What are the important events that happened on February 19? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

February 19: Facts & Myths About This Day

February 19 is the 50^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 315 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 6, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,998,720 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘pentacontagon’ day.

Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 363 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,443 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

February 19 Historical Events

• 1674 –
  England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
• 1807 –
  In Alabama, former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason and confined to Fort Stoddert.
• 1846 –
  In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following Texas’ annexation by the United States.
• 1859 –
  Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity. This is the 1st time this defense is successfully used in the United States.
• 1878 –
  Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• 1937 –
  Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Eritrean nationalists attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades. Italian authorities exact vicious reprisals on the population.
• 1939 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
• 1943 –
  World War II: Battle of the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
• 1976 –
  Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald R. Ford’s Proclamation 4417
• 2001 –
  The Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial.

Who were born on February 19?

• 1924 –
  Lee Marvin, American actor (d. 1987)
• 1942 –
  Paul Krause, American football player
• 1946 –
  Hiroshi Fujioka, Japanese actor
• 1948 –
  Mark Andes, American musician
• 1961 –
  Justin Fashanu, English footballer (d. 1998)
• 1963 –
  Laurell K. Hamilton, American writer
• 1980 –
  David Gandy, British model
• 1981 –
  Ronnie Arniell, Canadian professional wrestler
• 1983 –
  Kotoōshū Katsunori, Bulgarian sumo wrestler
• 1991 –
  Trevor Bayne, American race car Driver

Who died on February 19?

• 197 –
  Clodius Albinus, Roman governor of Britain
• 1133 –
  Irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066)
• 1663 –
  Adam Adami, German bishop and diplomat (b. 1603)
• 1968 –
  Georg Hackenschmidt, Estonian professional wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1977 –
  Anthony Crosland, British politician (b. 1918)
• 1977 –
  Mike González, Cuban baseball player (b. 1890)
• 1986 –
  Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (b. 1922)
• 1994 –
  Derek Jarman, British film director (b. 1942)
• 2010 –
  Jamie Gillis, American pornographic actor, director (b. 1943)
• 2010 –
  Laura Spurr, American chairperson of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi (b. 1945)