1545 Henry VIII of England watched in horror on July 19, 1545 as his recently built flagship, Mary Rose, keeled over and sunk from a mighty gust of wind with 500 men abroad off Portsmouth.
In 1982 the wreck of the Mary Rose was salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology.
1553 After the death of King Edward VI, the powerful Duke of Northumberland excluded the rightful successor to the throne, Princess Mary, and instead installed the devout Protestant Lady Jane Grey. She lasted nine days as Queen before being overthrown by Mary who ascended the throne on July 19, 1553. Protestant subjects under Mary I were presented with the ultimatum "turn or burn" and Archbishop Cranmer was confined to his Lambeth Palace having approved the succession of Lady Jane Grey.
1603 After the death of Elizabeth I, James of Scotland came to the throne. The Scottish monarch was not impressed by Sir Walter Raleigh's anti Spanish sentiments and the former favorite of Queen Elizabeth was arrested on July 19, 1603. When taken from the Tower of London to Winchester to stand trial for treason the mob stoned Raleigh and jeered him all the way. The Tower of London was Raleigh's home for thirteen years during which he lived in two small rooms.
1696 To improve his nation's position on the seas, Peter the Great of Russia sought to gain more maritime outlets. His only outlet at the time was the White Sea at Arkhangelsk. Peter attempted to acquire control of the Black Sea; and his primary objective became the capture of the Ottoman fortress of Azov, near the Don River. Peter the Great launched about thirty ships against the Ottomans in 1696, capturing Azov on July 19 of that year, thus gaining an outlet to the Black Sea.
1821 George IV's coronation banquet in Westminster Hall on July 19, 1821 was perhaps history's most lavish meal, costing the equivalent of £20 million. Turtle soup was followed by salmon, turbot, and trout, venison and veal, mutton and beef, braised ham and savory pies, daubed geese and braced capon, lobster and crayfish, cold roast fowl and cold lamb, potatoes, peas and cauliflower. There were over 1,000 sides dishes, nearly 500 sauce boats brimming with lobster sauce, butter sauce and mint.
1843 The Isambard Kingdom Brunel-designed SS Great Britain was launched on July 19, 1843. It was the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller. When launched, the Great Britain was by far the largest vessel afloat. She was the longest passenger ship in the world until 1854. Great Britain was the first iron steamer to cross the Atlantic, She did so for the first time in 1845, in a time of 14 days
1848 The two-day Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's rights and feminist convention held in the United States, opened in Seneca Falls, New York on July 19, 1848. It advertised itself as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman." A Declaration of Sentiments was signed in 1848 by 100 out of the 300 attendees at the convention (see below).
1848 The Seneca Falls Convention passed a resolution in favor of women's suffrage despite opposition from some of its organizers, who believed the idea was too extreme. However, by the time of the first National Women's Rights Convention two years later, suffrage was becoming an increasingly important aspect of the movement's activities.
1870 The Franco-Prussian War was engineered by Otto Von Bismarck in order to unite the 39 small German states by making them fight together against a common enemy. The German chancellor tricked the French into this war by altering a telegram from the king of Prussia in which he struck out the king's conciliatory words so that the telegram sounded belligerent. As a result the French declared war on July 19, 1870. The French defeat in 1871 led to the establishment of the German Empire.
1876 Maria Spelterini was an Italian tightrope walker who gained fame for crossing the Niagara Falls by tightrope five times in July 1876. She crossed blindfolded on July 19th. Spelterini's crossing of Niagara Falls was a major event, and it was covered by newspapers all over the world.
1877 Just 200 people turn up to the first Wimbledon lawn tennis final at the original venue in Worple Road on July 19, 1877. They paid a shilling each to watch Spencer Gore stroll past William Marshall 6-1, 6–2, 6–4. Old Harrovian Spencer Gore was heard to remark afterwards: "Lawn tennis is a bit boring. It will never catch on." Spencer Gore was the first tennis player who ever used the technique of volleying, therefore he is considered the creator of the style of volley.
1909 The first unassisted triple play in major-league baseball was achieved on July 19, 1909 by Neal Ball of the Cleveland Naps when they played the Boston Red Sox. (An unassisted triple play occurs when a defensive player makes all three putouts by himself in one continuous play, without his teammates making any assists).
1952 The 1952 Summer Olympics opened in Helsinki on July 19, 1952. The Finnish capital had been earlier selected to host the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II. It is the northernmost city at which a summer Olympic Games has been held.
1961 The first regularly scheduled in-flight movie was shown on July 19, 1961, on a Trans World Airlines (TWA) flight from New York City to Los Angeles. The movie was By Love Possessed, starring Lana Turner and Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. It was shown to first-class passengers only.
1991 Mike Tyson was accused of raping Desiree Washington, a Miss Black America pageant contestant, on July 19, 1991, in Indianapolis. Tyson was tried for the alleged crime, and in 1992, he was found guilty of rape and sentenced to six years in prison, of which he served three years before being released on parole in 1995.
1994 The largest bubble gum bubble ever blown was 23 inches (58.5 cms) in diameter. The record was set July 19, 1994 by Susan Montgomery Williams of Fresno, California on The Regis and Kathie Lee Show at the ABC-TV studios in New York City,
1997 The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumed a ceasefire to end their 25-year campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland on July 19, 1997. The Irish Troubles is deemed by many to have ended with the Belfast "Good Friday" Agreement of 1998. In 2005 the IRA declared a formal end to its campaign and had its weaponry decommissioned under international supervision.
In 1982 the wreck of the Mary Rose was salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology.
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| The Mary Rose as depicted in the Anthony Roll |
1553 After the death of King Edward VI, the powerful Duke of Northumberland excluded the rightful successor to the throne, Princess Mary, and instead installed the devout Protestant Lady Jane Grey. She lasted nine days as Queen before being overthrown by Mary who ascended the throne on July 19, 1553. Protestant subjects under Mary I were presented with the ultimatum "turn or burn" and Archbishop Cranmer was confined to his Lambeth Palace having approved the succession of Lady Jane Grey.
1603 After the death of Elizabeth I, James of Scotland came to the throne. The Scottish monarch was not impressed by Sir Walter Raleigh's anti Spanish sentiments and the former favorite of Queen Elizabeth was arrested on July 19, 1603. When taken from the Tower of London to Winchester to stand trial for treason the mob stoned Raleigh and jeered him all the way. The Tower of London was Raleigh's home for thirteen years during which he lived in two small rooms.
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| Raleigh's cell, Bloody Tower, Tower of London. By Kjetil Bjørnsrud |
1696 To improve his nation's position on the seas, Peter the Great of Russia sought to gain more maritime outlets. His only outlet at the time was the White Sea at Arkhangelsk. Peter attempted to acquire control of the Black Sea; and his primary objective became the capture of the Ottoman fortress of Azov, near the Don River. Peter the Great launched about thirty ships against the Ottomans in 1696, capturing Azov on July 19 of that year, thus gaining an outlet to the Black Sea.
1821 George IV's coronation banquet in Westminster Hall on July 19, 1821 was perhaps history's most lavish meal, costing the equivalent of £20 million. Turtle soup was followed by salmon, turbot, and trout, venison and veal, mutton and beef, braised ham and savory pies, daubed geese and braced capon, lobster and crayfish, cold roast fowl and cold lamb, potatoes, peas and cauliflower. There were over 1,000 sides dishes, nearly 500 sauce boats brimming with lobster sauce, butter sauce and mint.
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| George IV coronation banquet |
1843 The Isambard Kingdom Brunel-designed SS Great Britain was launched on July 19, 1843. It was the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller. When launched, the Great Britain was by far the largest vessel afloat. She was the longest passenger ship in the world until 1854. Great Britain was the first iron steamer to cross the Atlantic, She did so for the first time in 1845, in a time of 14 days
1848 The two-day Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's rights and feminist convention held in the United States, opened in Seneca Falls, New York on July 19, 1848. It advertised itself as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman." A Declaration of Sentiments was signed in 1848 by 100 out of the 300 attendees at the convention (see below).
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| By https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ |
1848 The Seneca Falls Convention passed a resolution in favor of women's suffrage despite opposition from some of its organizers, who believed the idea was too extreme. However, by the time of the first National Women's Rights Convention two years later, suffrage was becoming an increasingly important aspect of the movement's activities.
1870 The Franco-Prussian War was engineered by Otto Von Bismarck in order to unite the 39 small German states by making them fight together against a common enemy. The German chancellor tricked the French into this war by altering a telegram from the king of Prussia in which he struck out the king's conciliatory words so that the telegram sounded belligerent. As a result the French declared war on July 19, 1870. The French defeat in 1871 led to the establishment of the German Empire.
1876 Maria Spelterini was an Italian tightrope walker who gained fame for crossing the Niagara Falls by tightrope five times in July 1876. She crossed blindfolded on July 19th. Spelterini's crossing of Niagara Falls was a major event, and it was covered by newspapers all over the world.
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| Maria Spelterini crossing the Niagara Gorge on a tightrope |
1877 Just 200 people turn up to the first Wimbledon lawn tennis final at the original venue in Worple Road on July 19, 1877. They paid a shilling each to watch Spencer Gore stroll past William Marshall 6-1, 6–2, 6–4. Old Harrovian Spencer Gore was heard to remark afterwards: "Lawn tennis is a bit boring. It will never catch on." Spencer Gore was the first tennis player who ever used the technique of volleying, therefore he is considered the creator of the style of volley.
1909 The first unassisted triple play in major-league baseball was achieved on July 19, 1909 by Neal Ball of the Cleveland Naps when they played the Boston Red Sox. (An unassisted triple play occurs when a defensive player makes all three putouts by himself in one continuous play, without his teammates making any assists).
1952 The 1952 Summer Olympics opened in Helsinki on July 19, 1952. The Finnish capital had been earlier selected to host the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II. It is the northernmost city at which a summer Olympic Games has been held.
1961 The first regularly scheduled in-flight movie was shown on July 19, 1961, on a Trans World Airlines (TWA) flight from New York City to Los Angeles. The movie was By Love Possessed, starring Lana Turner and Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. It was shown to first-class passengers only.
1991 Mike Tyson was accused of raping Desiree Washington, a Miss Black America pageant contestant, on July 19, 1991, in Indianapolis. Tyson was tried for the alleged crime, and in 1992, he was found guilty of rape and sentenced to six years in prison, of which he served three years before being released on parole in 1995.
1997 The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumed a ceasefire to end their 25-year campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland on July 19, 1997. The Irish Troubles is deemed by many to have ended with the Belfast "Good Friday" Agreement of 1998. In 2005 the IRA declared a formal end to its campaign and had its weaponry decommissioned under international supervision.
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