August 19

August 19 is the 231st day of the Gregorian Calendar ( 232nd in leap years). There remain 134 days of the year.

• 2.1 Before the 18th century
• 2.2 18th century
• 2.3 19th century
• 2.4 20th century 2.4.1 1901-1950
• 2.4.2 1951-2000

• 3.1 Before the 20th century
• 3.2 20th century
• 3.3 21st century

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Economy

Science and Technology

Culture

Society

Religion

Disasters

Minor accidents are listed in the sub- items of disaster.

Nature and Environment

Sports

Entries of Athletics world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics.

Born

Before the 18th century

• 0232: Probus, Roman emperor
• 1518: Kaspar Brusch, German humanist, Catholic theologian, historian and poet
• 1539: Andreas Schato, German mathematician, physicist and physician
• 1557: Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg
• 1558: François de Bourbon, prince de Conti, Prince of Chateau- Regnault, Knight of the Royal Order, governor and military leader
• 1591: Johann Georg von Stein Herber, German bishop of Regensburg

Madame du Barry (* 1743)

Orville Wright (* 1871)

Manuel L. Quezon (* 1878)

18th century

19th century

Conrad von Rappard (* 1805)

James Nasmyth (* 1808)

Rudolf Lehmann (* 1819)

20th century

1901-1950

1951-2000

Died

Before the 20th century

• 0014: Augustus, Roman emperor
• 0947: Abu Yazid, charidschitischer resistance fighters
• 1167: Friedrich von Rothenburg, Duke of Swabia
• 1167: Henry II of Lower Lorraine, Duke of Limburg (c. 1110)
• 1167: Werner II of Habsburg, son of Otto II of Habsburg
• 1186: Gottfried II, Duke of Brittany
• 1245: Ramon Berenguer V, Count of Provence
• 1318: Gerhard von Bevar, Bishop of Constance
• 1457: Andrea del Castagno, Italian painter
• 1493: . Friedrich III, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
• 1580: Andrea Palladio, architect in Upper Italy
• 1625: . Enno III, Count of East Frisia
• 1646: Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian
• 1657: Frans Snyders, Flemish painter
• 1662: Blaise Pascal, French philosopher, physicist and mathematician
• 1691: Koprulu Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
• 1743: Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn- Buchheim, German bishop
• 1753: Balthasar Neumann, German architect of Baroque and Rococo
• 1771: Daniel Schiebeler, German writer
• 1774: Johann Ernst Schubert, German Protestant theologian
• 1780: Johann de Kalb, German - American general during the American Revolution
• 1783: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, German sculptor
• 1795: Friedrich Hartmann Graf, German composer
• 1804: Albert Androt, French composer
• 1804: Barthelemy Louis Joseph Schérer, French general
• 1814: Angelo Tarchi, Italian composer
• 1815: Charles- Angélique Huchet, comte de Labedoyere, French Lieutenant-General
• 1819: James Watt, British inventor ( steam engine )
• 1821: Marie- Denise Villers, French painter of classicism
• 1822: Jean -Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French astronomer
• 1827: Bernhard Joseph Anders, Austrian officials
• 1830: Friedrich Wilhelm Aghte, German composer and cantor
• 1842: Alexandre Dusommerard, French archaeologist and art collector
• 1844: Iver Hesselnberg, Norwegian pastor and author
• 1867: William B. Campbell, American politician
• 1872: Eugène Prévost, French composer and conductor
• 1883: Jeremiah S. Black, American politician
• 1891: Theodor Aman, Romanian painter
• 1892: František Zdeněk Skuherský, Czech composer and music educator

20th century

21st Century

• 2002: Eduardo Chillida, Spanish sculptor
• 2002: Otto Wüst, Bishop of Basel
• 2003: Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Special Representative, High Commissioner for Human Rights
• 2003: Hermann Withalm, Austrian politician
• 2004: Rudolf Miele, German entrepreneurs
• 2004: Günter Rexrodt, German politicians
• 2005: Mo Mowlam, British politician
• 2006: Joseph Hill, Jamaican musician
• 2008: Leopold Abse, British lawyer from Wales, politician, MP, author and activist for the rights of homosexuals
• 2008: Levy Mwanawasa, the Zambian President
• 2010: John Riedl, German football player
• 2011: Raúl Ruiz, Chilean- French film director
• 2012: Lothar Rusch Meier, German local politician
• 2012: Tony Scott, British film director
• 2013: Wolfgang Lueder, German lawyer and politician
• 2013: Fritz Rau, German concert promoter
• 2013: Lee Thompson Young, American actor

Holidays and observances

• Religious observances Blaise Pascal, a French philosopher of religion ( Protestant)
• St. John Eudes, French priest and founder of the Order ( Catholic)
• St. Sebald in Nuremberg, hermit, evangeliser and Patron Saint ( Catholic)
• St. Louis of Toulouse, Italian monk and a bishop ( Catholic)

• Name Days John Ludwig

More entries contains the list of commemorative and action days.

• Day
• Day in August