December 19th, 1742

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Born on December 19th, 1742 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on December 19th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on December 19th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (December 1742)

Born on December 19th, 1742

Weekday

Wednesday

December 19th, 1742 was a Wednesday.

Age

281

People born on December 19th, 1742 will turn 282 this year (2024), in exactly 236 days .

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

November 23rd, 1742 - December 21st, 1742

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 102,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 237 days, exactly on December 20th, 2024, people who were born on December 19th, 1742 will be 103,000 days old!

102,763 Days

14,680 Weeks

3,376 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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?

Édith Piaf

French singer (1915–1963)

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

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

Maria Magdalena van Beethoven

Mother of Ludwig van Beethoven (1746–1787)

*December 19th, 1746, Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein †July 17th, 1787, Bonn

Karim Benzema

French and Algerian footballer (born 1987)

*December 19th, 1987, Lyon

Heinz Sichrovsky

Austrian journalist and writer

*December 19th, 1954, Vienna

Leonid Brezhnev

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

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

Jonathan Dolan

Irish badminton player

*December 19th, 1994, Sligo

Terry Gray

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1963, Auckland

Alonso Medel

Badminton player

*December 19th, 2001, Antofagasta

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

Albert A. Michelson

Polish physicist

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

Cicely Tyson

American actress (1924–2021)

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

Ralph Richardson

British actor (1902–1983)

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

Til Schweiger

German actor

*December 19th, 1963, Freiburg im Breisgau

Venanzio Rauzzini

Italian opera singer and teacher (1746-1810)

*December 19th, 1746, Camerino †April 8th, 1810, Bath

Alexis Sánchez

Chilean association football player

*December 19th, 1988, Tocopilla

Eleanor H. Porter

American novelist

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

Alberto Tomba

Italian alpine ski racer

*December 19th, 1966, Province of Bologna

Pratibha Patil

President of India from 2007 to 2012

*December 19th, 1934, Nadgaon

Alphonse Kirchhoffer

French fencer

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

Same year
Born in 1742

Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Swedish German chemist who discovered oxygen

*December 9th, 1742, Stralsund †May 21st, 1786, Köping

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Prussian field marshal (1742–1819)

*December 16th, 1742, Rostock †September 12th, 1819, Krobielowice

Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville

Scottish advocate and politician (1742-1811)

*April 28th, 1742, Dalkeith †May 28th, 1811, Edinburgh

Jean Baptiste Treilhard

French judge and diplomat (1742-1810)

*January 3rd, 1742, Brive-la-Gaillarde †December 5th, 1810, Paris

Pius VII

Head of the Catholic Church, ruler of the Papal States from 1800 to 1823

*August 14th, 1742, Cesena †August 20th, 1823, Rome

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

German scientist, satirist

*July 1st, 1742, Ober-Ramstadt †February 24th, 1799, Göttingen

Jean Cesar Godeffroy

Merchant from Hamburg (1742-1818)

*October 16th, 1742, Hamburg †May 7th, 1818, Hamburg

Jean-Louis Carra

French journalist and politician

*March 9th, 1742, Pont-de-Veyle †October 31st, 1793, Paris

Jean Senebier

Genevan botanist

*May 6th, 1742, Geneva †July 22nd, 1809, Geneva

Johann Heinrich Tischbein

German 1742–1808 F:0

*November 28th, 1742, Haina †December 22nd, 1808, Kassel

Ignaz von Born

Czech mineralogist and nobleman (1742-1791)

*December 26th, 1742, Cavnic †July 24th, 1791, Vienna

Johan Herman Wessel

Norwegian-Danish writer

*October 6th, 1742, Vestby †December 29th, 1785, Copenhagen

Jean Dauberval

French ballet dancer and choreographer

*August 19th, 1742, Montpellier †February 14th, 1806, Tours

Claus von der Decken

German politician (1742-1826)

*January 5th, 1742, Rittershausen †February 10th, 1826, Hanover

Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier

French soldier and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of France (1742-1819)

*December 8th, 1742, Laon †December 21st, 1819, Paris

Johann Ernst Schulz

German author and theologian

*December 20th, 1742, East Prussia †April 9th, 1806, Königsberg

Ozias Humphry

British artist (1742-1810)

*September 8th, 1742, Honiton †March 9th, 1810, London

Charlotte von Stein

Lady-in-waiting at the court in Weimar; close friend to both Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

*December 25th, 1742, Eisenach †January 6th, 1827, Weimar

Félix Máximo López

*November 18th, 1742, Madrid †April 9th, 1821, Madrid

Alexei Wassiljewitsch Naryschkin

*August 4th, 1742, Moscow †August 20th, 1800, Moscow

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 19th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XIX.XII.MDCCXLII

19.12.1742

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XL = 40

X = 10

IX = 9

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1742 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
December 1742

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December 19th, 1742

Born on December 19th, 1742

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 102,000 days old!

102,763 Days

14,680 Weeks

3,376 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on December 19th?

Argentina won the 2022 World Cup.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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."

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.

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

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

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?

Same year Born in 1742

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 19th

Lillian Trasher (Episcopal Church)

O Radix

Pope Anastasius I

Pope Urban V

December 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Saint Nicholas Day

Goa Liberation Day (Goa, India)

National Heroes and Heroines Day (Anguilla)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

19.12.1742

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Date of birth

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 102,000 days old!

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

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

Same year
Born in 1742

Calendar
December 1742

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