SomeFacts | October 19

On this day - October 19

Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio ...

439 — The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in North ...

1386 — The Universität Heidelberg holds its first lecture, making it ...

1453 — Hundred Years' War: Three months after the Battle of ...

1466 — The Thirteen Years' War between Poland and the Teutonic ...

1469 — Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella I of Castile, a ...

1512 — Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology.

1579 — James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a ...

1596 — The Spanish ship San Felipe runs aground on the coast of Japan ...

1649 — New Ross town in Ireland surrenders to Oliver Cromwell.

1662 — An English Buccaneer force led by Royal Navy commodore ...

1781 — American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an ...

1789 — John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United ...

1791 — Treaty of Drottningholm, between Sweden and Russia

1805 — War of the Third Coalition: Austrian General Mack surrenders ...

1812 — The French invasion of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his ...

1813 — War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon is forced to retreat from ...

1847 — The novel Jane Eyre is published in London.

1864 — American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob ...

1864 — American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last ...

1866 — In accordance with the Treaty of Vienna, Austria cedes Veneto ...

1900 — Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.

1912 — Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya ...

1914 — World War I: The First Battle of Ypres begins.

1921 — The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are ...

1922 — British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition ...

1935 — The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for ...

1936 — New York World-Telegram reporter Herbert Ekins won a race ...

1943 — Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is ...

1943 — The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at ...

1944 — A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, ...

1944 — United States forces land in the Philippines.

1948 — Presidents North Carolina Gave the Nation, a monument honoring ...

1950 — Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance ...

1950 — Korean War: The Battle of Pyongyang ends in a United Nations ...

1950 — China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.

1953 — Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is published.

1955 — The General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union ...

1956 — The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, ...

1960 — The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against ...

1973 — President Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn ...

1974 — Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.

1986 — The president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, ...

1987 — Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, ...

1987 — The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an ...

1988 — The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on ...

1989 — The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court ...

2001 — SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas ...

2003 — Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.

2004 — Thirteen people are killed when Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 ...

2005 — Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on ...

2005 — Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against ...

2012 — A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in ...

2013 — One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in ...

2019 — Members of Parliament met at the House of Lords to discuss the ...

2025 — Pieces of the French Crown Jewels are successfully stolen ...