August 19th, 1802

Born on August 19th, 1802

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What happened on August 19th?

August 19th, 1905

In a ceremony officiated by Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, The Luck of Cumberland (pictured) was presented to HMS Cumberland.

August 19th, 2017

Around 250,000 farmed non-native Atlantic salmon were accidentally released into the wild near Cypress Island, Washington.

August 19th, 2005

Thunderstorms in southern Ontario, Canada, spawned at least three tornadoes that caused over C$500 million in damage.

August 19th, 2003

A car bomb destroyed the United Nations headquarters at Baghdad's Canal Hotel, killing Brazilian diplomat Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 others.

August 19th, 2002

Second Chechen War: A Russian Mil Mi-26 was brought down by Chechen separatists with a man-portable air-defense system near Khankala, killing 127 people in the deadliest helicopter crash in history.

August 19th, 1953

The intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom and the United States orchestrated a coup d'état of Iranian prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh and restored the constitutional monarchy of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

August 19th, 1950

The 766th Independent Infantry Regiment of North Korea was disbanded after fighting for less than two months in the Korean War.

August 19th, 1934

A referendum supported the recent merging of the posts of chancellor and president of Germany, consolidating Adolf Hitler's assumption of supreme power.

August 19th, 1920

Russian Civil War: Peasants in Tambov Governorate began a rebellion against the Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia.

August 19th, 1897

The Bersey Electric Cab (pictured) entered service as the first electric taxi in London.

August 19th, 1759

Seven Years' War: Having damaged several French vessels, British ships pursued the remainder of the fleet to Lagos, Portugal, and continued the battle there in violation of Portuguese neutrality.

August 19th, 1745

Bonnie Prince Charlie raised the Jacobite standard at Glenfinnan, Scotland, in an attempt to regain the British throne for his father, beginning the Jacobite rising of 1745.

August 19th, 1274

Shortly after his return from the Ninth Crusade, Edward I (pictured) was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey, nearly two years after his father's death.

August 19th, 1725

J. S. Bach led the first performance of Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137, a cantata setting the unchanged text of Neander's hymn.

August 19th, 1945

August Revolution: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.

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

Same year
Born in 1802

83

Victor Hugo

French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (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

74

Harriet Martineau

English writer and sociologist (1802–1876)

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

66

Adolphe Niel

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

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

69

Henri Lecoq

French botanist (1802-1871)

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

68

Luigi Cibrario

Italian politician and historian (1802-1870)

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

81

Elias Lönnrot

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

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

57

János Bolyai

Hungarian mathematician

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

64

Miguel I of Portugal

King of Portugal from 1828 to 1834

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

55

Louis-Eugène Cavaignac

French general and politician (1802-1857)

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

53

Pavel Nakhimov

Russian fleet commander

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

72

Sylvain Van de Weyer

Belgian politician and ambassador to Britain (1802-1874)

*January 19th, 1802, Leuven †May 23rd, 1874, London

47

Nikolaus Lenau

Austrian poet (1802-1850)

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

71

Robert MacAndrew

British merchant and naturalist (1802-1873)

*March 22nd, 1802, Wandsworth †May 22nd, 1873, Isleworth

78

Lydia Maria Child

American abolitionist, author and women's rights activist (1802-1880)

*February 11th, 1802, Medford †October 20th, 1880, Wayland

64

Hermann Goldschmidt

German-French astronomer and painter (1802-1866)

*June 17th, 1802, Frankfurt †August 30th, 1866, Fontainebleau

67

Heinrich Gustav Magnus

German chemist and physicist

*May 2nd, 1802, Berlin †April 4th, 1870, Berlin

54

Alcide d'Orbigny

French scientist (1802–1857)

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

57

Charles Lenormant

French archaeologist (1802–1859)

*June 1st, 1802, Paris †November 22nd, 1859, Athens

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Leap year

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

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