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Jun
19

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37 events  ·  86 deaths  ·  185 births

Events on 19 June 37

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Year 325

The original Nicene Creed was presented at the First Council of Nicaea.

Year 1179

The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.

Year 1269

King Louis IX of France orders all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver.

Year 1306

The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.

Year 1586

English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America.

Year 1800

War of the Second Coalition Battle of Höchstädt results in a French victory over Austria.

Year 1816

Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Year 1821

Decisive defeat of the Filiki Eteria by the Ottomans at Drăgășani (in Wallachia).

Year 1846

The first officially recorded, organized baseball game is played under Alexander Cartwright's rules on Hoboken, New Jersey's Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23-1. Cartwright umpired.

Year 1850

Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden-Norway.

Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 7

Birthdays on 19 June 185

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Prince Morikuni
b. 1301 – d. 1333
Prince Morikuni, Japanese shogun (b. 1301)
Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta
Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta
b. 1417 – d. 1468
Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, lord of Rimini (b. 1417)
James VI and I
James VI and I
b. 1566 – d. 1625
James VI and I of the United Kingdom (d. 1625)
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Philip Bell (governor)
b. 1590 – d. 1678
Philip Bell, British colonial governor (d. 1678)
Guru Hargobind
Guru Hargobind
b. 1595 – d. 1644
Hargobind, sixth Sikh guru (d. 1644)
Gilbert Sheldon
Gilbert Sheldon
b. 1598 – d. 1677
Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1677)
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton
b. 1606 – d. 1649
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish soldier and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (d. 1649)
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
b. 1623 – d. 1662
Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
Philipp van Limborch
Philipp van Limborch
b. 1633 – d. 1712
Philipp van Limborch, Dutch author and theologian (d. 1712)
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François Rebel
b. 1701 – d. 1775
François Rebel, French violinist and composer (d. 1775)
Joaquim Machado de Castro
Joaquim Machado de Castro
b. 1731 – d. 1822
Joaquim Machado de Castro, Portuguese sculptor (d. 1822)
José Gervasio Artigas
José Gervasio Artigas
b. 1764 – d. 1850
José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan general and politician (b. 1764)

Deaths on 19 June 86

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Huan Xuan
d. 404 (b. 369)
Huan Xuan, Jin-dynasty warlord and emperor of Huan Chu (b. 369)
Soga no Umako
Soga no Umako
d. 626 (b. 551)
Soga no Umako, Japanese son of Soga no Iname (b. 551)
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Xiao Qing
d. 930 (b. 862)
Xiao Qing, chancellor of Later Liang (b. 862)
Romuald
Romuald
d. 1027 (b. 951)
Romuald, Italian mystic and saint (b. 951)
Eleanor de Montfort
Eleanor de Montfort
d. 1282 (b. 1252)
Eleanor de Montfort, Welsh princess (b. 1252)
Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall
Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall
d. 1312 (b. 1284)
Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall, English politician (b. 1284)
Juliana Falconieri
Juliana Falconieri
d. 1341 (b. 1270)
Juliana Falconieri, Italian nun and saint (b. 1270)
Elisenda of Montcada
Elisenda of Montcada
d. 1364 (b. 1292)
Elisenda of Montcada, queen consort and regent of Aragon (b. 1292)
Bernhard Walther
Bernhard Walther
d. 1504 (b. 1430)
Bernhard Walther, German astronomer and humanist (b. 1430)
Leo Jud
Leo Jud
d. 1542 (b. 1482)
Leo Jud, Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1482)
Abraomas Kulvietis
Abraomas Kulvietis
d. 1545 (b. 1509)
Abraomas Kulvietis, Lithuanian-Russian lawyer and jurist (b. 1509)
Anna of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg
Anna of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg
d. 1567 (b. 1507)
Anna of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg (b. 1507)