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, 1,739,923,200 seconds 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

• 197 –
  Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.
• 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.
• 1942 –
  World War II: nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin killing 243 people.
• 1945 –
  World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima – about 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.
• 1985 –
  Artificial heart recipient William J. Schroeder becomes the first such patient to leave hospital.
• 1986 –
  Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers the eastern province of Sri Lanka.
• 2001 –
  The Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
• 2002 –
  NASA’s Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
• 2006 –
  A methane explosion in coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners.
• 2034 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Tiger in Chinese astrology.

Who were born on February 19?

• 1843 –
  Adelina Patti, Italian opera singer (d. 1919)
• 1865 –
  Sven Hedin, Swedish explorer (d. 1952)
• 1896 –
  André Breton, French poet (d. 1966)
• 1943 –
  Lou Christie, American singer
• 1956 –
  Dave Wakeling, English musician (The (English) Beat, General Public)
• 1957 –
  Lorianne Crook, Television Personality
• 1958 –
  Helen Fielding, English writer
• 1962 –
  Hana Mandlíková, Czech tennis player
• 1974 –
  Danny Doring, American professional wrestler
• 1986 –
  Björn Gustafsson, Swedish comedian

Who died on February 19?

• 1622 –
  Sir Henry Savile, English educator (b. 1549)
• 1670 –
  King Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)
• 1709 –
  Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (b. 1646)
• 1806 –
  Elizabeth Carter, English writer (b. 1717)
• 1972 –
  Tedd Pierce, American animator (b. 1906)
• 1996 –
  Antonio Creus, Spanish racecar driver (b. 1924)
• 1998 –
  Grandpa Jones, American entertainer (b. 1913)
• 2007 –
  Celia Franca, founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1921)
• 2009 –
  Kelly Groucutt, Bass guitarist and singer for the band Electric Light Orchestra (b. 1945)
• 2010 –
  Laura Spurr, American chairperson of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi (b. 1945)