Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 19
This is a list of selected May 19 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle -
Thai soldiers during the crackdown on political protests
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| Pontian Greek Genocide Remembrance Day in Greece (1919); | single source section |
| 1051 – Anne of Kiev married King Henry I to become Queen of France. | page numbers needed |
| 1536 – Anne Boleyn, the second wife and queen consort of Henry VIII of England, was beheaded at the Tower of London for adultery, incest, and high treason. | appears on January 25 |
| 1542 – The Prome Kingdom, in present-day central Burma, was conquered by the Taungoo Dynasty. | needs more footnotes |
| 1643 – Thirty Years' War: The French, led by Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, scored a decisive victory against the Spanish in Rocroi, France. | refimprove section, unreferenced section |
| 1649 – The Rump Parliament passed an act to formally establish the Commonwealth of England. | refimprove |
| 1802 – Napoléon Bonaparte, First Consul of the French Republic, established the Légion d'honneur order as a reward to commend civilians and soldiers. | refimprove section |
| 1848 – Mexico ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that was previously signed to end the Mexican–American War, officially ceding present-day California, Nevada, Utah, and other territory to the United States. | refimprove section |
| 1919 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk traveled to Samsun to establish the Turkish National Movement to resist the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, marking the start of the Turkish War of Independence. | needs more footnotes |
| 1922 – The Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization, a mass pioneer movement for Soviet children of age 10–15, was founded. | needs more footnotes |
| 1962 – Actress Marilyn Monroe performed a sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday to You" during a televised celebration for U.S. President John F. Kennedy. | refimprove section |
| 1971 – The Soviet unmanned spacecraft Mars 2 was launched, eventually becoming the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars. | refimprove, expansion |
| * 639 – Ashina Jiesheshuai of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate failed in an attempt to assassinate Emperor Taizong of the Chinese Tang dynasty and was killed by pursuers. | Date not given in source |
| Ho Chi Minh's Birthday in Vietnam | Not stated in article |
Eligible
- 715 – Gregory II began his pontificate; his conflict with Byzantine emperor Leo III eventually led to the establishment of the temporal power of the pope.
- 1655 – Anglo-Spanish War: England invaded Spanish Jamaica, capturing it a week later.
- 1743 – French physicist Jean-Pierre Christin published the design of a mercury thermometer using the centigrade scale, with 0 representing the melting point of water and 100 its boiling point.
- 1780 – A combination of thick smoke, fog, and heavy cloud cover caused darkness to fall on parts of Canada and the New England area of the United States by noon.
- 1828 – The United States Congress passed the largest tariff in the nation's history, which resulted in severe economic hardship in the American South.
- 1911 – Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, was established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
- 1997 – The Sierra Gorda Biosphere, which encompasses the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, was established as a result of grassroots efforts.
- 2010 – In Bangkok, the Thai military (pictured) concluded a week-long crackdown on widespread protests by forcing the surrender of opposition leaders.
- 2018 – The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle took place at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, England.
- Born/died: | Alcuin |d|804| Helena of Moscow |b|1476| Claude Vignon |b|1593| George Washington Whistler |b|1800| Nellie Melba |b|1861| Nathaniel Hawthorne |d|1864| Ruth Ella Moore |b|1903| Nicholas Winton |b|1909| Nora Ephron |b|1941| Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis |d|1994| John Gorton |d|2002| Jeffrey Catherine Jones |d|2011
May 19: Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day in Turkey (1919); Sanja Matsuri begins in Tokyo, Japan (2023)
- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison west of Montreal surrendered to British troops at the Battle of the Cedars.
- 1845 – Captain John Franklin (pictured) departed Greenhithe, England, on an expedition to the Canadian Arctic in search of the Northwest Passage; all 129 men were later lost when their ships became icebound in Victoria Strait.
- 1915 – First World War: Australian and New Zealand troops repelled the third attack on Anzac Cove, inflicting heavy casualties on the attacking Ottoman forces.
- 1991 – Breakup of Yugoslavia: With the local Serb population boycotting the referendum, Croatians voted in favour of independence from Yugoslavia.
- 2015 – A corroded pipeline near Refugio State Beach, California, spilled 142,800 gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude oil onto the Gaviota Coast.
- Dunstan (d. 988)
- Mariam-uz-Zamani (d. 1623)
- Erin Phillips (b. 1985)