February 19 in history
Events on February 19
Notable events that happened on February 19 in past years.
- 2026
The 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea officially opens in Pyongyang and lasts for 7 days. (from February 19th to February 25th, 2026)
Wikipedia article: 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea - 2012
Forty-four people are killed in a prison brawl in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Wikipedia article: Apodaca prison riot - 2003
An Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft crashes near Kerman, Iran, killing 275.
Wikipedia article: Ilyushin Il-76 - 1986
Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers in eastern Sri Lanka.
Wikipedia article: Akkaraipattu massacre - 1985
China Airlines Flight 006 experiences an aircraft upset over the Pacific Ocean, injuring 24.
Wikipedia article: China Airlines Flight 006 - 1965
Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and a communist spy of the North Vietnamese Viet Minh, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm, all Catholics, attempt a coup against the military junta of the Buddhist Nguyễn Khánh.
Wikipedia article: Phạm Ngọc Thảo - 1959
The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
Wikipedia article: Cyprus - 1945
World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima: About 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Iwo Jima - 1942
World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps.
Wikipedia article: Franklin D. Roosevelt - 1913
Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
Wikipedia article: Pedro Lascuráin - 1847
The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party.
Wikipedia article: Donner Party - 1819
British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands.
Wikipedia article: British Empire - 1674
England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England.
Wikipedia article: Treaty of Westminster (1674) - 1594
Having already been elected to the throne of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1587, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, having succeeded his father John III of Sweden in 1592.
- 197
Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.
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