May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). There are 226 days remaining.
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1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with 3 ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona 's 2 sons (who Cartier kidnapped during his first voyage).
1649Events January 30 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is beheaded. His widow Henrietta Maria resides in her native France. January 30 The Commonwealth of England, a republican form of government, replaces the monarchy as the form of government - An ActIn Westminster System parliaments, an Act of Parliament is a part of the law passed by the Parliament. It can also be a private bill. It usually starts as a draft proposal, known as a White Paper. A Bill is then introduced into the House of Commons or Hou declaring EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England to be a Commonwealth is passed by the Long ParliamentThe Long Parliament is the name of the English Parliament called by Charles I, in 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It receives its name from the fact that it sat almost continuously during the English Civil War until 1660. The sole reason Charles reasse.
1749Events While in debtor's prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure . Released from prison, the book was published in London, England. Immediately, the Church of England asked the British Secretary of State to stop the progress - King George II of Great BritainGeorge II (George Augustus) ( 10 November 1683 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg (Hanover) and Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death. He was the second grants the Ohio CompanyOhio Company was the name of 18th century companies organized for the colonization of the Ohio River Valley. The First Ohio Company The first Ohio Company, sometimes called the Ohio Company of Virginia was organized in 1749, partly to secure the British c a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
1919 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk moves to Samsun from Istanbul by an old ship called Bandirma with his few friends to work separately from Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Government in order to prepare the nation for the Independence War.
1961 - Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back data).
