Today
Monday January 19 2026
- Day of the year
- 19/ 365
- Week
- 42,026
- Days left
- 3465%
- Moon
- 1%New moon
Today is Monday, January 19, 2026. It is day 19 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 346 remain, and 5% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 4.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- January 24International Day of Education
- January 27International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- February 2World Wetlands Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Mark of Ephesusarchbishop of Ephesus
- Henrybishop of Finland
- Macarius of Alexandriamonk in the Nitrian Desert
- Józef Sebastian PelczarPolish bishop, saint of the Catholic Church (1842-1924)
- Marcelo Spinola y MaestreCatholic cardinal (1835-1906)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:16
- Sunset
- 16:58
- Length of day
- 9h 42m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:07
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 60 days, March 20, 2026 (March equinox)
Public holidays — United States
- Public holidayBirthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Next public holiday : Washington's Birthday — February 16, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
New moon
Illumination : 1%
Moon age : 0.9 days
- Next full moon
- February 1, 2026
- Next new moon
- February 17, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Capricorn
until January 20, 2026 — Aquarius
Zodiac dates are an astrological convention, not the Sun's actual position among the constellations. The astronomy above is measured; this is not.
On this day in history
1419
Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy. Wikipedia
1520
Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund and dies on February 3. Wikipedia
1764
John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel. Wikipedia
1795
The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands, replacing the Dutch Republic. Wikipedia
1829
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy receives its premiere performance. Wikipedia
1853
Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome. Wikipedia
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1861
American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States. Wikipedia
1915
Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising. Wikipedia
1966
Indira Gandhi becomes India's first female prime minister. Wikipedia
1978
The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day January 19
- 399Pulcheria, Byzantine empress and saint (died 453)
- 1544Francis II of France (died 1560)
- 1798Auguste Comte, French economist, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1857)
- 1807Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (died 1870)
- 1809Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic (died 1849)
- 1813Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (died 1898)
- 1912Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)
- 1920Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian politician and diplomat, 135th Prime Minister of Peru (died 2020)
Died on this day January 19
- 1576Hans Sachs, German poet and playwright (born 1494)aged 82 years
- 1729William Congreve, English playwright and poet (born 1670)aged 59 years
- 1833Ferdinand Hérold, French pianist and composer (born 1791)aged 42 years
- 1851Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian poet and author (born 1805)aged 46 years
- 1865Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and politician (born 1809)aged 56 years
- 1869Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (born 1788)aged 81 years
- 1874August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and scholar (born 1798)aged 76 years
- 2000Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1934)aged 66 years
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
The day in words
In New York the sun rises at 07:16 and sets at 16:58, giving 9h 42m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 60 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is new, 1% illuminated. The next full moon falls on February 1, 2026 and the next new moon on February 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches January 19 to Mark of Ephesus, Henry and Macarius of Alexandria.
No United Nations international day falls on January 19. The next one on the calendar is International Day of Education, on January 24.
It is a public holiday in the United States: Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr..
On this day in history: Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy (1419); Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund and dies on February 3 (1520). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Pulcheria was born on January 19, 399; Hans Sachs died on January 19, 1576.
340 days remain until Christmas and 347 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — January 19 falls under the sign of Capricorn.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 5%
- of the year elapsed
- 340
- until Christmas
- 347
- until New Year
- 771
- until the next 29 February
2026 — Common year (365 days)
Work with dates
Sources
Every block on this page names where its data comes from. Nothing here is generated when the source is silent.
- United Nations — International Days— What's celebrated today
- Wikidata (P841)— Saints and name days · CC0 1.0
- Wikipedia (en)— On this day in history · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26