What is July 19?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[64]] &ndash; The Great Fire of [[Rome]] starts. * [[484]] &ndash; [[Leontius]], Roman usurper, is crowned Eastern [[Emperor]] at [[Tarsus]] in modern-day [[Turkey]]. * [[711]] &ndash; [[Ummayad]] conquest of [[Hispania]]: [[Battle of Guadalete]] – Ummayad forces under [[Tariq ibn Ziyad]] defeat the [[Visigoths]] led by King [[Roderic]]. * [[1333]] &ndash; [[Wars of Scottish Independence]]: The [[Battle of Halidon Hill]] ends in an English victory. * [[1545]] &ndash; The [[Tudor]] [[battleship]] ''[[Mary Rose]]'' sinks. * [[1553]] &ndash; In [[England]], [[Lady Jane Grey]] is replaced as queen by [[Mary I of England]], having been queen for only a few days. * [[1572]] &ndash; [[Wanli Emperor]] takes control in [[China]], becoming the 13th [[Emperor]] of the [[Ming Dynasty]]. * [[1588]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Spanish War]]: [[Battle of Gravelines]] – The [[Spanish Armada]] is seen in the [[English Channel]]. * [[1692]] &ndash; In the [[Salem Witch Trials]], five women are hanged for witchcraft. * [[1701]] &ndash; Representatives of the [[Iroquois]] Confederacy sign the [[Nanfan Treaty]], ceding large [[territory]] north of the [[Ohio River]] to [[England]]. * [[1702]] &ndash; [[Great Northern War]]: A larger [[Poland|Polish]]–[[Saxony|Saxon]] [[Army]] of [[Augustus III the Strong]], operating from a better defensive position, is defeated by a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Army]] half its size under the command of [[Charles XII of Sweden]], in the [[Battle of Klissow]]. * [[1821]] &ndash; [[George IV of the United Kingdom]] is crowned king. * [[1832]] &ndash; The [[British Medical Association]] is founded by [[Charles Hastings]]. * [[1843]] &ndash; [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]]'s [[steamship]], the [[SS Great Britain|SS ''Great Britain'']] is launched. * [[1848]] &ndash; A [[Women's rights]] convention begins in [[Seneca Falls (CDP), New York|Seneca Falls, New York]]. * [[1864]] &ndash; [[Taiping Rebellion]]: [[Third Battle of Nanking]] – [[Qing Dynasty]] defeats the [[Taiping