# What happened on July 19 in history?

**Date:** July 19  
**Events recorded:** 57  
**Years spanned:** 64 – 2018  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/july/19/

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## Featured Event

**2012** — Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Kobanî without resistance, starting the Rojava conflict in Northeast Syria.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war)

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## Events on this date

- **64** — The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_64))
- **484** — Leontius, Roman usurper, is crowned Eastern emperor at Tarsus (modern Turkey). He is recognized in Antioch and makes it his capital. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leontius_(usurper)))
- **711** — Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Battle of Guadalete: Umayyad forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by King Roderic. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_711))
- **939** — Battle of Simancas: King Ramiro II of León defeats the Moorish army under Caliph Abd-al-Rahman III near the city of Simancas. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Simancas))
- **998** — Arab–Byzantine wars: Battle of Apamea: Fatimids defeat a Byzantine army near Apamea. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Byzantine_wars))
- **1333** — Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Halidon Hill: The English win a decisive victory over the Scots. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_Scottish_Independence))
- **1544** — Italian War of 1542–46: The first Siege of Boulogne begins. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_War_of_1542%E2%80%931546))
- **1545** — The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudor_period))
- **1553** — The attempt to install Lady Jane Grey as Queen of England   collapses after only nine days. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Jane_Grey))
- **1588** — Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The Spanish Armada is sighted in the English Channel. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Spanish_War_(1585%E2%80%931604)))
- **1701** — Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haudenosaunee))
- **1702** — Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII in the Battle of Klissow. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_War))
- **1817** — Unsuccessful in his attempt to conquer the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi for the Russian-American Company, Georg Anton Schäffer is forced to admit defeat and leave Kauaʻi. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sch%C3%A4ffer_affair))
- **1821** — Coronation of George IV of the United Kingdom. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_IV))
- **1832** — The British Medical Association is founded as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association by Sir Charles Hastings at a meeting in the Board Room of the Worcester Infirmary. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Medical_Association))
- **1843** — Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel))
- **1845** — Great New York City Fire of 1845: The last great fire to affect Manhattan begins early in the morning and is subdued that afternoon. The fire kills four firefighters and 26 civilians and destroys 345 buildings. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_New_York_City_Fire_of_1845))
- **1848** — Women's rights: A two-day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_rights))
- **1863** — American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War))
- **1864** — Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking: The Qing dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion))
- **1870** — Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Prussian_War))
- **1900** — The first line of the Paris Metro opens for operation. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Metro_Line_1))
- **1903** — Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Garin))
- **1916** — World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I))
- **1934** — The rigid airship USS Macon surprised the USS Houston near Clipperton Island with a mail delivery for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, demonstrating its potential for tracking ships at sea. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Macon_(ZRS-5)))
- **1936** — Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain – mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces. People's Olympiad of Barcelona cancelled. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War))
- **1940** — World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1940** — Field Marshal Ceremony: First occasion in World War II that Adolf Hitler appoints field marshals due to military achievements. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Field_Marshal_Ceremony))
- **1940** — World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_Corps_(United_Kingdom)))
- **1942** — World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Happy_Time))
- **1943** — World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Rome_in_World_War_II))
- **1947** — Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar))
- **1947** — Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyuh_Woon-hyung))
- **1952** — Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Summer_Olympics))
- **1957** — The largely autobiographical novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh was published. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobiographical_novel))
- **1961** — Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizerte_crisis))
- **1963** — Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._Walker))
- **1964** — Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War))
- **1967** — Piedmont Airlines Flight 22, a Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727-22 and a twin-engine Cessna 310 collided over Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA. Both aircraft were destroyed and all passengers and crew were killed, including John T. McNaughton, an advisor to Robert McNamara. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmont_Airlines_Flight_22))
- **1969** — Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick_incident))
- **1972** — Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhofar_rebellion))
- **1976** — Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagarmatha_National_Park))
- **1977** — The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41 a.m. Eastern time (ET). ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System))
- **1979** — The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandinista_National_Liberation_Front))
- **1979** — The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Atlantic_Empress))
- **1980** — Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics))
- **1981** — In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan))
- **1982** — In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah))
- **1983** — The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_W._Vannier))
- **1985** — The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_di_Stava_dam_collapse))
- **1989** — United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa, killing 111. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_232))
- **1992** — A car bomb kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_D'Amelio_bombing))
- **1997** — The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles))
- **2011** — Guinean President Alpha Condé survives an attempted assassination and coup d'état at his residence in Conakry. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea))
- **2012** — Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Kobanî without resistance, starting the Rojava conflict in Northeast Syria. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war))
- **2014** — Gunmen in Egypt's western desert province of New Valley Governorate attack a military checkpoint, killing at least 21 soldiers. Egypt reportedly declares a state of emergency on its border with Sudan. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Valley_Governorate))
- **2018** — The Knesset passes the controversial Nationality Bill, which defines the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knesset))

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## Notable births on July 19

- **2006** — **Dani Muñoz** — Spanish footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dani_Mu%C3%B1oz))
- **2003** — **Tyler Downs** — American Olympic diver ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Downs))
- **1999** — **Kim So-hye** — South Korean actress and singer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_So-hye))
- **1998** — **Erin Cuthbert** — footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Cuthbert))
- **1998** — **Karl Jacobs** — American YouTuber and streamer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Jacobs))
- **1998** — **Ronaldo Vieira** — Bissau-Guinean footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldo_Vieira_(footballer%2C_born_1998)))
- **1996** — **Paul Momirovski** — Australian rugby league player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Momirovski))
- **1994** — **Christian Welch** — Australian rugby league player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Welch))
- **1992** — **Jake Nicholson** — English footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Nicholson))
- **1991** — **Eray İşcan** — Turkish footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eray_%C4%B0%C5%9Fcan))

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## Notable deaths on July 19

- **2024** — **Toumani Diabaté** — Malian musician (born 1965) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toumani_Diabat%C3%A9))
- **2024** — **Iryna Farion** — Ukrainian linguist and politician (born 1964) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iryna_Farion))
- **2024** — **Kevan Gosper** — Australian athlete and administrator (born 1933) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevan_Gosper))
- **2024** — **Sheila Jackson Lee** — American lawyer and politician (born 1950) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee))
- **2024** — **Nguyễn Phú Trọng** — Vietnamese politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (born 1944) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Ph%C3%BA_Tr%E1%BB%8Dng))
- **2024** — **Ray Reardon** — Welsh snooker player and police officer (born 1932) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Reardon))
- **2024** — **James C. Scott** — American political scientist and anthropologist (born 1936) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_C._Scott))
- **2024** — **Esta TerBlanche** — South African actress (born 1973) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esta_TerBlanche))
- **2019** — **Rutger Hauer** — Dutch actor, director, and producer (born 1944) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutger_Hauer))
- **2018** — **Jon Schnepp** — American producer, director, voice actor, editor, writer, cartoonist, animator, and cinematographer (born 1967) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Schnepp))

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