Events & Holidays In February - 19
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Family Day (Saskatchewan only) (Canada)
National Democracy Day (Nepal)
National Flag Day (Turkmenistan)
Family Day (Saskatchewan only) (Canada)
National Democracy Day (Nepal)
National Flag Day (Turkmenistan)
1473 Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543) was born on this day in history.
1526 Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609) was born on this day in history.
1552 On this day in history birth of melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)
1588 On this day in history birth of pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies
1611 On this day in history birth of andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)
1616 On this day in history birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer
1630 Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.
1660 On this day in history birth of friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)
0197 On this day in history d Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle
0440 On this day in history death of mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362)
1133 Death of Irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066) on this day in history.
1260 Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies on this day in history.
1401 Death of William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London on this day in history.
1414 Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies on this day in history.
1545 Death of Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death on this day in history.
1553 Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41 on this day in history.