19561 | February 19 | Death | 2014 – Kresten Bjerre, Danish footballer and manager (b. 1946) |
19562 | February 19 | Death | 2014 – Génesis Carmona, Venezuelan model (b. 1991) |
19563 | February 19 | Death | 2014 – Simón Díaz, Venezuelan singer-songwriter (b. 1928) |
19564 | February 19 | Death | 2014 – Dale Gardner, American captain and astronaut (b. 1948) |
19565 | February 19 | Death | 2014 – Valeri Kubasov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1935) |
19566 | February 19 | Death | 2015 – Betty Lou Bredemus, American actress and coach (b. 1934) |
19567 | February 19 | Death | 2015 – Harold Johnson, American boxer (b. 1928) |
19568 | February 19 | Death | 2015 – Nirad Mohapatra, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1947) |
19569 | February 19 | Death | 2015 – Harris Wittels, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1984) |
19570 | February 19 | Holiday and observance | Armed Forces Day (Mexico) |
19571 | February 19 | Holiday and observance | Birthday of Shivaji or Shivaji Jayanti (Maharashtra, India) |
19572 | February 19 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:Barbatus of BeneventoConrad of PiacenzaLucy Yi Zhenmei (one of Martyrs of Guizhou)February 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) |
19573 | February 19 | Holiday and observance | Commemoration of Bulgaria's Apostle of Freedom Vassil Levski (Bulgaria) |
19574 | February 19 | Holiday and observance | Flag Day (Turkmenistan) |
19575 | February 20 | Event | 1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clashed in the Battle of Parabiago. |
19576 | February 20 | Event | 1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark. |
19577 | February 20 | Event | 1547 – Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. |
19578 | February 20 | Event | 1685 – René-Robert Cavelier establishes Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas. |
19579 | February 20 | Event | 1792 – The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington. |
19580 | February 20 | Event | 1798 – Louis-Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power. |
19581 | February 20 | Event | 1810 – Andreas Hofer, Tirolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon's forces, is executed. |
19582 | February 20 | Event | 1813 – Manuel Belgrano defeats the royalist army of Pío de Tristán during the Battle of Salta. |
19583 | February 20 | Event | 1816 – Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome. |
19584 | February 20 | Event | 1835 – Concepción, Chile is destroyed by an earthquake. |
19585 | February 20 | Event | 1846 – Polish insurgents lead an uprising in Kraków to incite a fight for national independence. |
19586 | February 20 | Event | 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Olustee: The largest battle fought in Florida during the war. |
19587 | February 20 | Event | 1865 – End of the Uruguayan War, with a peace agreement between President Tomás Villalba and rebel leader Venancio Flores, setting the scene for the destructive War of the Triple Alliance. |
19588 | February 20 | Event | 1872 – In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens. |
19589 | February 20 | Event | 1873 – The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco. |
19590 | February 20 | Event | 1877 – Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its première performance at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. |