Revoloutionary War, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
Civil War, April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865 (last shot ended June, 1865)
Things that happened on 4/19
Tuesday 19, 2005:
Joseph Ratzinger elected Pope Benedict XVI on the second day of the Papal conclave.
Wednesday 19, 2000:
An Air Philippines Boeing 737-200 crashes near Davao International Airport, killing 131.
Monday 19, 1999:
The German Bundestag returns to Berlin.
Wednesday 19, 1995:
Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, is bombed, killing 168.
Monday 19, 1993:
The 50-day siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Eighty-one people die.
Wednesday 19, 1989:
1989- Desirae Farmer is born
Saturday 19, 1980:
In The Hague, Netherlands, Johnny Logan wins the twenty-fifth Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland singing "What's Another Year".
Wednesday 19, 1978:
Lagumot Harris is elected President of Nauru.
Monday 19, 1971:
Launch of Salyut 1, first human-made space station.
Wednesday 19, 1961:
The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba ends in failure.
Tuesday 19, 1960:
Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against their president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.
Thursday 19, 1956:
Actress Grace Kelly marries Rainier III of Monaco.
Thursday 19, 1951:
General Douglas MacArthur retires from the military.
Wednesday 19, 1950:
Argentina becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
Monday 19, 1943:
Bicycle Day – Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann deliberately takes LSD for the first time.
Tuesday 19, 1938:
RCA–NBC begins regular television broadcasts.
Thursday 19, 1934:
Shirley Temple debuts in Stand Up and Cheer.
Wednesday 19, 1933:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces that the United States will be abandoning the gold standard.
Thursday 19, 1928:
The 125th and final fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
Tuesday 19, 1927:
Mae West is sentenced to 10 days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
Saturday 19, 1919:
Leslie Irvin of the United States makes the first successful parachute jump and free fall.
Monday 19, 1909:
Joan of Arc receives beatification.
Tuesday 19, 1904:
Much of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is destroyed by fire.
Tuesday 19, 1892:
Charles Duryea claims to have driven the first automobile in the United States, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Friday 19, 1861:
American Civil War: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore, Maryland, attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
Friday 19, 1839:
The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom.
Thursday 19, 1810:
Venezuela achieves home rule: Emparan, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a Junta is installed.
Wednesday 19, 1809:
The army of Austria attacks and is defeated by the forces of the Duchy of Warsaw in the Battle of Raszyn, part of the struggles of the Fifth Coalition.
Wednesday 19, 1775:
American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Lexington and Concord – British General Thomas Gage attempts to confiscate American colonists' firearms. The British are driven back to Boston, Massachusetts, thus beginning the American Revolutionary War.
Wednesday 19, 1713:
With no living male heirs, Emperor Charles VI issues the Pragmatic Sanction to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inherited by his daughter, Maria Theresa.
Sunday 19, 1587:
Sir Francis Drake sinks the Spanish fleet in Cádiz Harbor.
Friday 19, 1529:
At the Diet of Speyer, a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities (German: Reichsstadt) protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms, beginning the Protestant movement.
Sunday 19, 1012:
Martyrdom of St Alphege in Greenwich, London.
Civil War, April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865 (last shot ended June, 1865)
Things that happened on 4/19
Tuesday 19, 2005:
Joseph Ratzinger elected Pope Benedict XVI on the second day of the Papal conclave.
Wednesday 19, 2000:
An Air Philippines Boeing 737-200 crashes near Davao International Airport, killing 131.
Monday 19, 1999:
The German Bundestag returns to Berlin.
Wednesday 19, 1995:
Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, is bombed, killing 168.
Monday 19, 1993:
The 50-day siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Eighty-one people die.
Wednesday 19, 1989:
1989- Desirae Farmer is born
Saturday 19, 1980:
In The Hague, Netherlands, Johnny Logan wins the twenty-fifth Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland singing "What's Another Year".
Wednesday 19, 1978:
Lagumot Harris is elected President of Nauru.
Monday 19, 1971:
Launch of Salyut 1, first human-made space station.
Wednesday 19, 1961:
The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba ends in failure.
Tuesday 19, 1960:
Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against their president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.
Thursday 19, 1956:
Actress Grace Kelly marries Rainier III of Monaco.
Thursday 19, 1951:
General Douglas MacArthur retires from the military.
Wednesday 19, 1950:
Argentina becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
Monday 19, 1943:
Bicycle Day – Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann deliberately takes LSD for the first time.
Tuesday 19, 1938:
RCA–NBC begins regular television broadcasts.
Thursday 19, 1934:
Shirley Temple debuts in Stand Up and Cheer.
Wednesday 19, 1933:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces that the United States will be abandoning the gold standard.
Thursday 19, 1928:
The 125th and final fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
Tuesday 19, 1927:
Mae West is sentenced to 10 days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
Saturday 19, 1919:
Leslie Irvin of the United States makes the first successful parachute jump and free fall.
Monday 19, 1909:
Joan of Arc receives beatification.
Tuesday 19, 1904:
Much of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is destroyed by fire.
Tuesday 19, 1892:
Charles Duryea claims to have driven the first automobile in the United States, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Friday 19, 1861:
American Civil War: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore, Maryland, attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
Friday 19, 1839:
The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom.
Thursday 19, 1810:
Venezuela achieves home rule: Emparan, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a Junta is installed.
Wednesday 19, 1809:
The army of Austria attacks and is defeated by the forces of the Duchy of Warsaw in the Battle of Raszyn, part of the struggles of the Fifth Coalition.
Wednesday 19, 1775:
American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Lexington and Concord – British General Thomas Gage attempts to confiscate American colonists' firearms. The British are driven back to Boston, Massachusetts, thus beginning the American Revolutionary War.
Wednesday 19, 1713:
With no living male heirs, Emperor Charles VI issues the Pragmatic Sanction to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inherited by his daughter, Maria Theresa.
Sunday 19, 1587:
Sir Francis Drake sinks the Spanish fleet in Cádiz Harbor.
Friday 19, 1529:
At the Diet of Speyer, a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities (German: Reichsstadt) protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms, beginning the Protestant movement.
Sunday 19, 1012:
Martyrdom of St Alphege in Greenwich, London.
