Famous Personalities Born In February - 19
Wednesday, 03 September 2025
1473 On February - 19 birth of nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)
1526 On February - 19 birth of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)
1552 Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630) was born on February - 19.
1588 On this day in history birth of pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies
1611 Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71) was born on February - 19.
1616 On this day in history birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer
1630 On February - 19 birth of shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)
1660 On this day in history birth of friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)
1671 On this day in history birth of charles-Hubert Gervais, composer
1683 Philip V, France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) was born on this day in history.
1687 Johann Adam Birkenstock, composer was born on this day in history.
1717 David Garrick, actor/producer/writer (Aboan-Oroonoko) was born on February - 19.
1722 Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (d. 1774) was born on this day in history.
1743 On February - 19 birth of [Ridolfo] Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer, cellist (Minuet)
1751 On this day in history birth of cornelis de Gijselaar, Dutch politician/patriot
1754 Vincenzo Monti, Italian poet/translator (Al Signor di Montgolfier) was born on February - 19.
1755 On February - 19 birth of pieter G van Overstraten, governor-general of Neth-Indies
1762 On February - 19 birth of friedrich Franz Hurka, composer
1763 Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer was born on this day in history.
1780 Friedrich H von der Hagen, German germanist (Nibelungenlied) was born on February - 19.
1780 On February - 19 birth of richard McCarty, American politician (d. 1844)
1802 On February - 19 birth of wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1881)
1804 Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, German physician (d. 1878) was born on this day in history.
1804 On this day in history birth of david Wark, Canadian politician (d. 1905)
1812 Lauro Rossi, composer was born on this day in history.
1817 Willem III, last male King of Netherlands (1849-90) was born on February - 19.
1819 On February - 19 birth of mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author/novelist/writer
1821 On this day in history birth of francis Preston Blair Jr, Lexington Ky, (Rep-Missouri)
1824 Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educator [NS=Mar 2] was born on February - 19.
1827 Charles Robert Woods, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1855 was born on this day in history.
1828 On February - 19 birth of johannes von Miquel, German politician
1841 Felipe Pedrell, composer was born on February - 19.
1843 On this day in history birth of adelina Patti, Madrid Spain, opera soprano (Lucio)
1859 On this day in history birth of svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903)