Holidays and observances
Holidays and observances on February 19
10 holidays and special days are celebrated on February 19 around the world.
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Holidays and observances
Army Day (Mexico)In Mexico, there are three major kinds of public holidays:Statutory holiday: holidays observed all around Mexico. Employees are entitled to a day off with regular pay and schools are closed for the day of the holiday.
Civic holiday: These holidays are observed
Brâncuși Day (Romania)The following is a list of public holidays in Romania. According to Romanian law, Romania had 51 public holidays as of 2011, which cover 14% of the days of the year in the country from which 15 days are non-working. In 2025, Romania had 17 public non-working h- Christian feast day: Barbatus of BeneventoBarbatus of Benevento, also known as Barbas, was a bishop of Benevento from 663 to 682. He succeeded Ildebrand in this capacity. He assisted in a church council called by Pope Agatho in Rome in 680 and in 681 attended the Third Council of Constantinople agains
Christian feast day: Boniface of BrusselsBoniface of Brussels was a Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Lausanne from circa 1231 until 1239 when he resigned after agents of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II assaulted him. His relics are housed at the Kapellekerk, and at La Cambre where he died
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Conrad of PiacenzaConrad Confalonieri of Piacenza, TOSF, was an Italian hermit of the Third Order of St. Francis, who is venerated as a saint.
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Blessed Elisabetta PicenardiBeatification is an act by which the Catholic Church formally recognizes that a deceased member of the faithful is believed to have entered Heaven and is capable of interceding on behalf of individuals who pray in their name, permitting a restricted, local for
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Lucy Yi Zhenmei (one of Martyrs of Guizhou)Lucy Yi Zhenmei was a Sichuanese Catholic saint from Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China. She is the lone woman of the five Guizhou Martyrs, a subset of the much larger Martyr Saints of China. She is referred to as Bienheureuse Lucie Y in old French sources.
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February 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)February 19 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for t
Commemoration of Vasil Levski (Bulgaria)Vasil Levski, born Vasil Ivanov Kunchev, was a Bulgarian revolutionary who is, today, a national hero of Bulgaria. Dubbed the Apostle of Freedom, Levski ideologised and strategised a revolutionary movement to liberate Bulgaria from Ottoman rule. Levski founded
Shivaji Jayanti (Maharashtra, India)Shiv Jayanti, also known as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti, is a festival and public holiday of the Indian state of Maharashtra. This festival is celebrated on February 19, celebrating the birth anniversary of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the first Chhatra
Frequently asked questions
What is celebrated on February 19?
10 observances are celebrated on February 19 around the world: Army Day (Mexico), Brâncuși Day (Romania), Christian feast day: Barbatus of Benevento, Christian feast day: Boniface of Brussels, Christian feast day: Conrad of Piacenza, Christian feast day: Blessed Elisabetta Picenardi. The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.
What happened on February 19?
45 documented historical events happened on February 19, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Huaynaputina, a stratovolcano in present-day Peru, produced the largest recorded volcanic explosion in South America. On the same day, in another year: Peninsular War: Outnumbered French forces under Édouard Mortier routed and nearly destroyed Spanish troops at the Battle of the Gebora near Badajoz, Spain. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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