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Acontecimientos
- 197Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.
- 356The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the worship of pagan idols in the Roman Empire.
- 607Pope Boniface III is consecrated in Rome.
- 1594Having 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.
- 1600The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
- 1649The Second Battle of Guararapes takes place, effectively ending Dutch colonization efforts in Brazil.
- 1674England 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.
- 1714Great Northern War: The battle of Napue between Sweden and Russia is fought in Isokyrö, Ostrobothnia.
- 1726The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
- 1807Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason in Wakefield, Alabama, and confined to Fort Stoddert.
- 1819British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands.
- 1836King William IV signs Letters Patent establishing the province of South Australia.
- 1846In 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.
- 1847The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party.
- 1878Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
- 1884More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
- 1913Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
- 1915World 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.
- 1937Yekatit 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.
- 1942World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people.
- 1942World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps.
- 1943World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
- 1945World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima: About 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.
- 1948The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta.
- 1949Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
- 1954Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
- 1959The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
- 1960China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
- 1963The 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.
- 1965Colonel 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.
- 1976Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford's Proclamation 4417.
- 1978Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
- 1985William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital.
- 1985A Boeing 727 operating as Iberia Flight 610 crashes Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148; it is the deadliest accident to occur in Iberia's history and the deadliest to occur in Basque County.
- 1985China Airlines Flight 006 experiences an aircraft upset over the Pacific Ocean, injuring 24.
- 1986Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers in eastern Sri Lanka.
- 1988A Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner operating as AVAir Flight 3378 crashes in Cary, North Carolina, killing 12.
- 1989Flying Tiger Line Flight 066 crashes into a hill near Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Malaysia, killing four.
- 2002NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
- 2003An Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft crashes near Kerman, Iran, killing 275.
- 2006A methane explosion in a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners.
- 2011The debut exhibition of the Belitung shipwreck, containing the largest collection of Tang dynasty artifacts found in one location, begins in Singapore.
- 2012Forty-four people are killed in a prison brawl in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico.
- 2020Nine people are killed in two domestic terrorist shootings in Hanau, Hesse, Germany.
- 2021Mya Thwe Thwe Khine, a 19-year-old protester, becomes the first known casualty of anti-coup protests that formed in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.
- 2026The 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea officially opens in Pyongyang and lasts for 7 days. (from February 19th to February 25th, 2026)
Nacimientos
- 1461Domenico Grimani, Italian cardinal (died 1523)
- 1473Nicolaus Copernicus, Prussian mathematician and astronomer (died 1543)
- 1497Matthäus Schwarz, German fashion writer (died 1574)
- 1519Froben Christoph of Zimmern, German author of the Zimmern Chronicle (died 1566)
- 1526Carolus Clusius, Flemish botanist and academic (died 1609)
- 1532Jean-Antoine de Baïf, French poet (died 1589)
- 1552Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal (died 1630)
- 1594Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (died 1612)
- 1611Andries de Graeff, Dutch politician (died 1678)
- 1630Shivaji, Indian warrior-king and the founder of Maratha Empire (died 1680) juliano y gregoriano
- 1660Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (died 1742)
- 1717David Garrick, English actor, playwright, and producer (died 1779)
- 1743Luigi Boccherini, Italian cellist and composer (died 1805)
- 1798Allan MacNab, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, Premier of Canada West (died 1862)
- 1800Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun and social worker, founded the Sisters of Providence (died 1851)
- 1804Carl von Rokitansky, German physician, pathologist, and philosopher (died 1878)
- 1821August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (died 1868)
- 1833Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1906)
- 1838Lydia Thompson, British burlesque performer (died 1908)
- 1841Elfrida Andrée, Swedish organist, composer, and conductor (died 1929)
- 1855Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna (died 1908)
- 1859Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1927)
- 1865Sven Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer (died 1952)
- 1869Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian-Russian poet and author (died 1923)
- 1872Johan Pitka, Estonian admiral (died 1944)
- 1876Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer (died 1957)
- 1877Gabriele Münter, German painter (died 1962)
- 1878Harriet Bosse, Swedish–Norwegian actress (died 1961)
- 1880Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (died 1928)
- 1886José Abad Santos, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (died 1942)
- 1888José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian lawyer and poet (died 1928)
- 1893Cedric Hardwicke, English actor and director (died 1964)
- 1895Louis Calhern, American actor (died 1956)
- 1896André Breton, French poet and author (died 1966)
- 1897Alma Rubens, American actress (died 1931)
- 1899Lucio Fontana, Argentinian-Italian painter and sculptor (died 1968)
- 1902Kay Boyle, American novelist, short story writer, and educator (died 1992)
- 1904Havank, Dutch journalist and author (died 1964)
- 1911Merle Oberon, Indian-American actress (died 1979)
- 1912Saul Chaplin, American composer (died 1997)
- 1912Dorothy Janis, American actress (died 2010)
- 1913Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (died 2007)
- 1913Frank Tashlin, American animator and screenwriter (died 1972)
- 1914Thelma Kench, New Zealand Olympic sprinter (died 1985)
- 1915Dick Emery, English actor and comedian (died 1983)
- 1915John Freeman, English lawyer, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (died 2014)
- 1916Eddie Arcaro, American jockey and sportscaster (died 1997)
- 1917Carson McCullers, American novelist, short story writer, playwright, and essayist (died 1967)
- 1918Fay McKenzie, American actress (died 2019)
- 1920C. Z. Guest, American actress, fashion designer, and author (died 2003)
- 1920Jaan Kross, Estonian author and poet (died 2007)
- 1920George Rose, English actor and singer (died 1988)
- 1922Władysław Bartoszewski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2015)
- 1924David Bronstein, Ukrainian chess player and theoretician (died 2006)
- 1924Lee Marvin, American actor (died 1987)
- 1926György Kurtág, Hungarian composer and academic
- 1927Philippe Boiry, French journalist (died 2014)
- 1929Jacques Deray, French director and screenwriter (died 2003)
- 1930John Frankenheimer, American director and producer (died 2002)
- 1930K. Viswanath, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2023)
- 1932Joseph P. Kerwin, American captain, physician, and astronaut
- 1935Chung-Yun Hse, Taiwanese-American wood scientist (died 2021)
- 1935Dave Niehaus, American sportscaster (died 2010)
- 1935Russ Nixon, American MLB catcher and coach (died 2016)
- 1936Sam Myers, American singer-songwriter (died 2006)
- 1936Frederick Seidel, American poet
- 1937Terry Carr, American author and educator (died 1987)
- 1937Norm O'Neill, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 2008)
- 1938Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (died 1989)
- 1939Erin Pizzey, English activist and author, founded Refuge
- 1940Saparmyrat Nyýazow, Turkmen engineer and politician, 1st President of Turkmenistan (died 2006)
- 1940Smokey Robinson, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1940Bobby Rogers, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)
- 1941David Gross, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1941Jenny Tonge, Baroness Tonge, English politician
- 1942Cyrus Chothia, English biochemist and emeritus scientist at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology (died 2019)
- 1942Paul Krause, American football player and politician
- 1942Will Provine, American biologist, historian, and academic (died 2015)
- 1942Howard Stringer, Welsh businessman
- 1943Lou Christie, American singer-songwriter (died 2025)
- 1943Homer Hickam, American author and engineer
- 1943Tim Hunt, English biochemist and academic, Nobel laureate
- 1944Les Hinton, English-American journalist and businessman
- 1945Yuri Antonov, Uzbek-Russian singer-songwriter
- 1946Paul Dean, Canadian guitarist
- 1946Peter Hudson, Australian footballer and coach
- 1946Karen Silkwood, American technician and activist (died 1974)
- 1947Jackie Curtis, American actress and playwright (died 1985)
- 1947Tim Shadbolt, New Zealand businessman and politician, 42nd Mayor of Invercargill
- 1948Mark Andes, American singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1948Pim Fortuyn, Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician (died 2002)
- 1948Raúl Grijalva, United States representative from Arizona (died 2025)
- 1948Tony Iommi, English guitarist and songwriter
- 1949Danielle Bunten Berry, American game designer and programmer (died 1998)
- 1949Eddie Hardin, English singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2015)
- 1949Barry Lloyd, English footballer and manager (died 2024)
- 1949William Messner-Loebs, American author and illustrator
- 1950Juice Leskinen, Finnish singer-songwriter (died 2006)
- 1950Andy Powell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1951Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, Pakistani scholar and politician, founder of Minhaj-ul-Quran
- 1952Ryū Murakami, Japanese novelist and filmmaker
- 1952Rodolfo Neri Vela, Mexican engineer and astronaut
- 1952Amy Tan, American novelist, essayist, and short story writer
- 1952Danilo Türk, Slovene academic and politician, 3rd President of Slovenia
- 1953Corrado Barazzutti, Italian tennis player
- 1953Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentine lawyer and politician, President of Argentina and Vice President of Argentina
- 1953Massimo Troisi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1994)
- 1954Francis Buchholz, German bass player (died 2026) las demás fuentes: 19 feb 1950
- 1954Michael Gira, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1954Sócrates, Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2011)
- 1955Jeff Daniels, American actor and playwright
- 1956Peter Holsapple, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1956Roderick MacKinnon, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1956Dave Wakeling, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1957Falco, Austrian singer-songwriter, rapper, and musician (died 1998)
- 1957Dave Stewart, American baseball player, coach, and executive
- 1957Ray Winstone, English actor
- 1958Leslie David Baker, American actor
- 1958Helen Fielding, English author and screenwriter
- 1958Steve Nieve, English keyboard player and composer fecha discutida
- 1959Roger Goodell, American businessman, 6th National Football League Commissioner
- 1960Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, second son of Elizabeth II
- 1960John Paul Jr., American race car driver (died 2020)
- 1961Justin Fashanu, English footballer (died 1998)
- 1961Ernie Gonzalez, American golfer (died 2020)
- 1962Hana Mandlíková, Czech-Australian tennis player and coach
- 1963Seal, English singer-songwriter
- 1963Jessica Tuck, American actress
- 1964Doug Aldrich, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1964Jennifer Doudna, American biochemist
- 1964Jonathan Lethem, American novelist, essayist, and short story writer
- 1965Jon Fishman, American drummer
- 1965Clark Hunt, American businessman
- 1965Leroy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1966Justine Bateman, American actress and producer
- 1966Paul Haarhuis, Dutch tennis player and coach
- 1966Eduardo Xol, American designer and author (died 2024)
- 1967Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor, director, and producer
- 1968Prince Markie Dee, American rapper and actor (died 2021)
- 1968Frank Watkins, American bass player (died 2015)
- 1969Burton C. Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1969Helena Guergis, Canadian businesswoman and politician
- 1970Joacim Cans, Swedish singer-songwriter
- 1970Verena Nussbaum, Austrian politician
- 1970Bellamy Young, American actress
- 1971Miguel Batista, Dominican baseball player and poet
- 1971Richard Green, Australian golfer
- 1971Jeff Kinney, American author and illustrator
- 1972Francine Fournier, American wrestler and manager
- 1972Sunset Thomas, American pornographic actress
- 1973Eric Lange, American actor
- 1975Daniel Adair, Canadian drummer and producer
- 1975Daewon Song, South Korean-American skateboarder, co-founded Almost Skateboards
- 1977Ola Salo, Swedish singer-songwriter and keyboard player
- 1977Andrew Ross Sorkin, American journalist and author
- 1977Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian footballer and manager
- 1978Ben Gummer, English scholar and politician
- 1978Immortal Technique, Peruvian-American rapper
- 1979Steve Cherundolo, American soccer player and manager
- 1980Dwight Freeney, American football player
- 1980Ma Lin, Chinese table tennis player
- 1980Mike Miller, American basketball player
- 1981Beth Ditto, American singer
- 1981Shawn Spears, Canadian wrestler
- 1983Kotoōshū Katsunori, Bulgarian sumo wrestler
- 1983Mika Nakashima, Japanese singer and actress
- 1983Reynhard Sinaga, Indonesian sex offender
- 1983Ryan Whitney, American ice hockey player
- 1983Jawad Williams, American basketball player
- 1984Chris Richardson, American singer-songwriter
- 1985Haylie Duff, American actress and singer
- 1985Arielle Kebbel, American actress and model
- 1985Kosta Perović, Serbian basketball player
- 1986Kyle Chipchura, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986Linus Klasen, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1986Marta, Brazilian footballer
- 1986Maria Mena, Norwegian singer-songwriter
- 1987Anna Cappellini, Italian ice dancer
- 1987Josh Reddick, American baseball player
- 1988Shawn Matthias, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1988Seth Morrison, American guitarist fecha discutida
- 1989Sone Aluko, English-Nigerian footballer
- 1991Trevor Bayne, American race car driver
- 1991Christoph Kramer, German footballer
- 1991Adreian Payne, American basketball player (died 2022)
- 1992Camille Kostek, American model
- 1992Cody Parkey, American football player
- 1993Mauro Icardi, Argentine footballer
- 1993Victoria Justice, American actress and singer
- 1994Tiina Trutsi, Estonian footballer
- 1995Nikola Jokić, Serbian basketball player
- 1996Mabel, British-Swedish singer
- 1996D. J. Wilson, American basketball player
- 1998Katharina Gerlach, German tennis player
- 1998Chappell Roan, American singer and songwriter
- 1998Jungwoo, South Korean singer
- 2001Lee Kang-in, South Korean footballer
- 2001David Mazouz, American actor
- 2004Millie Bobby Brown, English actress, model and producer
Fallecimientos
- 197Clodius Albinus, Roman usurper (born 150)
- 446Leontius of Trier, Bishop of Trier
- 1133Irene Doukaina, Byzantine wife of Alexios I Komnenos (born 1066) las demás fuentes: 19 feb 1123
- 1275Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Sufi philosopher and poet (born 1177) las demás fuentes: 19 feb 1274
- 1300Munio of Zamora, General of the Dominican Order
- 1408Thomas Bardolf, 5th Baron Bardolf, English rebel
- 1414Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1353)
- 1445Eleanor of Aragon, queen of Portugal (born 1402)
- 1491Enno I, Count of East Frisia, German noble (born 1460)
- 1553Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (born 1511) juliano y gregoriano
- 1602Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur (born 1558)
- 1605Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (born 1550)
- 1622Henry Savile, English scholar and politician (born 1549)
- 1672Charles Chauncy, English-American minister, theologian, and academic (born 1592)
- 1709Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shōgun (born 1646)
- 1716Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Norwegian author and poet (born 1634)
- 1785Mary, Countess of Harold, English aristocrat and philanthropist (born 1701)
- 1789Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Delaware (born 1738)
- 1799Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, and sailor (born 1733)
- 1806Elizabeth Carter, English poet and translator (born 1717)
- 1837Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (born 1813)
- 1837Thomas Burgess, English bishop and philosopher (born 1756)
- 1887Multatuli, Dutch-German author and civil servant (born 1820)
- 1897Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (born 1815)
- 1915Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (born 1866)
- 1916Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (born 1838)
- 1927Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (born 1847)
- 1928George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (born 1856)
- 1936Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (born 1879)
- 1945John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1916)
- 1951André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1869)
- 1952Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1859)
- 1953Richard Rushall, British businessman (born 1864)
- 1957Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (born 1871)
- 1959Willard Miller, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1877)
- 1962Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the Pap smear (born 1883)
- 1969Madge Blake, American actress (born 1899)
- 1970Ralph Edward Flanders, US Senator from Vermont (born 1890)
- 1972John Grierson, Scottish director and producer (born 1898)
- 1972Lee Morgan, American trumpet player and composer (born 1938)
- 1973Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (born 1892)
- 1977Anthony Crosland, English author and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (born 1918)
- 1977Mike González, Cuban baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1890)
- 1980Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter (born 1946)
- 1983Alice White, American actress (born 1904)
- 1988André Frédéric Cournand, French-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1895)
- 1992Tojo Yamamoto, American wrestler and manager (born 1927)
- 1994Derek Jarman, English director and set designer (born 1942)
- 1996Charlie Finley, American businessman (born 1918)
- 1997Leo Rosten, Polish-American author and academic (born 1908)
- 1997Deng Xiaoping, Chinese politician, paramount leader and 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1904)
- 1998Grandpa Jones, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (born 1913)
- 1999Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, Iraqi cleric (born 1943)
- 2000Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian-New Zealand painter and illustrator (born 1928)
- 2001Liza 'N' Eliaz, Belgian, transgender, hardcore DJ (born 1958)
- 2001Stanley Kramer, American director and producer (born 1913)
- 2001Charles Trenet, French singer-songwriter (born 1913)
- 2002Sylvia Rivera, American transgender LGBT activist (born 1951)
- 2003Johnny Paycheck, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1938)
- 2007Janet Blair, American actress and singer (born 1921)
- 2007Celia Franca, English-Canadian dancer and director, founded the National Ballet of Canada (born 1921)
- 2008Yegor Letov, Russian singer-songwriter (born 1964)
- 2008Lydia Shum, Chinese-Hong Kong actress and singer (born 1945)
- 2009Kelly Groucutt, English singer and bass player (born 1945)
- 2011Ollie Matson, American sprinter and football player (born 1930)
- 2012Ruth Barcan Marcus, American philosopher and logician (born 1921)
- 2012Jaroslav Velinský, Czech author and songwriter (born 1932)
- 2012Vitaly Vorotnikov, Russian politician, 27th Prime Minister of Russia (born 1926) las demás fuentes: 20 feb 2012
- 2013Armen Alchian, American economist and academic (born 1914)
- 2013Park Chul-soo, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1948)
- 2013Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1937)
- 2013Donald Richie, American-Japanese author and critic (born 1924)
- 2013Eugene Whelan, Canadian farmer and politician, 22nd Canadian Minister of Agriculture (born 1924)
- 2014Kresten Bjerre, Danish footballer and manager (born 1946)
- 2014Dale Gardner, American captain and astronaut (born 1948)
- 2014Valeri Kubasov, Russian engineer and astronaut (born 1935)
- 2015Harold Johnson, American boxer (born 1928)
- 2015Nirad Mohapatra, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1947)
- 2015Harris Wittels, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1984)
- 2016Umberto Eco, Italian novelist, literary critic, and philosopher (born 1932)
- 2016Harper Lee, American author (born 1926)
- 2016Chiaki Morosawa, Japanese anime screenwriter (born 1959)
- 2016Samuel Willenberg, Polish-Israeli sculptor and painter (born 1923)
- 2017Larry Coryell, American jazz guitarist (born 1943)
- 2019Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer (born 1933)
- 2020José Mojica Marins, Brazilian filmmaker, actor, composer, screenwriter, and television horror host (born 1936)
- 2020Pop Smoke, American rapper (born 1999)
Celebraciones
- Army Day (Mexico)
- Brâncuși Day (Romania)
- Commemoration of Vasil Levski (Bulgaria)
- Shivaji Jayanti (Maharashtra, India)
Santoral
- Barbatus of Benevento
- Boniface of Brussels
- Conrad of Piacenza
- Blessed Elisabetta Picenardi
- Lucy Yi Zhenmei (one of Martyrs of Guizhou)
- February 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)