February 20th, 1819

Born on February 20th, 1819

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on February 20th?

February 20th, 1988

The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast voted to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

February 20th, 1970

Wat Phra Dhammakaya, one of the largest Buddhist temples in Thailand, was founded in Pathum Thani.

February 20th, 1965

The NASA spacecraft Ranger 8 spacecraft transmitted 7,137 photographs of the Moon in the final 23 minutes of its mission before crashing as planned into Mare Tranquillitatis.

February 20th, 1959

Canadian prime minister John Diefenbaker cancelled the Avro CF-105 Arrow (pictured) interceptor-aircraft program amid much political debate.

February 20th, 1943

The Saturday Evening Post published the first of Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms, among the most widely distributed paintings ever produced, in support of U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt's Four Freedoms.

February 20th, 1905

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Jacobson v. Massachusetts that states had the authority to order compulsory vaccination.

February 20th, 1872

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , today the largest art museum in the United States with a collection of more than two million works, opened in New York.

February 20th, 1864

American Civil War: The Union Army suffered a one-in-three casualty rate at the Battle of Olustee near Lake City, Florida.

February 20th, 1846

Polish insurgents in the Free City of Kraków led an uprising (depicted) attempting to incite a fight for national independence that was put down by the Austrian Empire nine days later.

February 20th, 1835

An earthquake registering approximately 8.5 Mw devastated Concepción, Chile, and triggered a tsunami that destroyed neighbouring Talcahuano.

February 20th, 1816

The Barber of Seville, an opera buffa composed by Gioachino Rossini, premiered at the Teatro Argentina in Rome to jeers from the audience.

February 20th, 1685

The French colonization of Texas began with the landing of colonists led by Robert de La Salle near Matagorda Bay.

February 20th, 1998

At the age of 15, American figure skater Tara Lipinski became the then-youngest winner of an Olympic gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympic Games.

February 20th, 1962

The Project Mercury stamp, designed by Charles R. Chickering, was released to commemorate the successful space flight of Colonel John Glenn.

February 20th, 2010

Severe flooding and mudslides on the island of Madeira, Portugal, killed 51 people.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 20th

Same year
Born in 1819

90

Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb

Faroese folklorist and linguist, Lutheran clergyman

*March 25th, 1819, Sandavágur †April 8th, 1909, Copenhagen

81

Victoria

Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)

*May 24th, 1819, Kensington Palace †January 22nd, 1901, Osborne House

61

Jacques Offenbach

German-born French composer (1819–1880)

*June 20th, 1819, Cologne †October 5th, 1880, Paris

72

Herman Melville

American writer and poet (1819–1891)

*August 1st, 1819, Manhattan †September 28th, 1891, New York City

72

Walt Whitman

American poet, essayist and journalist (1819–1892)

*May 31st, 1819, West Hills †March 26th, 1892, Camden

70

Gottfried Keller

Swiss poet and writer of German literature (1819-1890)

*July 19th, 1819, Zürich †July 15th, 1890, Zürich

61

George Eliot

English novelist, essayist, poet and journalist (1819–1880)

*November 22nd, 1819, Nuneaton †December 22nd, 1880, London

81

Edward Stafford

Prime Minister of New Zealand (1819-1901)

*April 23rd, 1819, Edinburgh †February 14th, 1901, London

93

Harriet Tubman

African-American abolitionist (1822–1913)

*November 30th, 1819, Dorchester County †March 10th, 1913, Auburn

72

John Couch Adams

English mathematician and astronomer (1819–1892)

*June 5th, 1819, Laneast †January 21st, 1892, Cambridge

76

Clara Schumann

German musician and composer

*September 13th, 1819, Leipzig †May 20th, 1896, Frankfurt

42

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Prince consort of the United Kingdom (1840-1861)

*August 26th, 1819, Schloss Rosenau †December 14th, 1861, Windsor Castle

76

Hippolyte Fizeau

French physicist (1819-1896)

*September 23rd, 1819, Paris †September 18th, 1896, château de Venteuil

78

Theodor Fontane

German novelist and poet (1819-1898)

*December 30th, 1819, Neuruppin †September 20th, 1898, Berlin

72

Annibale de Gasparis

Italian astronomer (1819-1892)

*November 9th, 1819, Bugnara †March 21st, 1892, Naples

53

Stanisław Moniuszko

Polish composer (1819–1872)

*May 5th, 1819, Ubiel †June 4th, 1872, Warsaw

91

Julia Ward Howe

American abolitionist, social activist, and poet

*May 27th, 1819, New York City †October 17th, 1910, Portsmouth

72

James Russell Lowell

American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819-1891)

*February 22nd, 1819, Cambridge †August 12th, 1891, Cambridge

76

Franz von Suppé

Austrian composer and conductor (1819-1895)

*April 18th, 1819, Split †May 21st, 1895, Vienna

49

Manuel Alcalde Velasco

Chilean politician

*August 14th, 1819, Santiago †November 30th, 1868, Santiago

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1819 is a normal year and no leap year.

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