Events of
2019
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in
Iraq.
Incumbents
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President:
Barham Salih
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Prime Minister:
Adil Abdul-Mahdi
Events
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March 21:
Mosul ferry sinking, 103 drowned of
Kurdish revelers celebrating the new year.
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August 20: Popular Mobilisation, a Shia-dominated military group, blames the United States and Israel for an explosion at Balad airbase in Salahuddin province, about 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad.
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October 1:
2019 Iraqi Protests
Nineteen or 19 may refer to:
* 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20
* one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019
Films
* ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film
* ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film
Music ...
Deaths
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January 18 -
Lamia Al-Gailani Werr
Lamia Al-Gailani Werr (, 8 March 1938 – 18 January 2019) was an Iraqi Assyriologist specialising in ancient Mesopotamian antiquities.
Al-Gailani was born in Baghdad and completed her education in Iraq and the United Kingdom. Her doctoral stud ...
, 80, Iraqi archaeologist.
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January 28 -
Tahseen Said
Tahseen Said or Tahsin Beg Saied (, b. 15 August 1933 in Baadre – d. 28 January 2019 in Hanover) was the hereditary leader ( Mīr, or prince) of Yazidis. He was also the head of the Yazidi Supreme Spiritual Council and represented the Yazidis i ...
, 86, Iraqi politician,
Emir of the
Yazidis (since 1944).
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February 2
Events Pre-1600
* 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law".
* 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King ...
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Alaa Mashzoub, 50, Iraqi novelist and writer, expert on the History of the Jews in Iraq, shot.
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May 3 -
George Hanna, 90, Iraqi-American basketball player.
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May 13
Events Pre-1600
*1373 – Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, visions which are later described and interpreted in her book '' Revelations of Divine Love''.
* 1501 – Amerigo Vespu ...
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Kochavi Shemesh
Kochavi Shemesh (sometimes spelled "Kohavi", ; 10 January 1944 – 13 May 2019) was a lawyer, leftist activist, and one of the leaders of the Israeli Black Panthers and the editor of its main publication ''Ha'panter Ha'shachor'' (). He also help ...
, 75, Iraqi-born Israeli lawyer and social activist, leader of the
Black Panthers protest movement.
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26 May
Events Pre-1600
* 17 – Germanicus celebrates a triumph in Rome for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti, and other German tribes west of the Elbe.
* 451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire take ...
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Qays Abd al-Hussein al-Yasiri, 78, Iraqi media scholar, academic and poet.
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July 7 -
Mohammad Hussaini Shahroudi, 93, Iraqi
Marja'.
*October 29 -
Safaa Al Sarai, 26, activist
References
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