June 19 in History – What happened on 19 June in Past
✅ Published on June 19th, 2020 in June in History 19 June - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on June 19, the day number in a year is 170 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 171. June 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.
June 19 in History - Top Historical Events ⚡
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1179 | The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. The battle was fought between King Sverre Sigurdsson and Erling Skakke. Eriling was killed and the battle changed the course of Civil Wars. |
| 1269 | Louis IX of France imposed a fine of ten livres of silver onJews found in public without a yellow badge. |
| 1269 | King Louis of France issued an order to all the Jews to wear a badge of shame. |
| 1586 | English colonies left Roanoke Island after failing to establish England’s first permanent settlement in North America. The establishment was financed by Sir Humphrey Gilbert. The final group of colonists disappeared during Anglo- Spanish war, three years after the last shipment of supplies from England. The Roanoke colony, known as the lost colony was located in today’s Dare County, North Carolina, USA. |
| 1754 | The Albany Congress was organized by the seven British colonies and the Irkoui Indians. |
| 1770 | The General Church of New Jerusalem was established. |
| 1816 | Battle of Seven Oaks started between North West Company and Hudson’s Bay Company near Winnipeg, Canada. The main cause of dispute was Fur trade. It is also known as Pemmican War. |
| 1816 | The Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company, rival fur-trading companies, engaged in a violent confrontation in present-day Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
| 1816 | In the Battle of Seven Oaks the Hudson Bay Company was defeated by the North West Company in Canada, near Winnipeg. |
| 1846 | The first officially recorded baseball game using modern rules developed by Alexander Cartwright was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, US. |
| 1850 | Louise of the Netherlands married Crown Prince Karl of Sweden-Norway. |
| 1861 | Francis Peerpont was elected provisional governor of West Virginia. |
| 1862 | The U.S. Congress prohibited slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dread Scott Vs. Stanford. Dred Scott Vs. Stanford was a decision by the US Supreme Court which held that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in Federal court. |
| 1865 | Union General Graner freed all slaves in Texas. |
| 1867 | Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico was executed by firing squad in Querétaro. |
| 1875 | The US Marine Hospital was formally inaugurated in the Presidio. |
| 1899 | Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations premiered in London. |
| 1910 | Father's Day was first celebrated in Spokane, Washington. |
| 1921 | The Christians of Turkey and Palestine signed the Friendship Agreement against the Jews. |
| 1933 | The Austrian government banned Nazi organizations. |
| 1938 | Italy defeated Hungary by 4-2 runs and won the World Cup. |
| 1939 | Former American baseball player Lou Gehrig was diagnosed withamyotrophic lateral sclerosis, now commonly known in the United Statesas 'Lou Gehrig's Disease'. |
| 1944 | World War II-The navies of the United States and Imperial Japan engaged each other off the Mariana Islands in the Philippine Sea. |
| 1948 | The Soviet Union closed the roads leading to West Berlin. |
| 1953 | Americans Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed as spies whopassed U.S. nuclear weapons secrets to the Soviet Union. |
| 1961 | Kuwait declared independence from the United Kingdom. It was a British Protectorate between 1899 and 1961. After the independence, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah became the king. |
| 1961 | Kuwait declared independence from the United Kingdom. |
| 1961 | Kuwait declared independence from England. |
| 1968 | 50,000 people demonstrated for economic justice under the leadership of Martin Luther King. |
| 1970 | The Patent Cooperation Treaty, an international law treaty, was signed, providing a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions. |
| 1978 | Garfield, created by American cartoonist Jim Davis, made itsdebut, eventually becoming one of the world's most widely syndicatedcomic strips. |
| 1981 | India successfully launched the Apple satellite. |
| 1987 | Basque separatist group ETA detonated a car bomb at theHipercor shopping centre in Barcelona, killing 21 people and injuring 45others. |
| 1987 | Louis IV was crowned King of France. |
| 1991 | The Soviet occupation of Hungary ended. It was captured by the Soviet Union during World War-II and the occupation lasted for 45 years. In the rise of the Revolutions of 1989,the Soivet troops started leaving Hungary and the last group of Soviet soldiers left Hungary on 19 June 1991. |
| 1991 | The last Red Army soldiers left Hungary, ending the Soviet occupation. |
| 1991 | Hungary was liberated by the Soviet Union from its occupation. |
| 1994 | Ernesto Semper became the President of Colombia. |
| 1996 | Famous umpire Dickie Bird M.C.C. Awarded lifetime membership of. |
| 2006 | The ceremonial 'first stone' of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault,a facility established to preserve a wide variety of plant seeds fromlocations worldwide in an underground cavern in Spitsbergen, Norway, waslaid. |
| 2009 | The War in Afghanistan-British forces began OperationPanther's Claw, in which more than 350 troops made an aerial assault onTaliban positions in Southern Afghanistan. |
| 2009 | Mass riots involving over 10,000 people and 10,000 policeofficers broke out in Shishou, China, over the dubious circumstancessurrounding the death of a local chef. |
| 2010 | The wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden and Daniel Westling was held at Storkyrkan in Stockholm Cathedral. Westling thereby acquired Victoria’s ducal title, becoming a Swedish prince and Duke of Västergötland. This wedding has been described as Europe’s biggest Royal wedding since The Prince of Wales married Lady Diana. |
| 2012 | Wikileaks founder Julian Assange requested asylum in London’s Ecuadorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after publication of some classified documents including civilian killings by US Army. |
| 2014 | Felipe VI, Prince of Asturias, held the Spanish throne following the abduction of his father, Juan Carlos I. |
Famous Birthdays of June 19 😀:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1969 | Lara Spencer / Journalist / United States of America |
| 1903 | Lou Gehrig / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1897 | Moe Howard / Comedian / United States of America |
| 1984 | Wieke Dijkstra / Hockey Player / Netherlands |
| 1851 | Billy Midwinter / Cricketer / United Kingdom |
| 1954 | Lou Pearlman / Producer / United States of America |
| 1872 | Theodore Payne / Gardener / United Kingdom |
| 1731 | Joaquim Machado de Castro / Sculptor / Portugal |
| 1913 | Helene Madison / Swimmer / United States of America |
| 1968 | Memory Mucherahowa / Footballer / Zimbabwe |
| 1985 | Dire Tune / Runner / Ethiopia |
| 1975 | Anthony Parker / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1921 | Louis Jourdan / Actor / United States of America |
| 1973 | Yuko Nakazawa / Singer / Japan |
| 1945 | John Hind / Bishop / United Kingdom |
| 1978 | Zoe Saldana / Actress / United States of America |
| 1845 | Cléophas Beausoleil / Politician / Canada |
| 1947 | Linda Myers / Archer / United States of America |
| 1976 | Anita Wilson / Writer / United States of America |
| 1970 | Rahul Gandhi / Politician / India |
| 1963 | Laura Ingraham / Author / United States of America |
| 1972 | Poppy Montgomery / Actress / United States of America |
| 1965 | Sadie Frost / Actress / United Kingdom |
| 1940 | Shirley Muldowney / Racing Car Driver / United States of America |
| 1945 | Tobias Wolff / Writer / United States of America |
| 1955 | Mary Schapiro / Politician / United States of America |
| 1962 | Peter Bradshaw / Author / United Kingdom |
| 1964 | Brian Vander Ark / Writer / United States of America |
| 1903 | Mary Callery / Academic / United States of America |
| 1990 | Moa Hjelmer / Sprinter / Sweden |
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Aapane abhi padha: 19 Joon Ki Pramukh Aitihasik Ghatnayen.
Read in Hindi : 19 जून की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं