19201 | February 18 | Death | 2014 – Viscera, American wrestler and actor (b. 1971) |
19202 | February 18 | Death | 2014 – Mavis Gallant, Canadian-French author and playwright (b. 1922) |
19203 | February 18 | Death | 2014 – Kristof Goddaert, Belgian cyclist (b. 1986) |
19204 | February 18 | Death | 2014 – Nikhil Baran Sengupta, Indian art director and production designer (b. 1943) |
19205 | February 18 | Death | 2014 – Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1914) |
19206 | February 18 | Death | 2015 – Claude Criquielion, Belgian cyclist (b. 1957) |
19207 | February 18 | Death | 2015 – Jerome Kersey, American basketball player and coach (b. 1962) |
19208 | February 18 | Death | 2015 – D. Ramanaidu, Indian actor, director, and producer, founded Suresh Productions (b. 1936) |
19209 | February 18 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:Bernadette Soubirous (France)Colmán of LindisfarneFlavian of ConstantinopleGeltrude ComensoliSimeon of Jerusalem (Western Christianity)February 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) |
19210 | February 18 | Holiday and observance | Earliest day on which Wife's Day (Konudagur) can fall, while February 24 is the latest celebrated on Sunday between 18 and 24 February (Iceland) |
19211 | February 18 | Holiday and observance | Dialect Day (Amami Islands, Japan) |
19212 | February 18 | Holiday and observance | Independence Day (Gambia), celebrates the independence of the Gambia from the United Kingdom in 1965. |
19213 | February 18 | Holiday and observance | National Democracy Day, celebrates the 1951 overthrow of the Rana dynasty (Nepal) |
19214 | February 18 | Holiday and observance | Sepandārmazgān or "Women's Day" (Zoroastrian Iran) |
19215 | February 19 | Event | 197 – Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies. |
19216 | February 19 | Event | 356 – Emperor Constantius II issues a decree closing all pagan temples in the Roman Empire. |
19217 | February 19 | Event | 1594 – Having already inherited the throne of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine Jagiellon of Poland in 1587, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, having succeeded his father John III of Sweden in 1592 |
19218 | February 19 | Event | 1600 – The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America. |
19219 | February 19 | Event | 1649 – The Second Battle of Guararapes takes place, effectively ending Dutch colonization efforts in Brazil. |
19220 | February 19 | Event | 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, and it is renamed New York. |
19221 | February 19 | Event | 1807 – Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason in Wakefield, Alabama and confined to Fort Stoddert. |
19222 | February 19 | Event | 1819 – British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands, and claims them in the name of King George III. |
19223 | February 19 | Event | 1846 – In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following the annexation of Texas by the United States. |
19224 | February 19 | Event | 1847 – The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party. |
19225 | February 19 | Event | 1859 – Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity. This is the first time this defense is successfully used in the United States. |
19226 | February 19 | Event | 1861 – Serfdom is abolished in Russia. |
19227 | February 19 | Event | 1878 – Thomas Edison patents the phonograph. |
19228 | February 19 | Event | 1884 – More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history. |
19229 | February 19 | Event | 1915 – World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli. |
19230 | February 19 | Event | 1937 – Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades. |