October 19th, 1835

Born on October 19th, 1835

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on October 19th?

October 19th, 2017

Canadian astronomer Robert Weryk discovered ʻOumuamua (depicted), the first known interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System.

October 19th, 2013

British YouTube collective the Sidemen were formed as a Rockstar Games Social Club group in Grand Theft Auto Online.

October 19th, 2005

Hurricane Wilma became the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum atmospheric pressure of 882 mbar (26.05 inHg).

October 19th, 1988

The British government restricted the broadcast of the voices of representatives from Sinn Féin and several Irish republican and loyalist paramilitary groups on television and radio.

October 19th, 1987

Iran–Iraq War: U.S. Navy forces destroyed two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf in response to an Iranian missile attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker three days earlier.

October 19th, 1955

At a meeting of its general assembly, the European Broadcasting Union approved the staging of the first Eurovision Song Contest.

October 19th, 1943

World War II: Allied aircraft sank the German cargo ship Sinfra, killing mostly Italian POWs.

October 19th, 1914

First World War: Allied forces began engaging German troops at the First Battle of Ypres.

October 19th, 1864

American Civil War: Despite incurring nearly twice as many casualties as the Confederates, the Union Army emerged victorious at the Battle of Cedar Creek.

October 19th, 1781

American Revolutionary War: British forces led by Lord Cornwallis officially surrendered to Franco-American forces under George Washington and the comte de Rochambeau, ending the Siege of Yorktown.

October 19th, 1752

The Pennsylvania Gazette published a statement by Benjamin Franklin describing a kite experiment (depicted) to determine the electrical nature of lightning.

October 19th, 1596

The Spanish ship San Felipe was shipwrecked on the Japanese island of Shikoku, and its cargo confiscated by the local daimyō.

October 19th, 1579

A ceremony was held in Edinburgh marking the coming of age of James VI of Scotland as an adult ruler.

October 19th, 2019

Members of Parliament met at the House of Lords to discuss the United Kingdom's Brexit deal, this was the first Saturday sitting in Parliament since 3 April 1982 during the Falklands War.

October 19th, 2013

One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires.

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

Born on October 19th, 1835

87

Krišjānis Barons

Latvian writer and folklorist

*October 19th, 1835, Struteles muiža †March 8th, 1923, Riga

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Who's birthday is on October 19th?

65

Alexander Held

German actor

*October 19th, 1958, Munich

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

82

Michael Gambon

British actor (1940–2023)

*October 19th, 1940, Dublin †September 27th, 2023, Witham

89

John le Carré

British novelist and spy (1931-2020)

*October 19th, 1931, Poole †December 12th, 2020, Royal Cornwall Hospital

77

Jürgen Croy

East German association football player and manager

*October 19th, 1946, Zwickau

84

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Indian-American astrophysicist

*October 19th, 1910, Lahore †August 21st, 1995, Chicago

34

Nikolija Jovanović

Serbian singer and rapper

*October 19th, 1989, Zagreb

69

Ken Stott

British actor

*October 19th, 1954, Edinburgh

63

Jennifer Holliday

American actress and singer

*October 19th, 1960, Houston

77

Philip Pullman

English author

*October 19th, 1946, Norwich

54

Caroline Catz

British film, television, theatre and radio actress

*October 19th, 1969, Manchester

76

Oskar Ackermann

German author and theologian

*October 19th, 1836, Wittgensdorf †October 5th, 1913, Dresden

82

Robert Beatty

Canadian actor (1909-1992)

*October 19th, 1909, Hamilton †March 3rd, 1992, London

36

Adam Lindsay Gordon

Australian poet, jockey and politician (1833-1870)

*October 19th, 1833, Faial Island †June 24th, 1870, Brighton

103

Hans Alwin Ketels

German politician (1913-2017)

*October 19th, 1913, Osterhever †April 12th, 2017, Garding

92

Cassius M. Clay

American planter, politician and ambassador to Russia (1810-1903)

*October 19th, 1810, Madison County †July 22nd, 1903, Madison County

74

Jane Morris

English embroiderer and artists' model (1839–1914)

*October 19th, 1839, Oxford †January 26th, 1914, Bath

61

Evander Holyfield

American boxer

*October 19th, 1962, Atmore

57

Jon Favreau

American actor and filmmaker (born 1966)

*October 19th, 1966, New York City

55

Kacey Ainsworth

Actress

*October 19th, 1968, London

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Born in 1835

75

Adolf Michaelis

German classical archaeologist

*June 22nd, 1835, Kiel †August 12th, 1910, Strasbourg

74

Mark Twain

American author and humorist (1835–1910)

*November 30th, 1835, Florida †April 21st, 1910, Redding

85

Franz Defregger

Painter from Austria (1835-1921)

*April 30th, 1835, Iselsberg-Stronach †January 2nd, 1921, Munich

77

Martin Kähler

German theologian

*January 6th, 1835, Guryevsk †September 7th, 1912, Freudenstadt

71

Giosuè Carducci

Italian poet and teacher (1835-1907)

*July 27th, 1835, Valdicastello Carducci †February 8th, 1907, Bologna

74

Alexander Emanuel Agassiz

Swiss-American zoologist and engineer (1835-1910)

*December 17th, 1835, Neuchâtel †March 27th, 1910, RMS Adriatic

74

Leopold II of Belgium

King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909

*April 9th, 1835, City of Brussels †December 17th, 1909, Laeken - Laken

83

Andrew Carnegie

American industrialist and philanthropist (1835–1919)

*November 25th, 1835, Dunfermline †August 11th, 1919, Lenox

58

Dámaso Zabalza

Spanish composer and pianist (1830-1894)

*December 11th, 1835, Irurita †February 27th, 1894, Madrid

86

Camille Saint-Saëns

French composer, organist, conductor and pianist

*October 9th, 1835, 11th arrondissement of Paris †December 16th, 1921, Algiers

69

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, enhypen

French sculptor and painter (1834–1904)

*August 2nd, 1835, Colmar †October 4th, 1904, 6th arrondissement of Paris

72

Empress Dowager Cixi

Chinese empress (1835-1908)

*November 29th, 1835, Beijing †November 15th, 1908, Imperial City

73

Dimitrios Vikelas

Greek businessman and writer; president of the International Olympic Committee (1835-1908)

*February 15th, 1835, Ermoupolis †July 20th, 1908, Athens

86

Lyman Abbott

American theologian, editor, author (1835-1922)

*December 18th, 1835, Roxbury †October 22nd, 1922, New York City

65

Elisha Gray

American electrical engineer

*August 2nd, 1835, Barnesville †January 21st, 1901, Newtonville

64

Julius Vogel

8th Premier of New Zealand (1835-1899)

*February 24th, 1835, London †March 12th, 1899, Surrey

79

Pius X

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1903 to 1914, saint

*June 2nd, 1835, Riese Pio X †August 20th, 1914, Apostolic Palace

66

Fukuzawa Yukichi

Modern Enlightenment thinker, educator, philosopher, scholar, author, writer, journalist, translator, entrepreneur, and founder of Keio University in Japan's Meiji era (1835-1901)

*January 10th, 1835, Dōjima †February 3rd, 1901, Shiba-ku

36

James Fisk

American businessman (1835–1872)

*April 1st, 1835, Bennington †January 6th, 1872, New York City

70

Magdalena Kade

Founder of the pilgrimage place Filipov

*June 5th, 1835, Filipov †December 10th, 1905, Filipov

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1835 is a normal year and no leap year.

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