December 19th, 1813

Born on December 19th, 1813

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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

Born on December 19th, 1813

71

Thomas Andrews

Irish chemist and physicist

*December 19th, 1813, Belfast †November 26th, 1885, Belfast

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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

78

Albert A. Michelson

Polish physicist

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

55

Edwin M. Stanton

American lawyer and politician (1814–1869)

*December 19th, 1814, Steubenville †December 24th, 1869, Washington, D.C.

75

Leonid Brezhnev

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

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

69

Heinz Sichrovsky

Austrian journalist and writer

*December 19th, 1954, Vienna

29

Jonathan Dolan

Irish badminton player

*December 19th, 1994, Sligo

60

Terry Gray

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1963, Auckland

79

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

22

Alonso Medel

Badminton player

*December 19th, 2001, Antofagasta

96

Cicely Tyson

American actress (1924–2021)

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

80

Ralph Richardson

British actor (1902–1983)

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

51

Eleanor H. Porter

American novelist

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

39

Alphonse Kirchhoffer

French fencer

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

60

Til Schweiger

German actor

*December 19th, 1963, Freiburg im Breisgau

66

Minnie Maddern Fiske

American actress, playwright, and editor

*December 19th, 1865, New Orleans †February 15th, 1932, New York City

90

Franz Sacher

Austrian chef (1816-1907)

*December 19th, 1816, Vienna †March 11th, 1907, Baden

35

Alexis Sánchez

Chilean association football player

*December 19th, 1988, Tocopilla

89

Pratibha Patil

President of India from 2007 to 2012

*December 19th, 1934, Nadgaon

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Born in 1813

87

Giuseppe Verdi

Italian composer of the Romantic Era

*April 10th, 1813, Le Roncole †January 27th, 1901, Milan

69

Richard Wagner

German composer (1813–1883)

*May 22nd, 1813, Leipzig †February 13th, 1883, Venice

56

Otto Jahn

German classical philologist, archaeologist and musicologist (1813-1869)

*June 16th, 1813, Kiel †September 9th, 1869, Göttingen

70

August Fendler

American natural history collector (1813–1883)

*January 1st, 1813, Gusev †January 1st, 1883, Port of Spain

42

Søren Kierkegaard

Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855)

*May 5th, 1813, Copenhagen †November 11th, 1855, Copenhagen

23

Georg Büchner

German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose

*October 17th, 1813, Goddelau †February 19th, 1837, Zürich

57

Karl Girardet

Swiss artist (1813-1871)

*May 7th, 1813, Le Locle †April 24th, 1871, Versailles

64

Claude Bernard

French physiologist (1813-1878)

*July 12th, 1813, Saint-Julien †February 10th, 1878, Paris

83

Ivar Andreas Aasen

Norwegian botanist (1813 – 1896)

*August 5th, 1813, Ørsta Municipality †September 23rd, 1896, Christiania

73

Henry Ward Beecher

American clergyman and activist (1813-1887)

*June 24th, 1813, Litchfield †March 8th, 1887, Brooklyn

60

David Livingstone

Scottish explorer and missionary (1813-1873)

*March 19th, 1813, Blantyre †May 1st, 1873, Ilala Hill

74

Agostino Depretis

Italian politician (1813–1887)

*January 31st, 1813, Cava Manara †July 29th, 1887, Stradella

40

Frédéric Ozanam

French scholar (1813-1853)

*April 23rd, 1813, Milan †September 8th, 1853, Marseille

85

Henry Bessemer

British engineer (1813-1898)

*January 19th, 1813, Charlton †March 15th, 1898, London

82

Daniel Pollen

Prime Minister of New Zealand (1813-1896)

*June 2nd, 1813, Dublin †May 18th, 1896

45

John Snow

English epidemiologist and physician

*March 15th, 1813, York †June 16th, 1858, London

68

Jørgen Moe

Norwegian folklorist, poet and bishop (1813–1882)

*April 22nd, 1813, Hole †March 27th, 1882, Kristiansand Municipality

87

Luigi Ferraris

Italian politician

*March 6th, 1813, Sostegno †October 17th, 1900, Turin

82

James Dwight Dana

American mineralogist , scientist and zoologist (1813-1895)

*February 12th, 1813, Utica †April 14th, 1895, New Haven

82

Camilla Collett

Norwegian author and women's rights activist

*January 23rd, 1813, Kristiansand Municipality †March 6th, 1895, Christiania

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1813 is a normal year and no leap year.

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