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July 19

July 19 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 998 and 2011. Arab–Byzantine wars: Battle of Apamea: Fatimids defeat a Byzantine army near Apamea.

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What happened on July 19?

July 19 is the 200th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 998 and 2011. Famous people born on July 19 include Brian May, Vitali Klitschko and Demi Moore.

The shape of the day

July 19's record stretches 1,013 years, from 998 to 2011. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

Cancer is the sign for July 19 — read more on the Cancer page, or see July's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on July 19

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • TV Nukitashi the Animation

2024

  • Game EA Sports College Football 25
  • Game Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess

2023

  • Movie Barbie

2022

  • Game As Dusk Falls
  • Game Stray
  • Game Endling: Extinction is Forever

2021

  • Game Cris Tales

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 998

    Arab–Byzantine wars

    Arab–Byzantine wars: Battle of Apamea: Fatimids defeat a Byzantine army near Apamea.

  2. 1702

    Great Northern War

    Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII in the Battle of Klissow.

  3. 1845

    Great New York City Fire of 1845

    Great New York City Fire of 1845: The last great fire to affect Manhattan begins early in the morning and is subdued that afternoon. The fire kills four firefighters and 26 civilians and destroys 345 buildings.

  4. 1903

    Maurice Garin

    Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.

  5. 1916

    World War I

    World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.

  6. 1940

    World War II

    World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.

  7. 1947

    Myanmar

    Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.

  8. 1992

    Via D'Amelio bombing

    A car bomb kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort.

  9. 1997

    The Troubles

    The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.

  10. 2011

    Guinea

    Guinean President Alpha Condé survives an attempted assassination and coup d'état at his residence in Conakry.

Famous birthday twins

Born on July 19

Brian May

b. 1947

English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and astrophysicist

Vitali Klitschko

b. 1971

Ukrainian boxer and politician, Mayor of Kyiv

Demi Moore

b. 1950

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Seraphim of Sarov

b. 1759

Russian monk and saint

Edgar Degas

b. 1834

French painter, sculptor, and illustrator

Vince Spadea

b. 1974

American tennis player

Herbert Marcuse

b. 1898

German-American sociologist and philosopher

Princess Augusta of Cambridge

b. 1822

Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1860 to 1904

Deaths

  • 2014James Garner
  • 2013Peter Ziegler
  • 1989Kazimierz Sabbat
  • 1980Hans Morgenthau
  • 1374Petrarch
  • 1234Floris IV

Holidays & observances

  • —Palace Day
  • —Christian feast day: Bernold, Bishop of Utrecht
  • —Christian feast day: Justa and Rufina
  • —Christian feast day: Kirdjun (or Abakerazum)
  • —Christian feast day: Macrina the Younger, Sister of St. Basil the Great
  • —Christian feast day: Symmachus
  • —Christian feast day: July 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —Martyrs' Day (Myanmar)

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