August 19th 1504 Battle of Knockdoe, bloodiest battle of medieval Ireland.
August 19th 1524 Emperor Charles V's troops besiege Marseille.
August 19th 1591 French King Henry IV occupies Rouen.
August 19th 1627 Prince Frederick Henry conquers fort Groenlo.
August 19th 1691 Battle at Slankamen the Austrian Hapsburg force defeats Ottoman army.
August 19th 1702 Battle at Santa Marta Venz The English fleet beat French.
August 19th 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie, raises his standard at Glenfinnan.
August 19th 1757 Battle at Gross Jagerndorf: Russian army beats Prussia.
August 19th 1812 US warship Constitution defeats British warship Guerriere.
August 19th 1836 HMS Beagle anchors at Angra, Azores.
August 19th 1864 2nd day of battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia, Union forces attempt to destroy Weldon Railroad Confederate supply route
August 19th 1914 German army executes 150 Belgians by firing squad.
August 19th 1915 World War I: the Battle of Van begins.
August 19th 1915 British liner SS Arabic sunk by German submarine without warning leaving Liverpool for New York.
August 19th 1941 Romania annexes the Transnistria territory from the Soviet Union.
August 19th 1942 World War II: General Friedrich Paulus orders the German 6th Army to conquer Stalingrad.
August 19th 1942 Allied Forces took over 3,000 casualties on the raid at Dieppe France.
August 19th 1943 US air raid on German bases at Gilze-Rijen/Vlissingen.
August 19th 1944 Allied air raid on Maastricht, 80+ killed.
August 19th 1944 Last Japanese troops driven out of India.
August 19th 1944 Polish 1st Division occupies Hill 262 (Mont Ormel), Normandy.
August 19th 1944 US 15th Army Corps occupies Mantes-Gassicourt at Paris.
August 19th 1944 US 90th/Polish 1st Division occupy Chambois, Normandy.
August 19th 1981 2 US Navy F-14 jet fighters shoot down 2 Soviet-built Libyan SU-22.
August 19th 2002 A Russian Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside of Grozny.
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