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August 19

August 19 carries 10 recorded events spanning between -43 and 2004. In the wake of the murder of Julius Caesar, his nephew and heir, Octavian, uses the threat of military force to compel the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.

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What happened on August 19?

August 19 is the 231st day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between -43 and 2004. Famous people born on August 19 include Bill Clinton, Manuel L. Quezon and Michael Todd (musician).

The shape of the day

August 19 carries an unusually long memory — its events reach back as far as 43 BC. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

Leo is the sign for August 19 — read more on the Leo page, or see August's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on August 19

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game Sword of the Sea

2022

  • Game Madden NFL 23

2021

  • Game Twelve Minutes

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. -43

    Julius Caesar

    In the wake of the murder of Julius Caesar, his nephew and heir, Octavian, uses the threat of military force to compel the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.

  2. 1725

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137, a cantata setting the unchanged text of Neander's hymn.

  3. 1745

    Charles Edward Stuart

    Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45".

  4. 1934

    1934 German head of state referendum

    The German referendum of 1934 approves Adolf Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer.

  5. 1941

    Nazi Germany

    Germany and Romania sign the Tiraspol Agreement, rendering the region of Transnistria under control of the latter.

  6. 1942

    World War II

    World War II: Operation Jubilee (The Dieppe Raid): The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails.

  7. 1953

    Cold War

    Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

  8. 1999

    Belgrade

    In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.

  9. 2003

    Canal Hotel bombing

    A truck-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.

  10. 2004

    Google

    Google Inc. has its initial public offering on Nasdaq.

Famous birthday twins

Born on August 19

Bill Clinton

b. 1946

American lawyer and politician, 40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas, 42nd President of the United States

Manuel L. Quezon

b. 1878

Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines

Michael Todd (musician)

b. 1980

American bass player

Lindsey Jacobellis

b. 1985

American snowboarder

Charles Bolden

b. 1946

American general and astronaut

Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana

b. 1398

Spanish poet and politician

Wright brothers

b. 1871

American engineer and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company

Alessandro Matri

b. 1984

Italian footballer

Deaths

  • 1994Linus Pauling
  • 1980Otto Frank
  • 1936Federico García Lorca
  • 1923Vilfredo Pareto
  • 1662Blaise Pascal

Holidays & observances

  • —Afghan Independence Day, commemorates the Treaty of Rawalpindi in 1919, granting independence from Britain (Afghanistan)
  • —August Revolution Commemoration Day (Vietnam)
  • —Birthday of Crown Princess Mette-Marit (Norway)
  • —Christian Feast Day: Bernardo Tolomei
  • —Christian Feast Day: Bertulf of Bobbio
  • —Christian Feast Day: Saint Calminius
  • —Christian Feast Day: Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz
  • —Christian Feast Day: Feast of the Transfiguration (Julian calendar), and its related observances: Buhe (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church)

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