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October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 73 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 202 BC ...
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October 19 Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky by Benjamin West 1596 – The Spanish ship San Felipe was shipwrecked on the Japanese island of Shikoku , and its cargo confiscated by the local daimyō .
October 19 Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky by Benjamin West (c. 1816) 1579 – A ceremony was held in Edinburgh marking the coming of age of James VI of Scotland as an adult ruler.
Yusuf I (29 June 1318 – 19 October 1354) was the seventh Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada on the Iberian Peninsula, from 1333 until his death.He allied with the North African Marinids against Alfonso XI of Castile.
October 19 Surrender of Lord Cornwallis by John Trumbull 1781 – American Revolutionary War : British forces led by Lord Cornwallis officially surrendered (pictured) to Franco-American forces under George Washington and the Comte de Rochambeau , ending the Siege of Yorktown .
Armed conflicts and attacks. Gaza war. Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. October 2024 Beit Lahia attacks. Hamas claims that at least 73 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip, although the Israel Defence Forces dispute this claim.
October 18 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 20. All fixed commemorations below celebrated on November 1 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. [note 1] For October 19th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on October 6.