A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on July 19 throughout history.
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Astronomer Johannes Kepler has an epiphany and develops his theory of the geometrical basis of the universe while teaching in Graz, Austria
Steamship SS Great Britain is launched, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it is the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and the largest vessel afloat in the world
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an American writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-19th century.
Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against United States government policies. Sitting Bull was killed by Indian agency police accompanied by U.S.
British PM Winston Churchill launches his "V for Victory" campaign
Tom and Jerry (also known as Tom & Jerry) is an American animated media franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.
Billboard publishes its earliest known chart, "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers Among Popular Songs." The #1 song is "Malinda's Wedding Day" by singers Byron Harlan and Arthur Collins, recorded in Camden, New Jersey.
1st Wimbledon Men's Tennis: 27-year-old English rackets player Spencer Gore wins inaugural event; beats William Marshall 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
Maurice-François Garin (pronounced [mɔʁis fʁɑ̃swa ɡaʁɛ̃, moʁ-]; 3 March 1871 – 19 February 1957) was an Italian-French road bicycle racer best known for winning the inaugural Tour de France in 1903,...
Founding Father of the United States John Dickinson (37) weds land and estate owner Mary Norris (30) in a civil ceremony
Physicist Enrico Fermi (26) weds writer Laura Capon in Rome, Italy
"Rebecca" author Daphne Du Maurier (25) weds commander of the I Airborne Corps Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning (35)
Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was an American actor and filmmaker whose career encompassed radio, theater, film, and television. Active for more than six decades,...
Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara is a Colombian and American actress and television personality who has received five nominations each at the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards.
64 Circus Maximus in Rome catches fire
Start of Dionysian Pascal Cycle
The Umayyad Caliphate destroyed the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula in the early 8th century.
Alfonso VIII (11 November 1155 – 5 October 1214), called the Noble (El Noble) or the one of Las Navas (el de las Navas), was King of Castile from 1158 to his death and King of Toledo.
Thomas of Buckingham's invasion army lands on Calais
38 Jews are burned at stake in Berlin, Prussia
The Black Forest is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and...
Catholic German monarchy form Union of Dessau
The Italian War of 1542–1546 was a conflict late in the Italian Wars, pitting Francis I of France and Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire against the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Henry VIII of...
Treaty of Karlsburg: Arch Duke Ferdinand of Austria recognized as King of Hungary and Transylvania
Battle at Saint Ghislain: Spanish army beats The Genlis' mercenaries
Spanish viceroy Gilles of Hierges attacks Oudewater
Jacob Corneliszoon van Necks' Dutch merchant fleet, the second to reach Indonesia, leaves Java
French troops occupy Salses, at Perpignan
Soldiers killed governor of Aerssen in Paramaribo
The formal request to found the later city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico is filed by its founders
Méduse was a 40-gun Pallas-class frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1810. She took part in the Napoleonic Wars during the late stages of the Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811 and in raids in the...
Fire in NYC destroys 1,000 homes and kills many
First railroad reaches Kansas
The Battle of Buffington Island, also known as the St. Georges Creek Skirmish, was an American Civil War engagement in Meigs County, Ohio, and Jackson County, West Virginia, on July 19, 1863, during...
Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia (Stephenson's Depot) [->JUL 20]
Dutch Red Cross forms
Sophia of Prussia (Sophie Dorothea Ulrike Alice, Greek: Σοφία Δωροθέα Ουλρίκη Αλίκη, romanized: Sofía Dorothéa Oulríki Alíki; 14 June 1870 – 13 January 1932) was Queen of Greece from 18 March 1913 to...
Emma Abbott, a floating hospital for sick children, makes trial trip, NYC
San Francisco Public Library starts lending books
National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers forms
Luxembourg born Michel Théato representing France wins Paris Olympics marathon in 2:59:45 ahead of another French athlete Émile Champion
Dutch Premier Kuypers disbands 1st Chamber
Llamas war party attacks group of 60, fleeing French mission at Tzekou, (Chinese-Tibetan border) murdering most with Scottish botanist George Forrest escaping by hiding for nine days [1]
Under pressure from the Japanese, the Emperor of Korea abdicates in favor of his son, a figurehead
Dutch football club Feyenoord is established in Rotterdam as Wilhelmina; reverts to SC Feijenoord 1912; updated to SC Feyenoord 1974 and to Feyenoord Rotterdam 1978
Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball completes the first modern MLB unassisted triple play in the Indians' 6-1 win over the Boston Red Sox
A meteorite of estimated 190kg mass explodes over Holbrook in Navajo County, Arizona, causing approximately 16,000 pieces of debris to rain down on the town
Boston Braves begin drive from last to the NL pennant with a 3-2 win against the 2nd placed Cincinnati Reds
Dutch accidents at sea law enforced
Washington Senators catcher Eddie Ainsmith applies for draft deferment; Secretary of War, Newton D Baker rules baseball players not draft exempt but later moves date to 1 September; both leagues end regular season 2 September
Following Peace Day celebrations marking the end of World War I, ex-servicemen rioted and burnt down Luton Town Hall.
WRC-AM in Washington, D.C. begins radio transmissions
Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula.
Entartete Art Fair opens in Munich
Dr Roy P Scholz is 1st surgeon to use fiberglass sutures
German occupiers confiscate bicycles in Rotterdam and The Hague
World War II (1939–1945) involved sustained strategic bombing of railways, harbours, cities, workers' and civilian housing, and industrial districts in enemy territory.
1,200+ 8th US Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany
US general Omar Bradley flies to England
USS Cod saves 51 sailors from Dutch sub in only sub-to-sub rescue
French government of Schuman resigns
An associated state is the minor partner or dependent territory in a formal, free relationship between a political entity (some of them dependent states, some of them fully sovereign) and a major...
The Việt Minh, officially the League for Independence of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Việt Nam Độc lập Đồng minh or Việt Nam Độc lập Đồng minh Hội, chữ Hán: 越南獨立同盟(會), lit. 'Vietnam Independence Alliance';...
Frederick Sewards Trueman, (6 February 1931 – 1 July 2006) was an English cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team.
KIMA TV channel 29 in Yakima, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting
Balclutha ties up at Pier 43 in San Francisco and becomes a floating museum
US refuse to lend Egypt money to build a second Aswan Dam
1st rocket with nuclear warhead fired, Yucca Flat, Nevada
Fernando Tambroni Armaroli was an Italian politician. A member of Christian Democracy, he served as the 36th Prime Minister of Italy from March to July 1960.
1st in-flight movie shown on TWA
Hungarian communist party expels Rákosi & Gero
NASA civilian Test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 105 km
USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
Shooting begins on Star Trek 2nd pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before"
France is one of the five nuclear-weapon states recognized by the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) but is not known to possess or develop any chemical or biological weapons.
First air-conditioned NYC subway car (R-38 on the F line)
Sudan military coup under maj Hashem al-Atta, Numeiry flees
Richard Allen Bosman is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Senators / Texas Rangers (1966–73), Cleveland Indians (1973–75),...
The Johnstown flood of 1977 was a major flood which began on the night of July 19, 1977, when heavy rainfall caused widespread flash flooding in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, including...
France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
2 supertankers collide off Tobago-260,000 tons of oil spill
USSR's Walter Polovchak is placed in US custody at 12 after his asylum application
South African Springbok rugby team arrives in New Zealand beginning 56 days of 'near civil war' in the country between anti-apartheid protesters and tour supporters [1]
The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published
1st female to captain a 747 across Atlantic (Lynn Rippelmeyer)
Sharon Christa McAuliffe was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire, who died on the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where she was serving as a payload...
BASF plant in Cincinnati explodes in flames, 1 dies
Ebony P Warren crowned 24th Miss Black America
Glen Chapple (Lancs) scores fastest F-C century, 21 minutes
Bomb explosion in Alas Airlines at Colon Panama, killing 21
Jason Gallian scores 312 in 683 mins for Lancashire v Derbyshire
The Winter Olympic Games (French: Jeux olympiques d'hiver), also known as the Olympic Winter Games or simply the Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years...
Michael Brunet discovers the skull of Sahelanthropus tchadensis in the Djurab Desert, Chad, one of the oldest known species in the human family tree and 6-7 million years old
The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI; Arabic: دولة العراق الإسلامية Dawlat al-ʿIrāq al-ʾIslāmiyyah) was a Salafi jihadist militant organization that fought the forces of the U.S.-led coalition during the...
World Health Organization puts world's Ebola death toll at 11,284
On the evening of July 19, 2018, a duck boat operated by Ride the Ducks sank on Table Rock Lake in the Ozarks near Branson, Missouri, in the United States.
Heat wave begins across the east of America affecting 100 million people and killing 6, with New York city declaring a state of emergency
First Arab interplanetary mission, the Mars "Hope" orbiter launches on board Japanese H-2A rocket from Tanegashima Space Center
Bomb attack on al-Wuhailat market in Baghdad, Iraq, ahead of Eid al-Adha festival, kills 25 people
Temperatures exceed 40°C in parts of England for first time
Massive landslide after heavy monsoon rains in India leaves at least 27 dead in Irshalwadi village near Mumbai, with 78 still missing
At least 15 people die when a bridge collapses in Shangluo in China’s Shaanxi province after heavy rains and flash flooding [1]
Edgar Degas, French impressionist artist, known for french impressionist artist, was born on 1834-07-19.
Lizzie Borden, American acquitted murder suspect, known for american acquitted murder suspect, was born on 1860-07-19.
George McGovern, American politician and historian, known for american politician and historian, was born on 1922-07-19.
Anthony Edwards, American actor and director, known for american actor and director, was born on 1963-07-19. Anthony Charles Edwards is an American actor, director, and producer. He played Dr.
Ramin Djawadi, German iranian-german score composer, known for iranian-german score composer, was born on 1975-07-19.
Benedict Cumberbatch, English actor, known for english actor, was born on 1977-07-19. Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch is an English actor.
Brian May, English musician, known for english musician, was born on 1948-07-19. Sir Brian Harold May is an English musician, animal welfare activist, and astrophysicist.
Ilie Năstase, Romanian athlete, known for romanian tennis player, was born on 1947-07-19. Ilie Theodoriu Năstase is a Romanian former professional tennis player.
Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian athlete, known for ukrainian politician and boxer, was born on 1972-07-19.
64 Circus Maximus in Rome catches fire
Start of Dionysian Pascal Cycle
The Umayyad Caliphate destroyed the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula in the early 8th century.
Alfonso VIII (11 November 1155 – 5 October 1214), called the Noble (El Noble) or the one of Las Navas (el de las Navas), was King of Castile from 1158 to his death and King of Toledo.
Thomas of Buckingham's invasion army lands on Calais
38 Jews are burned at stake in Berlin, Prussia
The Black Forest is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and...
Catholic German monarchy form Union of Dessau
The Italian War of 1542–1546 was a conflict late in the Italian Wars, pitting Francis I of France and Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire against the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Henry VIII of...
Treaty of Karlsburg: Arch Duke Ferdinand of Austria recognized as King of Hungary and Transylvania
Battle at Saint Ghislain: Spanish army beats The Genlis' mercenaries
Spanish viceroy Gilles of Hierges attacks Oudewater
Astronomer Johannes Kepler has an epiphany and develops his theory of the geometrical basis of the universe while teaching in Graz, Austria
Jacob Corneliszoon van Necks' Dutch merchant fleet, the second to reach Indonesia, leaves Java
French troops occupy Salses, at Perpignan
Soldiers killed governor of Aerssen in Paramaribo
The formal request to found the later city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico is filed by its founders
Founding Father of the United States John Dickinson (37) weds land and estate owner Mary Norris (30) in a civil ceremony
Méduse was a 40-gun Pallas-class frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1810. She took part in the Napoleonic Wars during the late stages of the Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811 and in raids in the...
Agustín de Iturbide dies
Edgar Degas, French impressionist artist, known for french impressionist artist, was born on 1834-07-19.
Steamship SS Great Britain is launched, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it is the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and the largest vessel afloat in the world
Fire in NYC destroys 1,000 homes and kills many
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an American writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-19th century.
First railroad reaches Kansas
Lizzie Borden, American acquitted murder suspect, known for american acquitted murder suspect, was born on 1860-07-19.
The Battle of Buffington Island, also known as the St. Georges Creek Skirmish, was an American Civil War engagement in Meigs County, Ohio, and Jackson County, West Virginia, on July 19, 1863, during...
Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia (Stephenson's Depot) [->JUL 20]
Dutch Red Cross forms
Sophia of Prussia (Sophie Dorothea Ulrike Alice, Greek: Σοφία Δωροθέα Ουλρίκη Αλίκη, romanized: Sofía Dorothéa Oulríki Alíki; 14 June 1870 – 13 January 1932) was Queen of Greece from 18 March 1913 to...
Emma Abbott, a floating hospital for sick children, makes trial trip, NYC
1st Wimbledon Men's Tennis: 27-year-old English rackets player Spencer Gore wins inaugural event; beats William Marshall 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
San Francisco Public Library starts lending books
Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against United States government policies. Sitting Bull was killed by Indian agency police accompanied by U.S.
National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers forms
Luxembourg born Michel Théato representing France wins Paris Olympics marathon in 2:59:45 ahead of another French athlete Émile Champion
Maurice-François Garin (pronounced [mɔʁis fʁɑ̃swa ɡaʁɛ̃, moʁ-]; 3 March 1871 – 19 February 1957) was an Italian-French road bicycle racer best known for winning the inaugural Tour de France in 1903,...
Dutch Premier Kuypers disbands 1st Chamber
Llamas war party attacks group of 60, fleeing French mission at Tzekou, (Chinese-Tibetan border) murdering most with Scottish botanist George Forrest escaping by hiding for nine days [1]
Under pressure from the Japanese, the Emperor of Korea abdicates in favor of his son, a figurehead
Dutch football club Feyenoord is established in Rotterdam as Wilhelmina; reverts to SC Feijenoord 1912; updated to SC Feyenoord 1974 and to Feyenoord Rotterdam 1978
Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball completes the first modern MLB unassisted triple play in the Indians' 6-1 win over the Boston Red Sox
A meteorite of estimated 190kg mass explodes over Holbrook in Navajo County, Arizona, causing approximately 16,000 pieces of debris to rain down on the town
Billboard publishes its earliest known chart, "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers Among Popular Songs." The #1 song is "Malinda's Wedding Day" by singers Byron Harlan and Arthur Collins, recorded in Camden, New Jersey.
Boston Braves begin drive from last to the NL pennant with a 3-2 win against the 2nd placed Cincinnati Reds
Dutch accidents at sea law enforced
Washington Senators catcher Eddie Ainsmith applies for draft deferment; Secretary of War, Newton D Baker rules baseball players not draft exempt but later moves date to 1 September; both leagues end regular season 2 September
Following Peace Day celebrations marking the end of World War I, ex-servicemen rioted and burnt down Luton Town Hall.
George McGovern, American politician and historian, known for american politician and historian, was born on 1922-07-19.
WRC-AM in Washington, D.C. begins radio transmissions
Physicist Enrico Fermi (26) weds writer Laura Capon in Rome, Italy
Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula.
"Rebecca" author Daphne Du Maurier (25) weds commander of the I Airborne Corps Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning (35)
Entartete Art Fair opens in Munich
Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was an American actor and filmmaker whose career encompassed radio, theater, film, and television. Active for more than six decades,...
Dr Roy P Scholz is 1st surgeon to use fiberglass sutures
British PM Winston Churchill launches his "V for Victory" campaign
Tom and Jerry (also known as Tom & Jerry) is an American animated media franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.
German occupiers confiscate bicycles in Rotterdam and The Hague
World War II (1939–1945) involved sustained strategic bombing of railways, harbours, cities, workers' and civilian housing, and industrial districts in enemy territory.
1,200+ 8th US Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany
US general Omar Bradley flies to England
USS Cod saves 51 sailors from Dutch sub in only sub-to-sub rescue
Ilie Năstase, Romanian athlete, known for romanian tennis player, was born on 1947-07-19. Ilie Theodoriu Năstase is a Romanian former professional tennis player.
French government of Schuman resigns
Brian May, English musician, known for english musician, was born on 1948-07-19. Sir Brian Harold May is an English musician, animal welfare activist, and astrophysicist.
An associated state is the minor partner or dependent territory in a formal, free relationship between a political entity (some of them dependent states, some of them fully sovereign) and a major...
The Việt Minh, officially the League for Independence of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Việt Nam Độc lập Đồng minh or Việt Nam Độc lập Đồng minh Hội, chữ Hán: 越南獨立同盟(會), lit. 'Vietnam Independence Alliance';...
Frederick Sewards Trueman, (6 February 1931 – 1 July 2006) was an English cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team.
KIMA TV channel 29 in Yakima, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting
Balclutha ties up at Pier 43 in San Francisco and becomes a floating museum
US refuse to lend Egypt money to build a second Aswan Dam
1st rocket with nuclear warhead fired, Yucca Flat, Nevada
Fernando Tambroni Armaroli was an Italian politician. A member of Christian Democracy, he served as the 36th Prime Minister of Italy from March to July 1960.
1st in-flight movie shown on TWA
Hungarian communist party expels Rákosi & Gero
NASA civilian Test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 105 km
Anthony Edwards, American actor and director, known for american actor and director, was born on 1963-07-19. Anthony Charles Edwards is an American actor, director, and producer. He played Dr.
USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
Shooting begins on Star Trek 2nd pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before"
Syngman Rhee dies
France is one of the five nuclear-weapon states recognized by the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) but is not known to possess or develop any chemical or biological weapons.
First air-conditioned NYC subway car (R-38 on the F line)
Sudan military coup under maj Hashem al-Atta, Numeiry flees
Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian athlete, known for ukrainian politician and boxer, was born on 1972-07-19.
Richard Allen Bosman is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Senators / Texas Rangers (1966–73), Cleveland Indians (1973–75),...
Ramin Djawadi, German iranian-german score composer, known for iranian-german score composer, was born on 1975-07-19.
The Johnstown flood of 1977 was a major flood which began on the night of July 19, 1977, when heavy rainfall caused widespread flash flooding in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, including...
Benedict Cumberbatch, English actor, known for english actor, was born on 1977-07-19. Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch is an English actor.
Noel Wien, American pioneer aviator, known for american pioneer aviator, died on 1977-07-19. Noel Wien (June 8, 1899 – July 19, 1977) was an American pioneer aviator.
France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
2 supertankers collide off Tobago-260,000 tons of oil spill
USSR's Walter Polovchak is placed in US custody at 12 after his asylum application
South African Springbok rugby team arrives in New Zealand beginning 56 days of 'near civil war' in the country between anti-apartheid protesters and tour supporters [1]
The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published
1st female to captain a 747 across Atlantic (Lynn Rippelmeyer)
Sharon Christa McAuliffe was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire, who died on the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where she was serving as a payload...
BASF plant in Cincinnati explodes in flames, 1 dies
Ebony P Warren crowned 24th Miss Black America
Glen Chapple (Lancs) scores fastest F-C century, 21 minutes
Bomb explosion in Alas Airlines at Colon Panama, killing 21
Jason Gallian scores 312 in 683 mins for Lancashire v Derbyshire
The Winter Olympic Games (French: Jeux olympiques d'hiver), also known as the Olympic Winter Games or simply the Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years...
Michael Brunet discovers the skull of Sahelanthropus tchadensis in the Djurab Desert, Chad, one of the oldest known species in the human family tree and 6-7 million years old
The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI; Arabic: دولة العراق الإسلامية Dawlat al-ʿIrāq al-ʾIslāmiyyah) was a Salafi jihadist militant organization that fought the forces of the U.S.-led coalition during the...
World Health Organization puts world's Ebola death toll at 11,284
On the evening of July 19, 2018, a duck boat operated by Ride the Ducks sank on Table Rock Lake in the Ozarks near Branson, Missouri, in the United States.
Heat wave begins across the east of America affecting 100 million people and killing 6, with New York city declaring a state of emergency
First Arab interplanetary mission, the Mars "Hope" orbiter launches on board Japanese H-2A rocket from Tanegashima Space Center
Bomb attack on al-Wuhailat market in Baghdad, Iraq, ahead of Eid al-Adha festival, kills 25 people
Temperatures exceed 40°C in parts of England for first time
Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara is a Colombian and American actress and television personality who has received five nominations each at the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards.
Massive landslide after heavy monsoon rains in India leaves at least 27 dead in Irshalwadi village near Mumbai, with 78 still missing
At least 15 people die when a bridge collapses in Shangluo in China’s Shaanxi province after heavy rains and flash flooding [1]