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History Events on August 19

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History Events on August 19

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Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45".

#Charles_Edward_Stuart

In 1745

Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people.

#Saudia_Flight_163

In 1980

Mary, Queen of Scots, who was 18 years old, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.

#Mary,_Queen_of_Scots

In 1561

American Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.

#American_Indian_Wars

In 1862

Tens of thousands of farmed non-native Atlantic salmon are accidentally released into the wild in Washington waters in the 2017 Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break.

#Atlantic_salmon

In 2017

American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.

#American_Revolutionary_War

In 1782

Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

#Cold_War

In 1953

In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Miloševi?.

#Belgrade

In 1999

The "Samlesbury witches", three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused of practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in British history.

#Samlesbury_witches

In 1612

Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's Second Triumvirate.

#Gervasio_Antonio_de_Posadas

In 1813

Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.

#Augustus

In 43 BC

First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.

#Weisshorn

In 1861

California Gold Rush: The New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California (although the rush started in January).

#California_Gold_Rush

In 1848

Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events that began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.

#East_Germany

In 1989

World War II: Operation Jubilee: The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The operation was intended to develop and try new amphibious landing tactics for the coming full invasion in Normandy.

#World_War_II

In 1942

Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.

#Iraq_War

In 2010

Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.

#Battle_of_Lagos

In 1759

Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.

#Patriarch_Sergius_of_Moscow

In 1927

Crown Heights riot begins.

#Crown_Heights_riot

In 1991

The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

#Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway

In 1909

World War II: Liberation of Paris: Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.

#Liberation_of_Paris

In 1944

Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine.

#Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union

In 1991

Cold War: In Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.

#Lockheed_U-2

In 1960

Salem witch trials: In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.

#Salem_witch_trials

In 1692

Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist prime minister in 42 years.

#Wojciech_Jaruzelski

In 1989

Baldwin III of Jerusalem takes control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother Melisende, and also captures Ascalon.

#Baldwin_III_of_Jerusalem

In 1153

In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.

#Hurricane_Diane

In 1955

The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world".

#Louis_Daguerre

In 1839

A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.

#Canal_Hotel_bombing

In 2003

August Revolution: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.

#August_Revolution

In 1945

The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.

#Soap_Box_Derby

In 1934

First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.

#North_American_B-25_Mitchell

In 1940

Pope Pius II becomes the 211th Pope.

#Pope_Pius_II

In 1458

Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".

#Second_Anglo-Dutch_War

In 1666

Japanese prime minister Eisaku Sat? becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa Prefecture.

#Prime_Minister_of_Japan

In 1965

War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning the nickname "Old Ironsides".

#War_of_1812

In 1812

A suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem, Israel, planned by Hamas, kills 23 Israelis, seven of them children, in the Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing.

#Jerusalem

In 2003

The Dhamara Ghat train accident kills at least 37 people in the Indian state of Bihar.

#Dhamara_Ghat_train_accident

In 2013

The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War.

#Roman_temple

In 295 BC

A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.

In 2009

The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.

In 2005

Khankala Mi-26 crash: A Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.

In 2002

Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide.

In 1987

Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra.

In 1981

In Iran, Cinema Rex fire caused more than 400 deaths.

In 1978

Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, was launched.

In 1964

Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.

In 1960

The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.

In 1936

The German referendum of 1934 approves Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer.

In 1934

The First Sioux War begins when United States Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are massacred.

In 1854

Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.

In 1772

Ottoman-Persian War: In the Battle of Kars, the Ottoman army is routed by Persian forces led by Nader Shah.

In 1745

In Ireland, the Hiberno-Norman de Burghs (Burkes) and Anglo-Norman Fitzgeralds fight in the Battle of Knockdoe.

In 1504

Abu Yazid, a Kharijite rebel leader, is defeated and killed in the Hodna Mountains in modern-day Algeria by Fatimid forces.

In 947

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