Events on 19 May 44
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Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace.
Year 1445
John II of Castile defeats the Infantes of Aragon at the First Battle of Olmedo.
Year 1499
Catherine of Aragon is married by proxy to Arthur, Prince of Wales. Catherine is 13 and Arthur is 12.
Year 1535
French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons (whom Cartier had kidnapped during his first voyage).
Year 1536
Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
Year 1643
Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 1
Birthdays on 19 May 183
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John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton
b. 1400 – d. 1462
John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton, English Baron (d. 1462)
Baccio D'Agnolo
b. 1462 – d. 1543
Baccio D'Agnolo, Italian woodcarver, sculptor and architect (d. 1543)
Helena of Moscow
b. 1476 – d. 1513
Helena of Moscow, Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania and Queen consort of Poland (d. 1513)
Jacob Jordaens
b. 1593 – d. 1678
Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter and illustrator (d. 1678)
Claude Vignon
b. 1593 – d. 1670
Claude Vignon, French painter (d. 1670)
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Johann Jakob Froberger
b. 1616 – d. 1667
Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist and composer (d. 1667)
José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda
b. 1700 – d. 1770
José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, Spanish sergeant and politician (d. 1770)
Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol
b. 1724 – d. 1779
Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (d. 1779)
Johann Gottlieb Fichte
b. 1762 – d. 1814
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic (d. 1814)
Arthur Aikin
b. 1773 – d. 1854
Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (d. 1854)
Johns Hopkins
b. 1795 – d. 1873
Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1873)
Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour
b. 1827 – d. 1896
Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French academic and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1896)
Deaths on 19 May 103
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Alcuin
d. 804 (b. 735)
Alcuin, English monk and scholar (b. 735)
Robert (archbishop of Trier)
d. 956
Robert, archbishop of Trier
Dunstan
d. 988 (b. 909)
Dunstan, English archbishop and saint (b. 909)
Stephen, Count of Blois
d. 1102 (b. 1045)
Stephen, Count of Blois (b. 1045)
Vladimir II Monomakh
d. 1125
Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Duke of Kiev
Saint Bashnouna
d. 1164
Saint Bashnouna, Egyptian saint and martyr
Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
d. 1218
Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Pope Celestine V
d. 1296 (b. 1215)
Pope Celestine V (b. 1215)
Ivo of Kermartin
d. 1303 (b. 1253)
Saint Ivo of Kermartin, French canon lawyer (b. 1253)
Louis, Count of Évreux
d. 1319 (b. 1276)
Louis, Count of Évreux (b. 1276)
Dmitry Donskoy
d. 1389 (b. 1350)
Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)
Emperor Go-Kashiwabara
d. 1526 (b. 1464)
Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)