Famous Personalities Born In February - 19
Friday, 18 July 2025
1473 On February - 19 birth of nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)
1526 Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609) was born on February - 19.
1552 On February - 19 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 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 Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.
1660 Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on February - 19.
1671 On this day in history birth of charles-Hubert Gervais, composer
1683 On this day in history birth of philip V, France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)
1687 On this day in history birth of johann Adam Birkenstock, composer
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 February - 19.
1743 [Ridolfo] Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer, cellist (Minuet) was born on February - 19.
1751 Cornelis de Gijselaar, Dutch politician/patriot was born on February - 19.
1754 Vincenzo Monti, Italian poet/translator (Al Signor di Montgolfier) was born on February - 19.
1755 Pieter G van Overstraten, governor-general of Neth-Indies was born on February - 19.
1762 On February - 19 birth of friedrich Franz Hurka, composer
1763 Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer was born on February - 19.
1780 On February - 19 birth of friedrich H von der Hagen, German germanist (Nibelungenlied)
1780 Richard McCarty, American politician (d. 1844) was born on this day in history.
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 David Wark, Canadian politician (d. 1905) was born on this day in history.
1812 On this day in history birth of lauro Rossi, composer
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 February - 19 birth of francis Preston Blair Jr, Lexington Ky, (Rep-Missouri)
1824 Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educator [NS=Mar 2] was born on this day in history.
1827 Charles Robert Woods, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1855 was born on this day in history.
1828 Johannes von Miquel, German politician was born on February - 19.
1841 Felipe Pedrell, composer was born on February - 19.
1843 Adelina Patti, Madrid Spain, opera soprano (Lucio) was born on February - 19.
1859 On February - 19 birth of svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903)