August 19 in History

19 August in History – 164 years ago

Garibaldi’s landing in Calabria
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Starting on 19 August 361

Legions in Aquileia in revolt against Julian*

All Events on 19 August

starts   1991
Communist hardliners attempt to seize control in Soviet Union
starts   1945
Viet Minh seize power in Vietnam
ends   1944
Soviets push into Byelorussia and eastern Poland
starts   1944
Allies liberate Paris from Germans
  1942
Unsuccessful British raid on French port of Dieppe
starts   1942
Indecisive Soviet offensive near Leningrad
ends   1940
Italians occupy British Somaliland
  1924
Soviets land in Wrangel Island, removing US colonists
ends   1923
Vilhjalmur Stefansson claims Wrangel Island for Canada
starts   1923
American settlement on Wrangel Island
ends   1908
Abd el-Hafid seizes power in Morocco
starts   1868
Allies outflank Paraguayan Pikysyry line
  1860
Garibaldi’s forces land in Calabria
  1816
British restore Dutch East Indies to Netherlands
  1809
Russians defeat Swedes at Sävar
ends   1809
Iceland briefly independent under Jørgen Jørgensen
starts   384
Magnus Maximus campaigns in Britain*
ends   370
Romans incite war between Burgundi and Alemanni*
starts   361
Legions in Aquileia in revolt against Julian*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 19 August for purposes of Omniatlas

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