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April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). There are 256 days remaining.
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- 1012 - Martyrdom of St Alphege in Greenwich, London.
- 1529 - At the Diet of Speyer a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities (German: Reichsstadt ) protested the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms. This movement was later called Protestantism.
- 1539 - The Treaty of Frankfurt is signed.
- 1587 - Sir Francis Drake sinks the Spanish fleet in Cadiz Harbor.
- 1713Events April 11 War of the Spanish Succession: Treaty of Utrecht June 23 French residents of Acadia given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia Canada first Orrery built by George Graham Ongoing events Great Northern War ( 1700- 1 - Pragmatic SanctionA pragmatic sanction is a sovereign's solemn decree on a matter of primary importance and has the force of fundamental law. When used as a proper noun, it usually refers to the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 a legal mechanism designed to ensure that the Austr was signed.
- 1770Events March 5 Boston Massacre: 5 Americans killed by British troops in an event that would help start the American Revolutionary War 5 years later. May 14 Marie Antoinette arrives to French Court. May 16 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year old L - Captain James CookJames Cook ( October 27, 1728 February 14, 1779) was a British explorer and navigator. He made three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, in which its main shorelines were discovered. Cook was also a map maker. Introduction Cook was born in Marton in Cleveland, first spots AustraliaAustralia is the sixth-largest country in the world (geographically), the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia. Australia includes the island of Tasmania, which is an Australian State. Its neighbouring count.
- 1775Events February 9 American Revolutionary War: British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion March 23 American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech " give me liberty or give me death" in Williamsburg, Virginia. April 14 American Re - American Revolutionary WarThe American Revolutionary War ( 1775 1783), also known as the American War of Independence was a war fought between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen of her North American colonies. The war, which eventually widened far beyond British Nor: The Battle of Lexington and ConcordThe Battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War. The engagment took place on April 19, 1775, when 700 British regulars, mainly from the flank and grenadier companies, marched from Boston to Lexington and Concord. - British General Thomas Gage attempts to confiscate American colonists' firearms. The British are driven back to Boston, Massachusetts. The American Revolutionary War begins.
- 1809 - Battle of Raszyn happenned between armies of Austria (attackers) and Duchy of Warsaw (defenders) as a part of struggles of the Fifth Coalition (1809). Austrian army was defeated.
- 1810 - Venezuela achieves home rule: Emparan, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a Junta is installed.
- 1839 - The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom.
- 1861 - American Civil War: A pro- Secession mob in Baltimore, Maryland attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
- 1892 - Charles Duryea claims to have driven the first automobile in the United States, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
- 1904 - Much of Toronto, Ontario, Canada is destroyed by fire.
- 1909 - Joan of Arc is declared a saint.
- 1919 - Leslie Irvin of the United States makes the first successful parachute jump and free fall.
- 1927 - Mae West is sentenced to 10 days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex .
- 1928 - The final volume of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
- 1933 - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt announces that the United States will be leaving the gold standard.
- 1934 - Shirley Temple debuts in Stand Up and Cheer .
- 1938 - RCA- NBC begins regular television broadcasts.
- 1943 - World War II: German troops enter the Warsaw ghetto to round up the remaining Jews, starting the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
- 1943 - Bicycle Day - Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann deliberately takes LSD for the first time.
- 1951 - General Douglas MacArthur retires from the military.
- 1956 - Actress Grace Kelly marries Rainier III of Monaco.
- 1960 - The students in South Korea made a nationwide pro-democracy protest against their president Syngman Rhee, which eventually made him to resign.
- 1961 - The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba ends in failure.
- 1964 - The Ford Mustang is introduced to the general public.
- 1971 - Sierra Leone becomes a republic.
- 1971 - Vietnam War: Vietnam Veterans Against the War begin a five-day demonstration in Washington, DC.
- 1971 - Charles Manson is sentenced to life in prison for the Sharon Tate murders.
- 1971 - Launch of Salyut 1, first human-made space station.
- 1978 - Lagumot Harris is elected President of Nauru.
- 1987 - The Simpsons make their first appearance on television, on The Tracey Ullman Show, in the short episode called "Good Night".
- 1989 - A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors.
- 1989 - Trisha Meili, the " Central Park Jogger" is raped.
- 1993 - The 50-day siege of the Branch Davidian complex outside Waco, Texas ends when a fire breaks out. Eighty-one people die.
- 1995 - Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is bombed, killing 168.
- 1999 - The German Parliament returns to Berlin.
- 2000 - An Air Philippines Boeing 737-200 crashes nearby Davao airport killing 131.
