1782
Battle of Blue Licks
Battle · North America
On this day
19 August
302 events in the atlas are dated to 19 August, from 820 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 302 events
- 820 – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1854
Sioux Wars
War · North America · 1854 – 1891
1870
Siege of Metz
Siege · Europe
1944
Liberation of Paris
Battle · Europe
1991
1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt
Rebellion · Europe
2003
Canal Hotel bombing
Attack · Middle East
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 6 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 27 events- 1782Battle of Blue LicksBattle · North America
- 1691Battle of SlankamenBattle · Europe
- 1772Revolution of 1772Political · Europe
- 1759Battle of LagosBattle · Europe
- 1796Second Treaty of San IldefonsoTreaty · Europe
- 1628Founding of KrasnoyarskFounding · Europe
- 16701670 Shanghai earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1779Battle of Paulus HookBattle · North America
- 1609Founding of BalerFounding · Southeast Asia
- 1704Treaty of NarvaTreaty · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 41 events- 1854Sioux WarsWar · North America · 1854 – 1891
- 1870Siege of MetzSiege · Europe
- 1854Grattan massacreBattle · North America
- 1821Navarino massacreAttack · Europe
- 1887solar eclipse of August 19, 1887Event · Europe
- 1889Founding of AitkinFounding · North America
- 1862Battles of New UlmBattle · North America
- 1813Founding of National Library of ChileFounding · South America
- 1812USS Constitution vs HMS GuerriereBattle
- 1821Battle of AzcapotzalcoBattle · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 133 events- 19911991 Soviet coup d'état attemptRebellion · Europe
- 1944Liberation of ParisBattle · Europe
- 1942Dieppe RaidBattle · Europe
- 1936Moscow TrialsPolitical · Europe · 1936 – 1938
- 1989Pan-European PicnicProtest · Europe
- 1920Tambov RebellionRebellion · Europe · 1920 – 1921
- 1980Saudia Flight 163Accident · Middle East
- 1978Cinema Rex fireAttack · Middle East
- 1987Hungerford massacreAttack · Europe
- 1942Sinyavino OffensiveEvent · Europe
The 21st century
since 2001 · 95 events- 2003Canal Hotel bombingAttack · Middle East
- 2017Typhoon HatoEvent · East Asia
- 2013same-sex marriage in New ZealandEvent · Oceania
- 20022002 Khankala Mi-26 crashAccident · Europe
- 20192019 Papua and West Papua protestsProtest · Southeast Asia
- 2003Shmuel HaNavi bus bombingNatural disaster · Middle East
- 20122012 Sudan Antonov An-26 crashAccident · North Africa
- 2019chicken sandwich warsEvent · North America
- 20152015 Venezuela–Colombia migrant crisisNatural disaster · South America · 2015 – 2016
- 2023Tropical Storm GertEvent
About the dates
Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.