Historical Events on April 19

Battle in 1246 in Iceland

Early battle of the American Revolutionary War

First military engagements of the American Revolutionary War (1775)

1775 battle in Lexington, Massachusetts at the very start of the American Revolutionary War

1775 battle in Concord, Massachusetts at the very start of the American Revolutionary war

Battle of the American Revolutionary War

Small naval battle during the American Revolutionary War

1825 battle, Greek War of Independence

Treaty signed on 19 April 1839

1861 civil riot against Union troops during the American Civil War

1880 battle of the Second Anglo-Afghan War

1899 war between the British Empire and insurgent forces in the New Territories

First civil resistance movement led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in India in 1916

1942 German naval bombardment

1945 battle during World War II

1956 earthquake centered in the Province of Granada, Spain

April Revolution — popular uprising in South Korea in April 1960 by labor and student groups, precipitated by the killing of a high school student by a tear-gas shell in March; led to the resignation of the president S. Rhee and the transition to the Second Republic

1970 Spanish Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1970

Eurovision Song Contest 1980 — 25th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest

1989 crime involving a violent attack on a jogger in New York City

Deadly fire in Ecuador

2015 Bahrain Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2015

Mass murder on Minatitlán