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December 1187 papal election
Election · Europe
On this day
19 December
277 events in the atlas are dated to 19 December, from 1187 to 2025. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 277 events
- 1187 – 2025
The best known
From every age and part of the world1675
Great Swamp Fight
Battle · North America
1946
First Indochina War
War · Southeast Asia · 1946 – 1954
1984
Sino-British Joint Declaration
Treaty
2016
2016 Berlin attack
Attack · Europe
2016
assassination of Andrei Karlov
Political · Middle East
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 5 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 13 events- 1675Great Swamp FightBattle · North America
- 1562Battle of DreuxBattle · Europe
- 16181618 Dughabad earthquakeNatural disaster · Middle East
- 1666Founding of Lund UniversityFounding · Europe
- 1510Siege of MirandolaSiege · Europe · 1510 – 1511
- 1782Founding of Santa LucíaFounding · South America
- 1800Founding of AvereștiFounding · Europe
- 1599Fall of First Toungoo EmpireCollapse · Southeast Asia
- 1796Action of 19 December 1796Battle · Europe
- 1666Battle of ŚcianąBattle · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 29 events- 1860Battle of Pease RiverBattle · North America
- 1806Fall of Electorate of SaxonyCollapse · Europe
- 1865Founding of AraxáFounding · South America
- 1899Battle of PayeBattle · Southeast Asia
- 1899Akhalkalaki earthquakeNatural disaster · Middle East
- 1871Founding of SucreFounding · South America
- 1899Construction of Marieval Indian Residential SchoolConstruction · North America
- 1810Battle of CampichueloBattle · South America
- 1811Siege of TarifaSiege · Europe · 1811 – 1812
- 1861Skirmish at Blackwater CreekBattle · North America
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 142 events- 1946First Indochina WarWar · Southeast Asia · 1946 – 1954
- 1984Sino-British Joint DeclarationTreaty
- 1998impeachment of Bill ClintonEvent · North America · 1998 – 1999
- 1997SilkAir Flight 185Accident · Southeast Asia
- 19971997 South Korean presidential electionElection · East Asia
- 1948Operation KraaiEvent · Southeast Asia
- 1946Battle of HanoiBattle · Southeast Asia · 1946 – 1947
- 19881988 Sri Lankan presidential electionElection · South Asia
- 1941Raid on AlexandriaBattle · North Africa
- 1981Penlee lifeboat disasterAccident
The 21st century
since 2001 · 88 events- 20162016 Berlin attackAttack · Europe
- 2016assassination of Andrei KarlovPolitical · Middle East
- 20122012 South Korean presidential electionElection · East Asia
- 2018Sudanese RevolutionProtest · North Africa
- 20102010 Belarusian presidential electionElection · Europe
- 20072007 South Korean presidential electionElection · East Asia
- 20022002 South Korean presidential electionElection · East Asia
- 2005Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101Accident · North America
- 20252025 Taipei knife attackAttack · East Asia
- 2019Northwestern Syria offensive (December 2019 – March 2020)Event · Middle East · 2019 – 2020
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.