Events on 19 April 40
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Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians at Raqqa (northern Syria).
Year 797
Empress Irene organizes a conspiracy against her son, the Byzantine emperor Constantine VI. He is deposed and blinded. Shortly after, Constantine dies of his wounds; Irene proclaims herself basileus.
Year 1506
The Lisbon Massacre begins, in which accused Jews are being slaughtered by Portuguese Catholics.
Year 1529
Beginning of the Protestant Reformation: After the Second Diet of Speyer bans Lutheranism, a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms.
Year 1713
With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inherited by his daughter, Maria Theresa (not actually born until 1717).
Year 1770
Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
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Birthdays on 19 April 219
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Deaths on 19 April 95
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