March 19th, 1854

Born on March 19th, 1854

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

March 19th, 2016

Flydubai Flight 981 crashed during an aborted landing at Rostov-on-Don Airport, Russia, resulting in the deaths of all 62 passengers and crew on board.

March 19th, 2011

First Libyan Civil War: The French Air Force launched Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya.

March 19th, 2008

The gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B (artist's impression pictured), the farthest object from Earth that was observable by the naked eye, was observed.

March 19th, 1987

American televangelist Jim Bakker resigned as the host of The PTL Club in the midst of a sex scandal.

March 19th, 1979

The American cable television network C-SPAN, covering government proceedings and public-affairs programming, was launched.

March 19th, 1962

Influential American musician Bob Dylan released his eponymous debut album, mainly comprising traditional folk, blues and gospel songs.

March 19th, 1911

Established by Clara Zetkin, Käte Duncker, and others, International Women's Day was first observed.

March 19th, 1865

American Civil War: The last battle of the Carolinas Campaign, the Battle of Bentonville, began, which contributed to the ultimate Union victory in the war.

March 19th, 1824

American explorer Benjamin Morrell departed Antarctica after a voyage later plagued by claims of fraud.

March 19th, 1808

King Charles IV of Spain was forced to abdicate in favour of his son Ferdinand VII as a result of the Tumult of Aranjuez.

March 19th, 1563

The Edict of Amboise was signed, ending the first war in the French Wars of Religion and inaugurating a period of official peace that lasted until 1567.

March 19th, 1279

Mongol conquest of Song China: Zhao Bing (pictured), the last emperor of the Song dynasty, drowned at the end of the Battle of Yamen, bringing the dynasty to an end after three centuries.

March 19th, 1277

The Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Venice signed a treaty that renegotiated and extended by two years a previous treaty between them.

March 19th, 2003

United States President George W. Bush addresses the nation, announcing the beginning of hostilities in the coalition invasion of Iraq.

March 19th, 2023

The Swiss Government brokers a deal for UBS to buy out rival Credit Suisse in an attempt to calm the 2023 banking crisis.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 19th?

69

Betty Nansen

Danish actor and theatre director

*March 19th, 1873, Copenhagen †March 15th, 1943, Frederiksberg

80

Alfred von Tirpitz

German Admiral and Secretary of State of the German Imperial Naval Office (1849-1930)

*March 19th, 1849, Kostrzyn nad Odrą †March 6th, 1930, Schäftlarn

83

Felix Jacoby

German classicist and philologist (1876–1959)

*March 19th, 1876, Magdeburg †November 10th, 1959, Berlin

51

Marika Carlsson

Swedish comedian

*March 19th, 1973, Ethiopia

58

Olaf Marschall

German association football player and manager (1966–)

*March 19th, 1966, Torgau

50

Tobias Smollett

18th-century poet and author from Scotland

*March 19th, 1721, Cardross †September 17th, 1771, Livorno

61

Roger Lewentz

German politician

*March 19th, 1963, Lahnstein

46

Anna Held

Broadway stage performer (1872–1918)

*March 19th, 1872, Warsaw †August 12th, 1918, New York City

87

Michael M. Ryan

American actor (1929-2017)

*March 19th, 1929, Wichita †March 1st, 2017, Kansas City

75

Valery Leontiev

Soviet and Russian singer

*March 19th, 1949, Ust-Usa

77

Glenn Close

American actress

*March 19th, 1947, Greenwich

55

Alexander Neu

German politician (Die Linke)

*March 19th, 1969, Harmonie

42

Nikolai Gogol

Russian writer of Ukrainian origin (1809–1852)

*March 19th, 1809, Velyki Sorochyntsi †February 21st, 1852, Moscow

42

Carolyn Treacy Bramante

American biathlete

*March 19th, 1982, Saint Paul

69

Bruce Willis

American actor (born 1955)

*March 19th, 1955, Idar-Oberstein

47

Liu Lu

Chinese badminton player

*March 19th, 1977, Yichang

39

Paula Lynn Obañana

Badminton player

*March 19th, 1985, Dumaguete

38

Kang Hae-won

South Korean badminton player

*March 19th, 1986, Jeju

86

Tige Andrews

American actor (1920-2007)

*March 19th, 1920, Brooklyn †January 27th, 2007, Encino

34

Vivian Hoo

Badminton player

*March 19th, 1990, Kuala Lumpur

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61

Paul Ehrlich

German physician and scientist

*March 14th, 1854, Strzelin †August 20th, 1915, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

46

Oscar Wilde

Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854–1900)

*October 16th, 1854, Dublin †November 30th, 1900, Paris

82

Adolf Erman

German Egyptologist and lexicographer (1854-1937)

*October 31st, 1854, Berlin †June 26th, 1937, Berlin

58

Henri Poincaré

French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)

*April 29th, 1854, Nancy †July 17th, 1912, Paris

86

Paul Sabatier

French chemist

*November 5th, 1854, Carcassonne †August 14th, 1941, Toulouse

67

Benedict XV

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1914 to 1922

*November 21st, 1854, Pegli †January 22nd, 1922, Apostolic Palace

63

Emil von Behring

German physiologist who received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin

*March 15th, 1854, Ławice †March 31st, 1917, Marburg

37

Arthur Rimbaud

French poet (1854–1891)

*October 20th, 1854, Charleville (Ardennes) †November 10th, 1891, Marseille

78

Helen Nicol

Suffragist, temperance campaigner

*May 29th, 1854, Edinburgh †November 22nd, 1932, Dunedin

54

Francis Marion Crawford

Novelist, short story writer, essayist (1854-1909)

*August 2nd, 1854, Bagni di Lucca †April 9th, 1909, Campania

76

George Whitefield Chadwick

American composer (1854-1931)

*November 13th, 1854, Lowell †April 4th, 1931, Boston

85

Gabriel Deville

French politician and diplomat (1854-1940)

*March 8th, 1854, Tarbes †February 28th, 1940, Viroflay

89

Henri La Fontaine

Belgian lawyer, politician and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1854-1943)

*April 22nd, 1854, City of Brussels †May 14th, 1943, City of Brussels

73

Émile Basly

French trade unionist

*March 29th, 1854, Valenciennes †February 11th, 1928, Lens

86

Louis Marie Cordonnier

French architect

*July 7th, 1854, Haubourdin †November 20th, 1940, Peyrillac-et-Millac

52

Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom

Dutch chemist

*October 24th, 1854, Alkmaar †February 2nd, 1907, Amsterdam

51

Alphonse Allais

French writer and humorist

*October 20th, 1854, Honfleur †October 28th, 1905, Paris

71

Thomas Riley Marshall

Vice president of the United States from 1913 to 1921

*March 14th, 1854, North Manchester †June 1st, 1925, Washington, D.C.

77

George Eastman

American entrepreneur, inventor and photographer

*July 12th, 1854, Waterville †March 14th, 1932, Rochester

84

Karl Kautsky

Czech-Austrian Marxist theorist (1854–1938)

*October 16th, 1854, Prague †October 17th, 1938, Amsterdam

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1854 is a normal year and no leap year.

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