368 Historic Events for August 19
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| 440 |
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St Sixtus III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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| 440 |
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Sixtus III, Italian Pope (432-40), dies
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| 472 |
Death |
Ricimer, Barbaars general, dies
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| 1071 |
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Battle at Manzikert: Seldjuken sultan Alp Arslan beats Byzantine King
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| 1099 |
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Crusaders beat Saracens in Battle of Ascalon
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| 1263 |
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King James I of Argon censors Hebrew writing
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| 1398 |
Birth |
I¤igo L¢pez, Spain, marques de Santillana, poet (Comedieta de Ponza)
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| 1399 |
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King Richard II of England surrenders to his cousin Henry
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| 1458 |
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Aenea Silvio Piccolomini chosen Pope Pius II
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| 1477 |
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Burgundy and acquires Burgundian possessions in the Netherlands and France
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| 1477 |
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Maximilian I, son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, weds Mary of
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| 1493 |
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Frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77
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| 1493 |
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Maximilian I of Austria becomes Roman Catholic German emperor
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| 1521 |
Birth |
Lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti)
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| 1524 |
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Emperor Charles V's troops besieges Marseille
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| 1558 |
Birth |
Paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian
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| 1561 |
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Mary Queen of Scots arrives in Leith Scotland to assume throne after spending 13 years in France
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| 1580 |
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Andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71
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| 1587 |
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Sigismund III becomes king of Poland
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| 1591 |
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French king Henri IV occupies Rouen
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| 1596 |
Birth |
Elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I
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| 1601 |
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Michael the Brave, ruler of Turkey, dies
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| 1627 |
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Prince Frederik Henry conquerors fort Groenlo
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| 1631 |
Birth |
John Dryden, 1st poet laureate of England (All for Love)
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| 1646 |
Birth |
John Flamsteed, 1st astronomer royal of England
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