On March 19, history records 43 notable events, 171 famous births and 86 deaths, spanning the years 1279 to 1885.
Events on this day include: A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen ends the Song dynasty in China. (1279); The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and granting certain freedoms to the Huguenots. (1563).
Notable people born on March 19 include Güyük Khan (1206), Ashikaga Yoshikatsu (1434), Johannes Magnus (1488).
Notable figures who died on this day include Severus Alexander (235), Al-Mansur Billah (953), Emma of Paris, Duchess of Normandy (968).
Events on 19 March 43
See all →The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and granting certain freedoms to the Huguenots.
The House of Commons of England passes an act abolishing the House of Lords, declaring it "useless and dangerous to the people of England".
Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
The SS Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
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Birthdays on 19 March 171
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Deaths on 19 March 86
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