Famous Personalities Born In February - 19
Thursday, 08 May 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 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 Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71) was born on this day in history.
1616 On this day in history birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer
1630 On this day in history birth of shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)
1660 Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.
1671 Charles-Hubert Gervais, composer was born on February - 19.
1683 On this day in history birth of philip V, France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)
1687 Johann Adam Birkenstock, composer was born on February - 19.
1717 David Garrick, actor/producer/writer (Aboan-Oroonoko) was born on February - 19.
1722 On this day in history birth of tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (d. 1774)
1743 [Ridolfo] Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer, cellist (Minuet) was born on this day in history.
1751 On this day in history birth of cornelis de Gijselaar, Dutch politician/patriot
1754 On this day in history birth of vincenzo Monti, Italian poet/translator (Al Signor di Montgolfier)
1755 On this day in history birth of pieter G van Overstraten, governor-general of Neth-Indies
1762 Friedrich Franz Hurka, composer was born on this day in history.
1763 Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer was born on February - 19.
1780 Friedrich H von der Hagen, German germanist (Nibelungenlied) was born on February - 19.
1780 On this day in history birth of richard McCarty, American politician (d. 1844)
1802 On this day in history birth of wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1881)
1804 Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, German physician (d. 1878) was born on February - 19.
1804 On February - 19 birth of david Wark, Canadian politician (d. 1905)
1812 On this day in history birth of lauro Rossi, composer
1817 Willem III, last male King of Netherlands (1849-90) was born on this day in history.
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 February - 19.
1828 On this day in history birth of johannes von Miquel, German politician
1841 On this day in history birth of felipe Pedrell, composer
1843 Adelina Patti, Madrid Spain, opera soprano (Lucio) was born on February - 19.
1859 On this day in history birth of svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903)