*January 24th, 1739, Forbach †November 17th, 1793, Paris

George Mathews

American politician (1739-1812)

*August 30th, 1739, Augusta County †August 30th, 1812, Augusta

Karl von Zinzendorf

Austrian politician (1739-1813)

*January 5th, 1739, Dresden †January 5th, 1813, Vienna

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 19th

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

Constitution Day, in honor of the country's independence (self-governing in free association with New Zealand) in 1974. (Niue)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niue_Constitution_Act

Oxfordshire Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfordshire_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XIX.X.MDCCXXXIX

19.10.1739

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IX = 9

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1739 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
October 1739

October 1739

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October 19th, 1739

Born on October 19th, 1739

Weekday

Monday

Age

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 103,000 days old!

103,929 Days

14,847 Weeks

3,414 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on October 19th?

Canadian astronomer Robert Weryk discovered ʻOumuamua (depicted), the first known interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System.

British YouTube collective the Sidemen were formed as a Rockstar Games Social Club group in Grand Theft Auto Online.

Hurricane Wilma became the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum atmospheric pressure of 882 mbar (26.05 inHg).

The British government restricted the broadcast of the voices of representatives from Sinn Féin and several Irish republican and loyalist paramilitary groups on television and radio.

Iran–Iraq War: U.S. Navy forces destroyed two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf in response to an Iranian missile attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker three days earlier.

At a meeting of its general assembly, the European Broadcasting Union approved the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest.

World War II: Allied aircraft sank the German cargo ship Sinfra, killing mostly Italian POWs.

First World War: Allied forces began engaging German troops at the First Battle of Ypres.

American Civil War: Despite incurring nearly twice as many casualties as the Confederates, the Union Army emerged victorious at the Battle of Cedar Creek.

American Revolutionary War: British forces led by Lord Cornwallis officially surrendered to Franco-American forces under George Washington and the comte de Rochambeau, ending the Siege of Yorktown.

The Pennsylvania Gazette published a statement by Benjamin Franklin describing a kite experiment (depicted) to determine the electrical nature of lightning.

The Spanish ship San Felipe was shipwrecked on the Japanese island of Shikoku, and its cargo confiscated by the local daimyō.

A ceremony was held in Edinburgh marking the coming of age of James VI of Scotland as an adult ruler.

Members of Parliament met at the House of Lords to discuss the United Kingdom's Brexit deal, this was the first Saturday sitting in Parliament since 3 April 1982 during the Falklands War.

One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires.

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

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

Same year Born in 1739

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 19th

Aaron (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria)

Aquilinus of Évreux

Desiderius (Didier) of Auxerre

Frideswide

Henry Martyn (Anglican Communion)

Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf, and Companions

Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko

Paul of the Cross

Ptolemaeus and Lucius

Varus

Veranus of Cavaillon

William Carey (Episcopal Church)

October 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)