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According to Gregory calendar, on August 19, the day number in a year is 231 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 232. August 19 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.

World Events

Important Historical Events of 19 August in the World ⚡

Year	Incident/Event
295	The oldest known temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love,beauty and fertility, was dedicated.
1591	The French king Henri IV captured the city of Rouen in northern France.
1600	Mughal Emperor Akbar captured Ahmednagar.
1612	The 'Samlesbury witches', three women from the Lancashirevillage of Samlesbury, were accused of practising witchcraft in one ofthe most famous witch trials in English history.
1745	Bonnie Prince Charlie raised the Jacobite standard atGlenfinnan in the Scottish Highlands to begin the Second JacobiteRising.
1757	The first one rupee coin of the East India Company was made in the Calcutta mint.
1812	War of 1812-American Navy frigate USS Constitution defeatedBritish Royal Navy frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia,Canada, earning her nickname 'Old Ironsides'.
1839	World Photography Day started when a report was presented about the discovery of the photo element.
1895	American outlaw and folk hero John Wesley Hardin was shot deadby an off-duty lawman in El Paso, Texas.
1897	The first electric taxi operated in London.
1897	The first electric taxi driver drove in London.
1915	Ration law came into effect in the Netherlands.
1918	The 9th President of the country Shankar Dayal Sharma was born.
1929	The highly influential American radio comedy show Amos 'n' Andy made its debut.
1934	Adolph Hitler is given the entire power of Germany, as the vote of the German people put together the positions of chancellor and president into the position of the Fuehrer.
1942	Second World War-Allied forces suffered over 3,000 casualtieswhen they unsuccessfully raided the German-occupied port of Dieppe,France.
1945	During the August Revolution against French colonial rule, theViet Minh under Ho Chi Minh took control of Hanoi in northern Vietnam.
1949	Bhubaneshwar became the capital of Odisha.
1953	The intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom and the United States orchestrated a coup d'état of Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh and restored the absolute monarchy of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
1960	Soviet space dogs Belka and Strelka began to orbit the Earthaboard the Korabl-Sputnik-2 spacecraft.
1964	The communication satellite Syncom 3 was launched.
1976	The fifth Non-Aligned Movement Summit ended in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
1978	422 died due to fire in Iran's cinema house.
1978	Omani entrepreneur Kayes Al Khonji was born.
1981	Two American F-14 Tomcats shot down two Libyan Su-22 Fitterswhile the U.S. Navy conducted military exercises in the Gulf of Sidra.
1989	Hungary opened its border with Austria as part of the Pan-European Picnic, allowing several hundred East Germans to defect to theWest.
1993	Famous actor and producer of Hindi and Bengali films Utpal Dutt died.
2003	A Hamas suicide bomber killed 23 people and wounded over 130others on a crowded public bus in the Shmuel HaNavi quarter inJerusalem.
2005	Among the most serious conflicts on the Indo-Bangla frontier in recent months, Bangladesh Rifles open fires at the India side in West Bengal. About 500 rounds were fired in the dispute, but there were no causalities.
2005	Thunderstorms in southern Ontario, Canada, spawned at leastthree tornadoes that caused over C$500 million in damage.
2006	A Turkish-Iranian natural gas pipeline blows up in Agri Province. Turkish authorities reckon separatist Kurds were responsible.
2007	A weeklong heat wave in the southeast and Midwest of the United States has caused the deaths of 49.
2008	North Korea declares Sweden to beits sworn enemy, and United States as a war puppet.
2009	A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, killed 101 people and injured 565.
2010	The Oxford Dictionary of English adds new words and phrases to the language including Vuvuzela, carbon capture and storage, toxic debt and quantitative easing.
2010	Operation Iraqi Freedom came to an end with the last brigade of the US Army moving to Kuwait.
2011	Gold hits a record price of $1,826 per ounce.
2012	Japan wins the 2012 Women's Baseball World Cup, getting their 3rd straight title.
2013	The first same-sex marriage occurs in New Zealand, succeeding the passage of the Marriage Equality Bill in April.
2014	The meeting that was supposed to occur between the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan has been called off due to the Pakistani officials meeting with separatists in Kashmir region, which is disputed province between the nations.

India Events

Important Historical Events of 19 August in India ⚡

Year	Incident/Event
1757	The first one rupee coin of the East India Company was made in the Calcutta mint.
2005	Among the most serious conflicts on the Indo-Bangla frontier in recent months, Bangladesh Rifles open fires at the India side in West Bengal. About 500 rounds were fired in the dispute, but there were no causalities.
2014	The meeting that was supposed to occur between the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan has been called off due to the Pakistani officials meeting with separatists in Kashmir region, which is disputed province between the nations.

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