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On February 19, 197: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.

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Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.

Lucius Septimius Severus was Roman emperor from 193 to 211. He was born in Leptis Magna, Libya in the Roman province of Africa. As a young man he advanced through the customary succession of offices under the reigns of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus.

People

Born on February 19

Millie Bobby Brown 2004– British actress and film producer (born 2004)
Lee Kang-in 2001– South Korean footballer (born 2001)
David Mazouz 2001– American actor (born 2001)
Katharina Gerlach 1998– German tennis player
Chappell Roan 1998– American singer (born 1998)
Jungwoo 1998– South Korean singer (born 1998)
Mabel 1996– Swedish-British singer (born 1996)
D. J. Wilson 1996– American basketball player (born 1996)
Nikola Jokić 1995– Serbian basketball player (born 1995)
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Tiina Trutsi 1994– Estonian footballer
Mauro Icardi 1993– Argentine footballer (born 1993)
Victoria Justice 1993– American actress and singer (born 1993)
Camille Kostek 1992– American model (born 1992)
Cody Parkey 1992– American football player (born 1992)
Trevor Bayne 1991– American racing driver (born 1991)
Christoph Kramer 1991– German footballer (born 1991)
Adreian Payne 1991– American basketball player (1991–2022)
Sone Aluko 1989– Nigerian footballer (born 1989)

People

Died on February 19

José Mojica Marins Brazilian filmmaker (1936–2020)
Pop Smoke American rapper (1999–2020)
Karl Lagerfeld German fashion designer (1933–2019)
Larry Coryell American jazz guitarist (1943–2017)
Umberto Eco Italian semiotician, philosopher and writer (1932–2016)
Harper Lee American novelist (1926–2016)
Chiaki Morosawa Japanese anime screenwriter
Samuel Willenberg Polish survivor of Treblinka (1923–2016)
Harold Johnson American boxer (1928–2015)
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Nirad Mohapatra Indian film director (1947–2015)
Harris Wittels American actor, comedian, writer, and musician (1984–2015)
Kresten Bjerre Danish footballer (1946-2014)
Dale Gardner American astronaut (1948–2014)
Valeri Kubasov Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (1935–2014)
Armen Alchian American economist (1914–2013)
Park Chul-soo South Korean film director, producer, screenwriter and actor
Robert Coleman Richardson American experimental physicist (1937–2013)
Donald Richie American writer and film historian (1924–2013)

Timeline

Every February 19 on record

  1. 197 Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.

    Roman emperor from 193 to 211

    Lucius Septimius Severus was Roman emperor from 193 to 211. He was born in Leptis Magna, Libya in the Roman province of Africa. As a young man he advanced through the customary succession of offices under the reigns of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus.

  2. 356 The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the worship of pagan idols in the Roman Empire.

    The religious policies of Constantius II were a mixture of toleration for some pagan practices and repression for other pagan practices. He also sought to advance the Arian or Semi-Arianian set of beliefs, now generally regarded as heresy, within Christianity. These policies may be contrasted with the religious policies of his father, Constantine the Great, whose Catholic orthodoxy was espoused in the Nicene Creed and who largely tolerated paganism in the Roman Empire.

  3. 607 Pope Boniface III is consecrated in Rome.

    Head of the Catholic Church in 607

    Pope Boniface III was the bishop of Rome from 19 February 607 to his death on 12 November of the same year. Despite his short pontificate, he made a significant contribution to the Catholic Church.

  4. 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.

    Bi-confederate monarchy in Europe (1569–1795)

    The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic, was a federative real union between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, existing from 1569 to 1795. This state was among the largest, most populated countries of 16th- to 18th-century Europe. At its peak in the early 17th century, the Commonwealth spanned approximately 1,000,000 km2 (390,000 sq mi) and supported a multi-ethnic population of around 12 million as of 1618.

  5. 1600 The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.

    Type of conical volcano composed of layers of lava and tephra

    A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a typically conical volcano built up by many alternating layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and explosive eruptions. Some have collapsed summit craters called calderas.

  6. 1649 The Second Battle of Guararapes takes place, effectively ending Dutch colonization efforts in Brazil.
  7. 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.
  8. 1714 Great Northern War: The battle of Napue between Sweden and Russia is fought in Isokyrö, Ostrobothnia.
  9. 1726 The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
  10. 1807 Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason in Wakefield, Alabama, and confined to Fort Stoddert.
  11. 1819 British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands.
  12. 1836 King William IV signs Letters Patent establishing the province of South Australia.
  13. 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.
  14. 1847 The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party.
  15. 1878 Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
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  1. 1884 More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 1942 World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people.
  6. 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.
  7. 1943 World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
  8. 1945 World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima: About 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.
  9. 1948 The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta.
  10. 1949 Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
  11. 1954 Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
  12. 1959 The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
  13. 1960 China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
  14. 1963 The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the feminist movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness raising groups spread.
  15. 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.

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