On This Day in History for November 19
Events in History
- 461 St Hilary begins his reign as Catholic Pope
- 1274 Mongol army lands at Hakata Bay in Japan during their first invasion attempt and are defeated; a typhoon destroys most of their fleet as they withdraw
- 1367 League of Cologne goes against Danish king Waldemar IV
- 1493 Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto Rico, on his 2nd voyage
- 1521 Battle at Milan: Emperor Charles V's pontifical, Spanish and German troops beat French forces and occupy Milan
- 1523 Giulio de' Medici chosen as Pope Clemens VII
- 1530 The Recess document resulting from the Diet of Augsburg signed by Charles V and catholic princes
- 1544 Pope Paul III opens council of Trente
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Charles I
James Garfield
Hiram Bingham
Indira Gandhi
Calvin Klein
Jack DorseyWeddings in History
- 1834 US Congressman and future US President Franklin Pierce (29) weds Jane Appleton (28) at her grandparents' home in Amherst, New Hampshire
- 1923 Architect Frank Lloyd Wright (56) weds artist Maude Noel
- 1999 Motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel (61) weds Krystal Kennedy at Caesars Palace hotel in Las Vegas
More Weddings in History
Wolfe Tone
Emma Lazarus
Charles MansonNovember in History
Issigonis, The Mini Mastermind
Sir Alec Issigonis, the man who revolutionised the car industry and created a Swinging Sixties icon by designing the groundbreaking Mini, was born on this day
November 18, 1906
St. Peter's Basilica
St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, Rome
November 18, 1626
Words That Echoed Down The Decades
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, delivered on this day, was as short and simple as it was immensely powerful and memorable.
November 19, 1863
Nuremberg War Trials Bring Nazis to Justice
The Trial of Major War Criminals began on this day, the first of a five-year series of hearings at Nuremberg where WW2 Nazis were held to account.
November 20, 1945