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On This Day · The 139th day of the year

May 19

250 years on from American Revolutionary War, May 19 is a date with an anniversary worth pausing on. Most of the weight falls in the 18th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

♉ZodiacTaurus ◈BirthstoneEmerald ❀Birth flowerLily of the Valley

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

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on May 19?

May 19 is the 139th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 715 and 2018. Famous people born on May 19 include Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Livio Berruti and Manuel Almunia.

Released on May 19

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Game Forza Horizon 6
  • Game R-Type Dimensions III
  • TV Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed

2023

  • Game LEGO 2K Drive

2022

  • Game Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 715

    Pope Gregory II

  2. 1674

    John III Sobieski

  3. 1743

    Jean-Pierre Christin

  4. 1776

    American Revolutionary War

  5. 1780

    New England's Dark Day

  6. 1845

    John Franklin

  7. 1921

    United States Congress

  8. 1997

    Sierra Gorda

  9. 2010

    Royal Thai Armed Forces

  10. 2018

    Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Famous birthday twins

Born on May 19

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

b. 1881

Livio Berruti

b. 1939

Manuel Almunia

b. 1977

Pete Townshend

b. 1945

Ho Chi Minh

b. 1890

Pol Pot

b. 1925

Edward de Bono

b. 1933

Malcolm X

b. 1925

Deaths

  • 2017Stanislav Petrov
  • 2014Jack Brabham
  • 2008Vijay Tendulkar
  • 1945Philipp Bouhler
  • 1831Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz
  • 1125Vladimir II Monomakh

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Calocerus (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Crispin of Viterbo
  • —Christian feast day: Dunstan (Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church; commemoration, Anglicanism)
  • —Christian feast day: Ivo of Kermartin
  • —Christian feast day: Joaquina Vedruna de Mas
  • —Christian feast day: Maria Bernarda Bütler
  • —Christian feast day: Peter Celestine
  • —Christian feast day: Pudentiana (Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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