On This Day in History for August 19
Events in History
- 43 BC Octavian, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul
- 1263 King James I of Aragon censors Hebrew writing
- 1274 Edward I is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey after returning from the Ninth Crusade
- 1399 King Richard II of England surrenders to his cousin Henry
- 1458 Aenea Silvio Piccolomini chosen as Pope Pius II
- 1493 Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I becomes Archduke of Austria
- 1504 Battle of Knockdoe, bloodiest battle of medieval Ireland fought in Galway between two Anglo-Irish lords, Gearoid Fitzgerald, Lord Deputy, defeats Ulick Finn Burke
- 1524 Emperor Charles V's troops besiege Marseille, France
- More Events in History
Charles E. Hires
Orville Wright
Manuel L. Quezon
Coco Chanel
Malcolm Forbes
Bill ClintonWeddings in History
- 1800 Social reformer Elizabeth Fry née Gurney (20) weds tea dealer Joseph Fry (23) at the Norwich Quaker Meeting House in Norwich, England
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Augustus Caesar
Blaise Pascal
Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre
Günther von Kluge
Claude Grahame-White
Linus PaulingAugust in History
Why The King Became a Party Pooper
A man who tried to impress his king on this day with one of the most lavish and extravagant parties of all time, ended up spending the rest of his life in jail.
August 17, 1661
Death of the Aral Sea
The Aral Sea in 1989 (left) and in 2014 (right)
August 19, 2014
Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Crowds of protesters surround Soviet tanks during the first days of the invasion of Czechoslovakia
August 20, 1968
Voyager 2 Spacecraft
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft launched atop its Titan/Centaur-7 launch vehicle
August 20, 1977