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August 19th, 2043 (August 19 2043) | Event | Octavian, later known as Augustus, compels the senate to elect him Consul. | |
August 19th, 2014 (August 19 2014) | Death | Augustus, Roman Emperor (born in 63 BC) | |
August 19th, 2005 (August 19 2005) | Event | The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins. | |
August 19th, 2005 (August 19 2005) | Event | A series of strong storms lash Southern Ontario spawning several tornadoes as well as creating extreme flash flooding within the city of Toronto and its surrounding communities. In Toronto, it is also dubbed as the Toronto Supercell. | |
August 19th, 2005 (August 19 2005) | Death | Bueno de Mesquita, Dutch comedian and actor (born in 1918) | |
August 19th, 2003 (August 19 2003) | Event | A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency s top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees. | |
August 19th, 2003 (August 19 2003) | Event | A Hamas planned suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem kills 23 Israelis, 7 of them children in the Jerusalem bus 2 massacre. | |
August 19th, 2003 (August 19 2003) | Death | Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (born in 1926) | |
August 19th, 2003 (August 19 2003) | Death | Sergio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (born in 1948) | |
August 19th, 2002 (August 19 2002) | Event | A Russian Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside of Grozny, killing 118 soldiers. | |
August 19th, 2001 (August 19 2001) | Death | Donald Woods, South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist (born in 1933) | |
August 19th, 2001 (August 19 2001) | Death | Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (born in 1939) | |
August 19th, 2000 (August 19 2000) | Death | Antonio Pugliese, Italian professional wrestler (born in 1941) | |
August 19th, 2000 (August 19 2000) | Death | Bineshwar Brahma, Bodo literateur and religious figure (birth date unknown) | |
August 19th, 1999 (August 19 1999) | Event | In Belgrade, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milosevic. | |
August 19th, 1998 (August 19 1998) | Birth | Ella Guevara, Filipino child actress | |
August 19th, 1997 (August 19 1997) | Event | The Teamsters end their 15-day walkout against United Parcel Service. | |
August 19th, 1995 (August 19 1995) | Death | Pierre Schaeffer, French composer (born in 1910) | |
August 19th, 1994 (August 19 1994) | Death | Linus Pauling, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Peace (born in 1901) | Linus Pauling Quotes |
August 19th, 1991 (August 19 1991) | Event | Collapse of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Crimea. | |
August 19th, 1991 (August 19 1991) | Event | Hurricane Bob hits the Northeast. | |
August 19th, 1990 (August 19 1990) | Event | Leonard Bernstein conducts his final concert, ending with Ludwig van Beethoven s Symphony No. 7. | Ludwig van Beethoven Quotes |
August 19th, 1989 (August 19 1989) | Event | Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist Prime Minister in 42 years. | |
August 19th, 1989 (August 19 1989) | Event | Raid on offshore pirate station, Radio Caroline in North Sea by British and Dutch governments. | |
August 19th, 1989 (August 19 1989) | Birth | Romeo, American rapper | |
August 19th, 1988 (August 19 1988) | Birth | Travis Tedford, American actor | |
August 19th, 1987 (August 19 1987) | Event | Hungerford Massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with an assault rifle and then commits suicide. | |
August 19th, 1987 (August 19 1987) | Birth | Anais Lameche, Swedish singer (Play) | |
August 19th, 1987 (August 19 1987) | Birth | Ileana D Cruz, Indian actress | |
August 19th, 1987 (August 19 1987) | Birth | Richard Stearman, English footballer | |
August 19th, 1986 (August 19 1986) | Birth | Saori Kimura, Japanese volleyball player | |
August 19th, 1986 (August 19 1986) | Death | Hermione Baddeley, English actress (born in 1906) | |
August 19th, 1985 (August 19 1985) | Birth | Megan Rochell, American singer | |
August 19th, 1984 (August 19 1984) | Birth | Micah Alberti, American actor | |
August 19th, 1984 (August 19 1984) | Birth | Alessandro Matri, Italian footballer | |
August 19th, 1984 (August 19 1984) | Birth | Ryan Taylor, English footballer | |
August 19th, 1983 (August 19 1983) | Birth | Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter | |
August 19th, 1983 (August 19 1983) | Birth | John McCargo, American football player | |
August 19th, 1983 (August 19 1983) | Birth | Tammin Sursok, Australian actress & singer | |
August 19th, 1983 (August 19 1983) | Birth | Mike Conway, British racing driver | |
August 19th, 1982 (August 19 1982) | Birth | Erika Christensen, American actress | |
August 19th, 1982 (August 19 1982) | Birth | J. J. Hardy, American baseball player | |
August 19th, 1982 (August 19 1982) | Death | August Neo, Estonian wrestler (born in 1908) | |
August 19th, 1981 (August 19 1981) | Event | Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra. | |
August 19th, 1981 (August 19 1981) | Death | Jessie Matthews, English actress (born in 1907) | |
August 19th, 1980 (August 19 1980) | Event | Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people. | |
August 19th, 1980 (August 19 1980) | Birth | Jun Jin, Korean rapper (Shinhwa) | |
August 19th, 1980 (August 19 1980) | Birth | Darius Danesh, Scottish singer-songwriter & actor | |
August 19th, 1980 (August 19 1980) | Birth | Paul Parry, Welsh footballer | |
August 19th, 1980 (August 19 1980) | Birth | Michael Todd, American musician (Coheed and Cambria) | |
August 19th, 1980 (August 19 1980) | Death | Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank (born in 1889) | Anne Frank Quotes |
August 19th, 1979 (August 19 1979) | Birth | Dave Douglas, American musician (Relient K) | |
August 19th, 1979 (August 19 1979) | Birth | Oumar Konde, Swiss footballer | |
August 19th, 1979 (August 19 1979) | Death | Dorsey Burnette, American singer (born in 1932) | |
August 19th, 1978 (August 19 1978) | Birth | Chris Capuano, American baseball player | |
August 19th, 1977 (August 19 1977) | Birth | Iban Mayo, Spanish cyclist | |
August 19th, 1977 (August 19 1977) | Death | Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (born in 1890) | Groucho Marx Quotes |
August 19th, 1976 (August 19 1976) | Death | Alastair Sim, Scottish actor and rector of Edinburgh University (born in 1900) | |
August 19th, 1975 (August 19 1975) | Event | The cricket test match between England and Australia is called off after the pitch is vandalised by supporters of George Davis. | |
August 19th, 1975 (August 19 1975) | Birth | Chynna Clugston, American comic book creator | |
August 19th, 1975 (August 19 1975) | Birth | Tracie Thoms, American actress | |
August 19th, 1975 (August 19 1975) | Death | Mark Donohue, American race car driver and engineer (b.1937) | |
August 19th, 1975 (August 19 1975) | Death | Jim Londos, wrestler (born in 1897) | |
August 19th, 1973 (August 19 1973) | Birth | Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway | |
August 19th, 1973 (August 19 1973) | Birth | Callum Blue, British actor | |
August 19th, 1973 (August 19 1973) | Birth | Marco Materazzi, Italian footballer | |
August 19th, 1973 (August 19 1973) | Birth | Lilian Garcia, wrestling announcer | |
August 19th, 1972 (August 19 1972) | Birth | Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentine footballer | |
August 19th, 1972 (August 19 1972) | Birth | Sammi Cheng Sau Man, Hong Kong singer and actress | |
August 19th, 1972 (August 19 1972) | Birth | Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer | |
August 19th, 1971 (August 19 1971) | Birth | Joao Vieira Pinto, Portuguese football player | |
August 19th, 1970 (August 19 1970) | Birth | Fat Joe, American rapper | |
August 19th, 1970 (August 19 1970) | Death | Pawel Jasienica, Polish historian (born in 1909) | |
August 19th, 1969 (August 19 1969) | Birth | Nate Dogg, American rapper | |
August 19th, 1969 (August 19 1969) | Birth | Kirk Herbstreit, American football analyst (College GameDay) | |
August 19th, 1969 (August 19 1969) | Birth | Emigdio Preciado, Hispanic fugitive on FBI s Most Wanted list | |
August 19th, 1969 (August 19 1969) | Birth | Paula Jai Parker, American actress | |
August 19th, 1969 (August 19 1969) | Birth | Matthew Perry, American actor | |
August 19th, 1969 (August 19 1969) | Birth | Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Japanese baseball player | |
August 19th, 1969 (August 19 1969) | Birth | Patrick Van Horn, American actor | |
August 19th, 1969 (August 19 1969) | Birth | Clay Walker, American singer | |
August 19th, 1969 (August 19 1969) | Death | Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect (born in 1886) | Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Quotes |
August 19th, 1968 (August 19 1968) | Birth | Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, Greek windsurfer | |
August 19th, 1968 (August 19 1968) | Birth | Mark McGuinn, country music singer | |
August 19th, 1968 (August 19 1968) | Death | George Gamow, Ukrainian-born physicist (born in 1904) | |
August 19th, 1967 (August 19 1967) | Death | Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born editor and publisher (born in 1884) | |
August 19th, 1966 (August 19 1966) | Birth | Lee Ann Womack, American musician | |
August 19th, 1965 (August 19 1965) | Event | Japanese prime minister Eisaku Sato becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa. | |
August 19th, 1965 (August 19 1965) | Birth | Kyra Sedgwick, American actress | |
August 19th, 1965 (August 19 1965) | Birth | Kevin Dillon, American actor | |
August 19th, 1965 (August 19 1965) | Birth | Maria de Medeiros, Portuguese actress and director | |
August 19th, 1963 (August 19 1963) | Birth | John Stamos, American actor | |
August 19th, 1963 (August 19 1963) | Birth | Yip Sai Wing, Hong Kong musician (Beyond) | |
August 19th, 1963 (August 19 1963) | Birth | Joey Tempest, Swedish singer (Europe) | |
August 19th, 1963 (August 19 1963) | Death | Kathleen Parlow, Canadian violinist (born in 1890) | |
August 19th, 1962 (August 19 1962) | Birth | Tammy Bruce, American political commentator | |
August 19th, 1962 (August 19 1962) | Birth | Valerie Kaprisky, French actress | |
August 19th, 1961 (August 19 1961) | Birth | Jonathan Coe, British author | |
August 19th, 1960 (August 19 1960) | Event | Cold War: In Moscow, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage. | |
August 19th, 1960 (August 19 1960) | Event | Sputnik program: Sputnik The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants. | |
August 19th, 1960 (August 19 1960) | Birth | Morten Andersen, American football player | |
August 19th, 1960 (August 19 1960) | Birth | Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor | |
August 19th, 1959 (August 19 1959) | Birth | Susan Cummings, Monegasque-born American heiress and convicted murderer | |
August 19th, 1959 (August 19 1959) | Death | Jacob Epstein, American-born sculptor (born in 1880) | |
August 19th, 1959 (August 19 1959) | Death | Blind Willie McTell, American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist (born in 1901) | |
August 19th, 1958 (August 19 1958) | Birth | Anthony Munoz, American football player | |
August 19th, 1958 (August 19 1958) | Birth | Gary Gaetti, American baseball player | |
August 19th, 1958 (August 19 1958) | Birth | Brendan Nelson, Australian politician | |
August 19th, 1957 (August 19 1957) | Birth | Li-Young Lee, Indonesia-born American poet | |
August 19th, 1957 (August 19 1957) | Birth | Christine Soetewey, Belgian high jumper | |
August 19th, 1957 (August 19 1957) | Death | David Bomberg, English painter (born in 1890) | |
August 19th, 1957 (August 19 1957) | Death | Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish meteorologist (born in 1898) | |
August 19th, 1956 (August 19 1956) | Birth | Adam Arkin, American actor | |
August 19th, 1955 (August 19 1955) | Event | In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives. | |
August 19th, 1955 (August 19 1955) | Birth | Peter Gallagher, American actor | Gallagher Quotes |
August 19th, 1955 (August 19 1955) | Birth | Ned Yost, American baseball player and manager | |
August 19th, 1954 (August 19 1954) | Birth | Oscar Larrauri, Argentine racing driver | |
August 19th, 1954 (August 19 1954) | Death | Alcide De Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy (born in 1881) | |
August 19th, 1953 (August 19 1953) | Event | Cold War: The CIA helps to overthrow the government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. | |
August 19th, 1953 (August 19 1953) | Birth | Nanni Moretti, Italian film actor, director and producer | |
August 19th, 1953 (August 19 1953) | Birth | Mary Matalin, American political consultant | |
August 19th, 1952 (August 19 1952) | Birth | Jonathan Frakes, American actor and director | |
August 19th, 1951 (August 19 1951) | Birth | John Deacon, English musician (Queen) | |
August 19th, 1951 (August 19 1951) | Birth | Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentine film composer | |
August 19th, 1950 (August 19 1950) | Birth | Jennie Bond, British journalist | |
August 19th, 1950 (August 19 1950) | Death | Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist (born in 1871) | |
August 19th, 1948 (August 19 1948) | Birth | Gerald McRaney, American actor | |
August 19th, 1948 (August 19 1948) | Birth | Tipper Gore, Second Lady of the United States | |
August 19th, 1947 (August 19 1947) | Birth | Dave Dutton, English actor | |
August 19th, 1947 (August 19 1947) | Birth | Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (died in 2007) | |
August 19th, 1947 (August 19 1947) | Birth | Gerard Schwarz, American conductor | |
August 19th, 1946 (August 19 1946) | Birth | Bill Clinton, Former American president | Bill Clinton Quotes |
August 19th, 1946 (August 19 1946) | Birth | Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor | |
August 19th, 1946 (August 19 1946) | Birth | Dawn Steel, American film producer (died in 1997) | |
August 19th, 1945 (August 19 1945) | Event | Vietnam War: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam. | |
August 19th, 1945 (August 19 1945) | Birth | Ian Gillan, English singer (Deep Purple) | |
August 19th, 1945 (August 19 1945) | Death | Tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b.1875) | |
August 19th, 1944 (August 19 1944) | Event | World War II: Liberation of ParisParis rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops. | |
August 19th, 1944 (August 19 1944) | Birth | Buzz Kilman, Chicago radio personality | |
August 19th, 1944 (August 19 1944) | Birth | Bodil Malmsten, Swedish writer | |
August 19th, 1944 (August 19 1944) | Birth | Charles Wang, Chinese-born philanthropist | An Wang Quotes |
August 19th, 1944 (August 19 1944) | Death | Gunther von Kluge, German field marshal (born in 1882) | Gunther von Kluge Quotes |
August 19th, 1943 (August 19 1943) | Birth | Billy J. Kramer, British singer | |
August 19th, 1942 (August 19 1942) | Event | World War II: Operation JubileeThe 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an allied forces amphibious assault on Dieppe, France. | |
August 19th, 1942 (August 19 1942) | Birth | Fred Thompson, American politician and actor | |
August 19th, 1940 (August 19 1940) | Birth | Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter | |
August 19th, 1940 (August 19 1940) | Birth | Jill St. John, American actress | |
August 19th, 1939 (August 19 1939) | Birth | Ginger Baker, English drummer (Cream) | |
August 19th, 1938 (August 19 1938) | Birth | Diana Muldaur, American actress | |
August 19th, 1936 (August 19 1936) | Death | Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish author (born in 1898) | Federico Garcia Lorca Quotes |
August 19th, 1935 (August 19 1935) | Birth | Bobby Richardson, American baseball player | |
August 19th, 1934 (August 19 1934) | Event | The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio. | |
August 19th, 1934 (August 19 1934) | Event | The creation of the position Fuhrer approved by the German electorate with 89.9% of the popular vote. | |
August 19th, 1934 (August 19 1934) | Birth | Renee Richards, American physician | |
August 19th, 1931 (August 19 1931) | Birth | Willie Shoemaker, American jockey (died in 2003) | |
August 19th, 1930 (August 19 1930) | Birth | Frank McCourt, Irish-American author | |
August 19th, 1929 (August 19 1929) | Death | Sergei Diaghilev, Russian ballet impresario (born in 1872) | |
August 19th, 1928 (August 19 1928) | Birth | Bernard Levin, English journalist, author, and broadcaster (died in 2004) | |
August 19th, 1928 (August 19 1928) | Birth | Norman Brooks, Canadian singer (died in 2006) | |
August 19th, 1927 (August 19 1927) | Event | Metropolitan Sergius proclaimed the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet state. | |
August 19th, 1926 (August 19 1926) | Birth | Arthur Rock, American venture capitalist | |
August 19th, 1925 (August 19 1925) | Birth | Claude Gauvreau, Canadian playwright (died in 1971) | |
August 19th, 1923 (August 19 1923) | Death | Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (born in 1845) | |
August 19th, 1921 (August 19 1921) | Birth | Gene Roddenberry, American television producer (died in 1991) | Gene Roddenberry Quotes |
August 19th, 1919 (August 19 1919) | Event | Afghanistan gains full independence from the United Kingdom. | |
August 19th, 1919 (August 19 1919) | Birth | Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (died in 1990) | Malcolm Forbes Quotes |
August 19th, 1915 (August 19 1915) | Event | World War I: The Battle of Van begins | |
August 19th, 1915 (August 19 1915) | Birth | Ring Lardner Jr, American journalist and screenwriter (died in 2000) | Ring Lardner Quotes |
August 19th, 1915 (August 19 1915) | Birth | Alfred Rouleau, French Canadian businessman and administrator (Desjardins Group) (died in 1985) | |
August 19th, 1914 (August 19 1914) | Birth | Lajos Baroti, Hungarian footballer (died in 2005) | |
August 19th, 1914 (August 19 1914) | Death | Franz Xavier Wernz, German Superior General of the Society of Jesus (born in 1844) | |
August 19th, 1913 (August 19 1913) | Birth | Richard Simmons, American actor (died in 2003) | |
August 19th, 1913 (August 19 1913) | Birth | John Argyris, Greek aeronautical engineer, one of the creators of the Finite Element Method (died in 2004) | |
August 19th, 1912 (August 19 1912) | Birth | Austin Dobson, British racing driver (died in 1963) | |
August 19th, 1907 (August 19 1907) | Birth | Thruston B. Morton, American politician (died in 1982) | |
August 19th, 1906 (August 19 1906) | Birth | Philo Farnsworth, American inventor (died in 1971) | Philo Quotes |
August 19th, 1903 (August 19 1903) | Birth | James Gould Cozzens, American novelist (died in 1978) | |
August 19th, 1902 (August 19 1902) | Birth | Ogden Nash, American poet (died in 1971) | |
August 19th, 1902 (August 19 1902) | Birth | J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino jurist (died in 1994) | |
August 19th, 1900 (August 19 1900) | Birth | Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (died in 1976) | Gilbert Ryle Quotes |
August 19th, 1900 (August 19 1900) | Death | Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer (born in 1833) | |
August 19th, 1899 (August 19 1899) | Birth | Charlie Hall, English comedian actor (died in 1959) | |
August 19th, 1896 (August 19 1896) | Birth | Olga Baclanova, Russian-born actress (died in 1974) | |
August 19th, 1895 (August 19 1895) | Event | American frontier murderer and outlaw, John Wesley Hardin, is killed by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas. | John Wesley Quotes |
August 19th, 1895 (August 19 1895) | Death | John Wesley Hardin, American gunfighter (born in 1853) | John Wesley Quotes |
August 19th, 1892 (August 19 1892) | Birth | Alfred Lunt, American actor (died in 1977) | |
August 19th, 1889 (August 19 1889) | Death | Auguste Villiers de l Isle-Adam, French writer (born in 1838) | |
August 19th, 1883 (August 19 1883) | Birth | Jose Mendes Cabecadas, 95th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th President of Portugal (died in 1965) | |
August 19th, 1883 (August 19 1883) | Birth | Coco Chanel, French clothing designer (died in 1971) | |
August 19th, 1883 (August 19 1883) | Birth | Elsie Ferguson, American film actress (died in 1961) | |
August 19th, 1883 (August 19 1883) | Death | Jeremiah S. Black, American statesman (born in 1810) | |
August 19th, 1881 (August 19 1881) | Birth | George Enescu, Romanian composer (died in 1955) | |
August 19th, 1878 (August 19 1878) | Birth | Manuel Quezon, President of the Philippines (died in 1944) | |
August 19th, 1875 (August 19 1875) | Birth | Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer (died in 1936) | |
August 19th, 1871 (August 19 1871) | Birth | Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer (died in 1948) | |
August 19th, 1870 (August 19 1870) | Birth | Bernard Baruch, American financier (died in 1965) | Bernard Baruch Quotes |
August 19th, 1862 (August 19 1862) | Event | Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily-defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way. | |
August 19th, 1853 (August 19 1853) | Birth | Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general (died in 1926) | |
August 19th, 1848 (August 19 1848) | Event | California Gold Rush: The New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California (although the rush started in January). | |
August 19th, 1848 (August 19 1848) | Birth | Gustave Caillebotte, French Painter (died in 1894) | |
August 19th, 1846 (August 19 1846) | Birth | Luis Martin, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (died in 1906) | |
August 19th, 1839 (August 19 1839) | Event | Presentation of Jacque Daguerre s new photographic process to the French Academy of Sciences. | |
August 19th, 1822 (August 19 1822) | Death | Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician (born in 1749) | |
August 19th, 1819 (August 19 1819) | Death | James Watt, Scottish inventor (born in 1736) | |
August 19th, 1813 (August 19 1813) | Event | Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina s second triumvirate. | |
August 19th, 1812 (August 19 1812) | Event | War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning her nickname "Old Ironsides". | |
August 19th, 1782 (August 19 1782) | Event | American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue LicksThe last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Lord Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown. | |
August 19th, 1772 (August 19 1772) | Event | Gustavus III of Sweden stages a Coup d etat, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King. | |
August 19th, 1768 (August 19 1768) | Event | Saint Isaac s Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia. | |
August 19th, 1753 (August 19 1753) | Death | Balthasar Neumann, German architect (born in 1687) | |
August 19th, 1745 (August 19 1745) | Event | Jacobite Rising, Prince Charles Edward Stuart lands from a French warship in Glenfinnan, raises his standard and marches on Londonthe start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion known as "the 45". | |
August 19th, 1743 (August 19 1743) | Birth | Madame du Barry, French courtesan (died in 1793) | |
August 19th, 1711 (August 19 1711) | Birth | Edward Boscawen, British admiral (died in 1761) | |
August 19th, 1692 (August 19 1692) | Event | Salem witch trials: In Salem, Massachusetts, Province of Massachusetts Bay five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft. | |
August 19th, 1689 (August 19 1689) | Birth | Samuel Richardson, English writer (died in 1761) | Samuel Richardson Quotes |
August 19th, 1686 (August 19 1686) | Birth | Eustace Budgell, English writer (died in 1737) | |
August 19th, 1686 (August 19 1686) | Birth | Nicola Porpora, Italian composer (died in 1768) | |
August 19th, 1680 (August 19 1680) | Death | Jean Eudes, French catholic priest, founder of the Eudists (born in 1601) | |
August 19th, 1662 (August 19 1662) | Death | Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (born in 1623) | Blaise Pascal Quotes |
August 19th, 1646 (August 19 1646) | Birth | John Flamsteed, English astronomer (died in 1719) | |
August 19th, 1646 (August 19 1646) | Death | Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian | |
August 19th, 1631 (August 19 1631) | Birth | John Dryden, English poet (died in 1700) | |
August 19th, 1621 (August 19 1621) | Birth | Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (died in 1674) | |
August 19th, 1596 (August 19 1596) | Birth | Elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (died in 1662) | |
August 19th, 1590 (August 19 1590) | Birth | Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (died in 1649) | |
August 19th, 1580 (August 19 1580) | Death | Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (born in 1508) | |
August 19th, 1561 (August 19 1561) | Event | An 18-year-old Mary Queen of Scots returns to Scotland, after spending 13 years in France. | |
August 19th, 1557 (August 19 1557) | Birth | Frederick I, Duke of Wurttemberg (died in 1608) | |
August 19th, 1504 (August 19 1504) | Event | Battle of Knockdoe. | |
August 19th, 1493 (August 19 1493) | Death | Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (born in 1415) | |
August 19th, 1398 (August 19 1398) | Birth | Marques de Santillana, Spanish poet (died in 1458) | |
August 19th, 1342 (August 19 1342) | Birth | Katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (died in 1395) | |
August 19th, 1297 (August 19 1297) | Death | Saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (born in 1274) | |
August 19th, 1284 (August 19 1284) | Death | Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (born in 1273) | |
August 19th, 1245 (August 19 1245) | Death | Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (born in 1195) | |
August 19th, 1186 (August 19 1186) | Death | Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (born in 1158) | |