February 19th, 1802

Born on February 19th, 1802

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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

World War II: U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the forcible relocation of over 112,000 Japanese Americans to internment camps.

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, 2021

Mya Thwe Thwe Khine, a 19-year-old protester, becomes the first known casualty of anti-coup protests that formed in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.

February 19th, 2012

Forty-four people are killed in a prison brawl in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico.

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

Born on February 19th, 1802

78

Wilhelm Matthias Naeff

Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1802-1881)

*February 19th, 1802, Altstätten †January 21st, 1881, Muri bei Bern

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Who's birthday is on February 19th?

72

Georg Cantor

German mathematician, inventor of set theory (1845–1918)

*February 19th, 1845, Saint Petersburg †January 6th, 1918, Halle (Saale)

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

28

Mabel

English singer and songwriter

*February 19th, 1996, Alhaurín el Grande

88

Noëlle Ailloud

Badminton player

*February 19th, 1932, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon †January 6th, 2021, 5th arrondissement of Lyon

91

Emil Forrer

Swiss linguist (1894-1986)

*February 19th, 1894, Strasbourg †January 10th, 1986, San Salvador

70

Nicolaus Copernicus

Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473–1543)

*February 19th, 1473, Toruń †May 24th, 1543, Frombork

71

Barbara Schnitzler

German actress

*February 19th, 1953, East Berlin

66

Stephan Henrik Barratt-Due

Norwegian violinist

*February 19th, 1919, Oslo †November 18th, 1985, Oslo

81

Günter Ebert

German journalist and writer (1925-2006)

*February 19th, 1925, Meerane †July 17th, 2006, Berlin

28

Ashnikko

American rapper and singer

*February 19th, 1996, Oak Ridge

21

Stephanie Widjaja

Badminton player

*February 19th, 2003, Jakarta

61

David Garrick

British actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer (1717–1779)

*February 19th, 1717, Hereford †January 20th, 1779, London

39

Arielle Kebbel

American actress and model

*February 19th, 1985, Winter Park

54

Bellamy Young

American actress

*February 19th, 1970, Asheville

69

Lucio Fontana

Italian-Argentine sculptor, painter and theorist, Manifiesto blanco, Spatialism (1899-1968)

*February 19th, 1899, Rosario †September 7th, 1968, Comabbio

85

Alfredo Bryce Echenique

Peruvian writer

*February 19th, 1939, Lima

61

Seal

British singer

*February 19th, 1963, Paddington

64

Tanneguy Duchâtel

French politician (1803-1867)

*February 19th, 1803, Paris †November 5th, 1867, Paris

60

Jennifer Doudna

American biochemist

*February 19th, 1964, Washington, D.C.

96

Jürgen von Beckerath

German Egyptologist (1920–2016)

*February 19th, 1920, Hanover †June 26th, 2016, Schlehdorf

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Born in 1802

83

Victor Hugo

French novelist, poet, and dramatist (1802–1885)

*February 26th, 1802, Besançon †May 22nd, 1885, Paris

26

Niels Henrik Abel

Norwegian mathematician (1802–1829)

*August 5th, 1802, Nedstrand †April 6th, 1829, Froland Municipality

68

Alexandre Dumas

French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)

*July 24th, 1802, Villers-Cotterêts †December 5th, 1870, Dieppe

66

Adolphe Niel

French Army general and statesman, also Marshal of France (1802-1869)

*October 4th, 1802, Muret †August 13th, 1869, Paris

81

Elias Lönnrot

Finnish physician, philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry (1802-1884)

*April 9th, 1802, Sammatti †March 19th, 1884, Sammatti

74

Harriet Martineau

English writer and sociologist (1802–1876)

*June 12th, 1802, Norwich †June 27th, 1876, Ambleside

57

János Bolyai

Hungarian mathematician

*December 15th, 1802, Cluj-Napoca †January 27th, 1860, Târgu Mureș

69

Henri Lecoq

French botanist (1802-1871)

*April 18th, 1802, Avesnes-sur-Helpe †August 4th, 1871, Clermont-Ferrand

55

Louis-Eugène Cavaignac

French general and politician (1802-1857)

*October 15th, 1802, Paris †October 28th, 1857, Flée

62

Joseph Montferrand

Canadian logger and strongman (1802-1864)

*September 30th, 1802, Montreal †October 4th, 1864, Montreal

64

Miguel I of Portugal

King of Portugal from 1828 to 1834

*October 26th, 1802, Lisbon †November 14th, 1866, Esselbach

68

Luigi Cibrario

Italian politician and historian (1802-1870)

*February 23rd, 1802, Turin †October 1st, 1870, Province of Brescia

53

Pavel Nakhimov

Russian fleet commander

*June 23rd, 1802, Khmelita †June 30th, 1855, Sevastopol

47

Nikolaus Lenau

Austrian poet (1802-1850)

*August 25th, 1802, Lenauheim †August 22nd, 1850, Oberdöbling

73

Karl Joseph Simrock

German poet and scholar

*August 28th, 1802, Bonn †July 18th, 1876, Bonn

91

Lajos Kossuth

Hungarian politician

*September 19th, 1802, Monok †March 20th, 1894, Turin

54

Alcide d'Orbigny

French scientist (1802–1857)

*September 6th, 1802, Couëron †June 30th, 1857, Pierrefitte-sur-Seine

39

Thomas Fearnley

Norwegian painter (1802-1842)

*December 27th, 1802, Halden Municipality †January 16th, 1842, Munich

68

Félix Marie Charles Texier

French archaeologist, architect and traveler (1802-1871)

*August 29th, 1802, Versailles †July 1st, 1871, Paris

30

Ludwig Halirsch

Austrian writer (1802-1832)

*March 7th, 1802, Vienna †March 19th, 1832, Verona

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1802 is a normal year and no leap year.

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