19 April is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (110th in Leap Year s). There are 256 days remaining.
- 1012 - Martyrdom of St Alphege in Greenwich, London .
- ) protests the reinstatement of the Edict Of Worms , beginning the Protestant movement.
- 1587 - Sir Francis Drake sinks the Spanish fleet in Cádiz harbor.
- 1692 - Bridget Bishop goes on trial in Salem , Massachusetts for Witchcraft .
- 1713 - With no living male Heir s, Emperor Charles VI issues the Pragmatic Sanction to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian Throne would be Inherited by his daughter, Maria Theresa (not actually born until 1717 ).
- – British General Thomas Gage attempts to confiscate American Colonists' firearms. Captain John Parker orders his band of minutemen to not fire unless fired upon. Random shots rang out among the British soldiers. The minutemen promptly fired back. This was the " Shot Heard Round The World ." The British are driven back to Boston, Massachusetts , thus beginning the American Revolutionary War .
- 1809 - The army of Austria attacks and is defeated by the forces of the Duchy Of Warsaw in the Battle Of Raszyn , part of the struggles of the Fifth Coalition .
- , Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a Junta is installed.
- 1839 - The Treaty Of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom.
- , a pro- Secession mob in Baltimore, Maryland , attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
- 1892 - Charles Duryea claims to have driven the first Automobile in the United States , in Springfield, Massachusetts .
- 1904 - Much of Toronto, Ontario , Canada , is destroyed by fire.
- 1909 - Joan Of Arc receives Beatification .
- 1919 - Leslie Irvin of the United States makes the first successful Parachute jump and Free-fall .
- 1927 - Mae West is sentenced to 10 days in jail for Obscenity for her play '' Sex ''.
- 1928 - The 125th and final Fascicle of the '' Oxford English Dictionary '' is published.
- 1933 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces that the United States will be abandoning the Gold Standard .
- 1934 - Shirley Temple debuts in '' Stand Up And Cheer ''.
- 1936 - First day of the Great Uprising in Palestine .
- 1938 - RCA – NBC begins regular Television broadcasts.
- , German troops enter the Warsaw Ghetto to round up the remaining Jew s, beginning the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising .
- 1943 - '' Bicycle Day '' – Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann deliberately takes LSD for the first time.
- 1950 - Argentina becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires Copyright Treaty .
- 1951 - General Douglas MacArthur retires from the military.
- 1954 - Constituent Assembly Of Pakistan decides Urdu and Bengali to be National Language s of Pakistan .
- 1956 - Actress Grace Kelly marries Rainier III Of Monaco .
- 1960 - Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against their President Syngman Rhee , eventually forcing him to resign.
- 1961 - The Bay Of Pigs invasion of Cuba ends in failure.
- 1971 - Sierra Leone becomes a Republic , and Siaka Stevens the President .
- begin a five-day demonstration in Washington, DC .
- 1971 - Charles Manson is sentenced to life in prison for the Sharon Tate murders.
- 1971 - Launch of Salyut 1 , first human-made Space Station .
- 1976 - Executive Order 9066 is rescinded.
- 1978 - Lagumot Harris is elected President of Nauru .
- 1980 - In The Hague , Netherlands , Johnny Logan wins the twenty-fifth Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland singing " What's Another Year ".
- 1989 - A Gun Turret explodes on the USS ''Iowa'' , killing 47 sailors.
- 1989 - Trisha Meili , the " Central Park Jogger" is raped.
- 1993 - The 50-day siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco, Texas , USA , ends when a fire breaks out. Eighty-one people die.
- in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , USA , is bombed, killing 168.
- 1999 - The German Bundestag returns to Berlin .
- 2000 - An Air Philippines Boeing 737 -200 crashes near Davao International Airport , killing 131.
- 2005 - Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger elected Pope Benedict XVI on the second day of the Papal Conclave .
- 1320 - King Peter I Of Portugal (d. 1367 )
- 1452 - King Ferdinand II Of Aragon (d. 1504 )
- 1603 - Michel Le Tellier , French statesman (d. 1685 )
- 1658 - Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716 )
- 1665 - Jacques Lelong , French bibliographer (d. 1721 )
- 1686 - Vasily Tatishchev , Russian statesman (d. 1750 )
- 1721 - Thomas McKean , signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence (d. 1817 )
- 1721 - Roger Sherman , signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence (d. 1793 )
- 1785 - Alexandre Pierre François Boëly , French composer (d. 1858 )
- 1793 - Emperor Ferdinand I Of Austria (d. 1875 )
- 1832 - José Echegaray Y Eizaguirre , Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916 )
- 1874 - Ernst Rüdin , Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (d. 1952 )
- 1882 - Getúlio Vargas , President of Brazil (d. 1954 )
- 1883 - Richard Von Mises , Austrian-born mathematician (d. 1953 )
- 1892 - Germaine Tailleferre , French composer (d. 1983 )
- 1897 - Peter De Noronha , Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970 )
- 1897 - Constance Talmadge , American actress (d. 1973 )
- 1899 - George O'Brien , American actor (d. 1985 )
- 1900 - Richard Hughes , English novelist (d. 1976 )
- 1903 - Eliot Ness , American lawman (d. 1957 )
- 1912 - Glenn Seaborg , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999 )
- 1919 - Merce Cunningham , American dancer and choreographher
- 1922 - Erich Hartmann , German pilot (d. 1993 )
- 1925 - Hugh O'Brian , American actor
- 1928 - Alexis Korner , English musician (d. 1984 )
- 1930 - Dick Sargent , American actor (d. 1994 )
- 1931 - Walter Stewart , Canadian journalist (d. 2004 )
- 1932 - Dickie Goodman , American humorist (d. 1989 )
- 1933 - Dickie Bird , English cricket umpire
- 1933 - Jayne Mansfield , American actress (d. 1967 )
- 1935 - Dudley Moore , English actor, musician, comedian, composer (d. 2002 )
- 1936 - Wilfried Martens , Prime Minister Of Belgium
- 1937 - Elinor Donahue , American actress
- 1937 - Joseph Estrada , actor and President Of The Philippines
- 1940 - Genya Ravan , American vocalist ( Goldie & The Gingerbreads , Ten Wheel Drive )
- 1941 - Alan Price , English Musician ( The Animals ), (The Alan Price Set)
- 1944 - James Heckman , American economist, Bank Of Sweden Prize
- 1944 - Bernie Worrell , American keyboardist ( P Funk )
- 1946 - Tim Curry , British actor
- 1947 - Murray Perahia , American pianist
- 1947 - Mark Volman , American musician ( The Turtles )
- 1948 - Rick Miller , American baseball player
- 1951 - Barry Brown , Amercian actor and writer (d. 1978 )
- 1952 - Alexis Arguello , Nicaraguan boxer
- 1953 - Rod Morgenstein , American musician ( Winger )
- 1953 - Ruby Wax , British television personality
- 1960 - Roger Merrett , Australian footballer
- 1960 - Frank Viola , baseball player
- 1962 - Al Unser, Jr. , American race car driver
- 1965 - Suge Knight , American record producer
- 1967 - Steven H Silver , American science fiction editor
- 1967 - Greg Ferrara , Independent Filmmaker, writer
- 1967 - Dar Williams , American musician and songwriter
- 1968 - Mswati III , King Of Swaziland
- 1968 - Ashley Judd , American actress
- 1970 - Kelly Holmes , English athlete
- 1970 - Luis Miguel , Mexican pop-singer
- 1972 - Rivaldo , Brazilian footballer
- 1975 - Jason Gillespie , Australian cricketer
- 1975 - Jussi Jääskeläinen , Finnish footballer (Goalkeeper)
- 1977 - Lucien Mettomo , Cameroonian footballer
- 1978 - James Franco , American actor
- 1978 - Gabriel Heinze , Argentinian footballer
- 1979 - Kate Hudson , American actress
- 1981 - Hayden Christensen , Canadian actor
- 1981 - Troy Polamalu , American football player
- 1981 - Catalina Sandino Moreno , Colombian actress
- 1987 - Maria Sharapova , Russian tennis player
- 1987 - Oksana Akinshina , Russian actress
- 1012 - Alphege , Archbishop Of Canterbury (b. 954 )
- 1054 - Pope Leo IX (b. 1002 )
- 1390 - King Robert II Of Scotland (b. 1316 )
- 1560 - Philipp Melanchthon , German humanist and reformer (b. 1497 )
- 1578 - Uesugi Kenshin , Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1530 )
- 1588 - Paolo Veronese , Italian painter
- 1608 - Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl Of Dorset , English statesman and poet (b. 1536 )
- 1627 - John Beaumont , English poet (b. 1583 )
- 1629 - Sigismondo D'India , Italian composer
- 1632 - King Sigismund I Of Sweden (b. 1561 )
- 1686 - Antonio De Solís Y Ribadeneyra , Spanish writer (b. 1610 )
- 1689 - Queen Christina Of Sweden (b. 1626 )
- 1733 - Elizabeth Villiers , mistress of William III Of England
- 1751 - Peter Lacy , Irish-born Russian Field marshal (b. 1678 )
- 1768 - Canaletto , Italian artist (b. 1697 )
- 1791 - Richard Price , Welsh philosopher (b. 1723 )
- 1813 - Benjamin Rush , physician, activist (b. 1745 )
- 1824 - George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron , English poet (b. 1788 )
- 1854 - Robert Jameson , Scottish naturalist (b. 1774 )
- 1881 - Benjamin Disraeli , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom (b. 1804 )
- 1882 - Charles Darwin , English biologist (b. 1809 )
- 1892 - Fr. Thomas Dale SSC , Anglican Clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist Practices in the 1870s (b. 1821 )
- 1906 - Pierre Curie , French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859 )
- 1914 - Charles Sanders Peirce , American philosopher and mathematician (b. 1839 )
- 1916 - Ephraim Shay , American inventor (b. 1839 )
- 1926 - Alexander Alexandrovich Chuprov , Russian statistician (b. 1874 )
- 1930 - Georges-Casimir Dessaulles , Canadian senator (b. 1827 )
- 1937 - William Martin Conway , British art critic and mountaineer (b. 1856 )
- 1949 - Ulrich Salchow , Swedish figure skater (b. 1877 )
- 1950 - Ernst Robert Curtius , Alsatian philologist (b. 1886 )
- 1967 - Konrad Adenauer , Chancellor Of Germany (b. 1876 )
- 1971 - Russ Hodges , American sports broadcaster (b. 1910 )
- 1971 - Earl Thomson , Canadian athlete (b. 1895 )
- 1973 - Hans Kelsen , Austrian-born legal theorist
- 1974 - Ayub Khan , President Of Pakistan (b. 1907 )
- 1975 - Percy L. Julian , American chemist (b. 1899 )
- 1987 - Hugh Brannum , American actor (b. 1910 )
- 1987 - Maxwell D. Taylor , American general and diplomat (b. 1901 )
- 1989 - Daphne Du Maurier , English author (b. 1907 )
- 1992 - Frankie Howerd , English comedian and actor (b. 1917 )
- 1993 - David Koresh , American cult leader (b. 1959 )
- 1997 - Eldon Hoke a.k.a. El Duce, American musician (b. 1958 )
- 1998 - Octavio Paz , Mexican diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914 )
- 1999 - David Sanes , US Navy employee whose death led to Navy's withdrawal from Puerto Rico
- 2002 - Layne Staley , American musician (b. 1967 )
- 2004 - Norris McWhirter , Scottish co-founder of the ''Guinness Book of Records'' (b. 1925 )
- 2004 - John Maynard Smith , English bioligist (b. 1920 )
- 2005 - Ruth Hussey , American actress (b. 1911 )
- 2005 - Bryan Ottoson , American musician (b. 1978 )
- 2005 - Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , Danish jazz bassist (b. 1946 )
- 2005 - Blade Icewood , American rapper (b. 1977 )
- 2006 - Scott Crossfield , First man to fly at Mach 2, killed in airplane crash.
- 2006 - Zola Levitt , messianic Jew of Zola Levitt Ministries Inc. and "Levitt Letter" news.
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