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Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
; CRISPR gene editing first used to experimentally treat a patient with a genetic disorder; the Chilean protests; the
Event Horizon Telescope The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is a large Astronomical interferometer, telescope array consisting of a global network of radio telescopes. The EHT project combines data from several very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) stations around Ear ...
captures the first image of a
black hole A black hole is a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, including light or other electromagnetic waves, has enough energy to escape it. The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass can def ...
; Protesters in Tahrir Square during the
2019–2021 Iraqi protests The 2019–2021 Iraqi protests were a series of protests in Iraq consisting of demonstrations, marches, sit-ins and civil disobedience. It started on 1October 2019, a date which was set by civil activists on social media, spreading mainly over ...
; Fire destroys the spire and roof of Notre Dame de Paris; a protest march against Maduro in
Caracas Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in th ...
called by
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2019–2020 Hong Kong protests The Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement, also known as the 2019 Hong Kong protests, or the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, were a series of demonstrations from 15 March 2019 in response to the introduction by the Hong Kong government ...
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First impeachment of Donald Trump Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, was impeached for the first time by the House of Representatives of the 116th United States Congress on December 18, 2019. The House adopted two articles of impeachment against Trump: ab ...
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2019–2022 Chilean protests The 2019–2022 Chilean protests, known in Chile as the ''Estallido Social'' (lit. ''social outburst''), are a series of massive demonstrations and severe riots that originated in Santiago and spread to all regions of Chile, with a greater impact ...
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2019 fire at Notre-Dame de Paris On 15 April 2019, just before 18:20 CEST, a fire broke out beneath the roof of the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. By the time the structure fire was extinguished, the building's spire had collapsed, most of its roof had been destroyed, and ...
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2019–2021 Iraqi protests The 2019–2021 Iraqi protests were a series of protests in Iraq consisting of demonstrations, marches, sit-ins and civil disobedience. It started on 1October 2019, a date which was set by civil activists on social media, spreading mainly over ...
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Event Horizon Telescope The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is a large Astronomical interferometer, telescope array consisting of a global network of radio telescopes. The EHT project combines data from several very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) stations around Ear ...
2019 was designated as International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements by the
United Nations General Assembly The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA or GA; french: link=no, Assemblée générale, AG) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as the main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ of the UN. Curr ...
given that it coincided with the 150th anniversary of its creation by
Dmitri Mendeleev Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (sometimes transliterated as Mendeleyev or Mendeleef) ( ; russian: links=no, Дмитрий Иванович Менделеев, tr. , ; 8 February Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O.S._27_January.html" ;"title="O ...
in 1869. 2019 is noted as the year in which the first known human case of
COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quick ...
was documented, preceding the pandemic which was declared the following year. 2019 was described as the "best year in human history" by multiple newspapers and media outlets, including
The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
and
WNYC WNYC is the trademark and a set of call letters shared by WNYC (AM) and WNYC-FM, a pair of nonprofit, noncommercial, public radio stations located in New York City. WNYC is owned by New York Public Radio (NYPR), a nonprofit organization that ...
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Events


January

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January 1 January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the ye ...
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New Horizons ''New Horizons'' is an interplanetary space probe that was launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program. Engineered by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), with a ...
'' makes a close approach to the
Kuiper belt object The Kuiper belt () is a circumstellar disc in the outer Solar System, extending from the orbit of Neptune at 30 astronomical units (AU) to approximately 50 AU from the Sun. It is similar to the asteroid belt, but is far larger—20 time ...
(KBO)
486958 Arrokoth Arrokoth (minor-planet designation 486958 Arrokoth; provisional designation ), formerly nicknamed Ultima Thule, is a trans-Neptunian object located in the Kuiper belt. Arrokoth became the farthest and most primitive object in the Solar System ...
at 05:33 UTC. **
Jair Bolsonaro Jair Messias Bolsonaro (; born 21 March 1955) is a Brazilian politician and retired military officer who has been the 38th president of Brazil since 1 January 2019. He was elected in 2018 as a member of the Social Liberal Party, which he turn ...
begins his four-year term as
President of Brazil The president of Brazil ( pt, Presidente do Brasil), officially the president of the Federative Republic of Brazil ( pt, Presidente da República Federativa do Brasil) or simply the ''President of the Republic'', is the head of state and head o ...
. **
Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sh ...
withdraws from
OPEC The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC, ) is a cartel of countries. Founded on 14 September 1960 in Baghdad by the first five members (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela), it has, since 1965, been headqua ...
. ** Works published by authors who died in
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
enter the public domain in many countries. In the U.S., all works published in
1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...
enter the public domain, the first entry of published works into the public domain since
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
. *
January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
Chinese probe
Chang'e 4 Chang'e 4 (; ) is a robotic spacecraft mission, part of the second phase of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program. China achieved humanity's first soft landing on the far side of the Moon, on 3 January 2019. A communication relay satellit ...
becomes the first artificial object to land on the
far side of the Moon The far side of the Moon is the lunar hemisphere that always faces away from Earth, opposite to the near side, because of synchronous rotation in the Moon's orbit. Compared to the near side, the far side's terrain is rugged, with a multitu ...
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January 5 Events Pre-1600 * 1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. 1601–1900 *1675 – Battle of Colmar: The French a ...
Bartholomew I of Constantinople Bartholomew I ( el, Βαρθολομαῖος Αʹ, , tr, I. Bartholomeos; born 29 February 1940) is the 270th archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch, since 2 November 1991. In accordance with his title, he is regarded as the '' ...
issues a formal decree granting
independence Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the stat ...
to the
Orthodox Church of Ukraine The Orthodox Church of Ukraine ( uk, Православна церква України, Pravoslavna tserkva Ukrainy; OCU) is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church whose canonical territory is Ukraine. The church was united at the uni ...
from the
Russian Orthodox Church , native_name_lang = ru , image = Moscow July 2011-7a.jpg , imagewidth = , alt = , caption = Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Russia , abbreviation = ROC , type ...
. *
January 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will ...
Muhammad V of Kelantan Sultan Muhammad V ( Jawi: ; born 6 October 1969) has reigned as the 29th Sultan of Kelantan since September 2010 and served as the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from December 2016 until his abdication in January 2019. He was proclaimed ...
abdicates the federal throne as the 15th monarch of Malaysia, the first Malaysian monarch to do so. *
January 7 Events Pre-1600 * 49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army. This prompts the tribunes who support him to flee to Ravenna, where Caesar is waiting. * 1325 – Alfonso I ...
– A faction of the
Armed Forces of Gabon The Armed Forces of Gabon (french: Forces armées gabonaises) or the Gabonese Defense and Security Forces (french: forces de défense et de sécurité gabonaises) is the national professional military of the Republic of Gabon, divided into the Army ...
attempts a
coup d'état A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...
. *
January 10 Events Pre-1600 * 49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the ...
Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
enters a presidential crisis as
Juan Guaidó Juan Gerardo Guaidó Márquez (born 28 July 1983) is a Venezuelan politician, a former member of the social-democratic Popular Will party, and federal deputy to the National Assembly representing the state of Vargas. On 23 January 2019, Guaid ...
and the
National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the r ...
declare incumbent
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
Nicolás Maduro Nicolás Maduro Moros (; born 23 November 1962) is a Venezuelan politician and president of Venezuela since 2013, with his presidency under dispute since 2019. Beginning his working life as a bus driver, Maduro rose to become a trade union ...
"illegitimate". *
January 23 Events Pre-1600 * 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. * 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao. * 1264 & ...
Venezuelan presidential crisis The Venezuelan presidential crisis is an ongoing political crisis concerning the leadership and the legitimate president of Venezuela; the office of the president has been contested since 10 January 2019, with the nation and the world divide ...
: Thousands of people protest in favor of disputed interim President
Juan Guaidó Juan Gerardo Guaidó Márquez (born 28 July 1983) is a Venezuelan politician, a former member of the social-democratic Popular Will party, and federal deputy to the National Assembly representing the state of Vargas. On 23 January 2019, Guaid ...
. Several people are killed, and President Maduro severs U.S. diplomatic ties. *
January 25 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate. * 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty ...
– A mine tailings dam
breaks Break or Breaks or The Break may refer to: Time off from duties * Recess (break), time in which a group of people is temporarily dismissed from its duties * Break (work), time off during a shift/recess ** Coffee break, a short mid-morning rest ...
in Brumadinho,
Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literall ...
,
Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. At least 248 people are killed, with 22 missing. *
January 28 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession ...
– The
U.S. Justice Department The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United States ...
charges Chinese tech firm
Huawei Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ( ; ) is a Chinese multinational technology corporation headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It designs, develops, produces and sells telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics and various sma ...
with multiple counts of fraud, raising U.S.–China tensions.


February

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February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), ...
U.S. President
Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
confirms that the U.S. will leave the
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty, formally the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles; / ДРСМ ...
of 1987, citing Russian non-compliance. The next day, Russia follows suit with suspension of its obligations to the treaty. *
February 3 Events Pre-1600 *1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. * 1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. * 1488 – ...
**
Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013 ...
arrives in
Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dha ...
,
United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (Middle East, The Middle East). It is ...
, becoming the first
pope The pope ( la, papa, from el, πάππας, translit=pappas, 'father'), also known as supreme pontiff ( or ), Roman pontiff () or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome), head of the worldwide Cathol ...
to visit the
Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plat ...
. **
2019 Salvadoran presidential election Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 3 February 2019, with voters electing a President and Vice President for a five-year term. With 90% of the votes counted, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal declared former San Salvador mayor Na ...
: Nayib Bukele is elected
president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
. *
February 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop. 1601–1900 * 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death ...
– The
Freedom House Freedom House is a non-profit, majority U.S. government funded organization in Washington, D.C., that conducts research and advocacy on democracy, political freedom, and human rights. Freedom House was founded in October 1941, and Wendell Wi ...
declares that
Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Cr ...
is no longer a free country, making it the first country in the EU to be labelled "partly free". It also states that
Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hu ...
is no longer free as well. *
February 7 Events Pre-1600 * 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor. * 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II. *1301 &nda ...
2019 Haitian protests: Anti-government protests demanding the resignation of Haitian President
Jovenel Moïse Jovenel Moïse (; ; 26 June 1968 – 7 July 2021) was a Haitian entrepreneur and politician, who served as the 43rd President of Haiti from 2017 until his assassination in 2021. He was sworn in as president in February 2017 after winning the ...
begin in several cities across the country. *
February 12 Events Pre-1600 * 1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sophie performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist Spital in Vienna. * 1429 – English forces und ...
– The
Republic of Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...
renames itself the Republic of North Macedonia, officially ending a decades-old dispute with
Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wi ...
and paving the way for the former's integration into
NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two N ...
and the EU. *
February 21 Events Pre-1600 *452 or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine. * 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery. *1440 – The Pru ...
SpaceIL SpaceIL is an Israeli organization, established in 2011, that competed in the Google Lunar X Prize (GLXP) contest to land a spacecraft on the Moon. SpaceIL successfully launched its '' Beresheet'' lander on 22 February 2019 at 01:45 UTC; it en ...
launches the ''
Beresheet ''Beresheet'' ( he, בְּרֵאשִׁית, ''Bərēšīṯ'', "In the beginning"; Book of Genesis) was a demonstrator of a small robotic lunar lander and lunar probe operated by SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries. Its aims included insp ...
'' probe, the world's first privately financed mission to the
Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of ...
. *
February 23 Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of ...
**
Venezuelan presidential crisis The Venezuelan presidential crisis is an ongoing political crisis concerning the leadership and the legitimate president of Venezuela; the office of the president has been contested since 10 January 2019, with the nation and the world divide ...
:
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
Maduro severs diplomatic ties with
Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the ...
amid attempts to send humanitarian aid to the country across the border. **
2019 Nigerian general election General elections were held in Nigeria on 23 February 2019 to elect the President, Vice President, House of Representatives and the Senate. The elections had initially been scheduled for 16 February, but the Electoral Commission postponed the ...
:
Incumbent The incumbent is the current holder of an office or position, usually in relation to an election. In an election for president, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the office of president before the election, whether seeking re-ele ...
president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
Muhammadu Buhari Muhammadu Buhari (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician and current president of Nigeria since 2015. Buhari is a retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the country's military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 A ...
is reelected and the
All Progressives Congress The All Progressives Congress (APC) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Founded on 6 February 2013 from a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties, the ...
party wins 63 out of 109 seats in the
Senate of Nigeria The Senate is the upper chamber of Nigeria's bicameral legislature, the National Assembly of Nigeria. The National Assembly (popularly referred to as NASS) is the nation's highest legislature, whose power is to make laws, is summarized in chapt ...
and 202 out of 360 seats in the
House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...
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February 24 Events Pre-1600 * 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica. * 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence. * ...
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2019 Cuban constitutional referendum A constitutional referendum was held in Cuba on 24 February 2019. Voters were asked whether they approved of a new constitution passed by the National Assembly of People's Power in July 2018.
: The new constitution was approved by 90.61% of valid votes. ** The
2019 Moldovan parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 24 February 2019 in order to elect the 101 members of the Parliament of Moldova. The Constitution holds that elections are to be held no later than four years and three months from the date of inau ...
is held to elect all 101 members of the
Parliament of Moldova The Parliament of the Republic of Moldova is the supreme representative body of the Republic of Moldova, the only state legislative authority, being a unicameral structure composed of 101 elected MPs on lists, for a period of 4 years. Parliamen ...
. **
2019 Senegalese presidential election Presidential elections were held in Senegal on 24 February 2019. Incumbent president Macky Sall of the Alliance for the Republic was re-elected for a second term with 58% of the vote in the first round. Electoral system The President of Senegal ...
:
Incumbent The incumbent is the current holder of an office or position, usually in relation to an election. In an election for president, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the office of president before the election, whether seeking re-ele ...
president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
Macky Sall Macky Sall (, wo, Maki Sàll, fuc, 𞤃𞤢𞤳𞤭 𞤅𞤢𞤤‎, italic=no, Maki Sal; born 11 December 1961) is a Senegalese politician who has been President of Senegal since April 2012. He was re-elected President in the first round vot ...
is reelected. *
February 26 Events Pre-1600 * 747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. * 364 – Valentinian I is ...
27 – The
Indian Air Force The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air force, air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks third amongst the air forces of the world. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct ...
launches
airstrikes An airstrike, air strike or air raid is an offensive operation carried out by aircraft. Air strikes are delivered from aircraft such as blimps, balloons, fighters, heavy bombers, ground attack aircraft, attack helicopters and drones. The offici ...
on purported militant camps in
Balakot Balakot (; ur, ; ) is a town in Mansehra District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The town was destroyed during the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, but was later rebuilt with the assistance of the Government of Pakistan and Saudi P ...
,
Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
. It precedes a series of events that lead to the
2019 India–Pakistan standoff 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 ...
. *
February 27 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantin ...
28 – The 2019 North Korea–United States summit is held in
Hanoi Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi i ...
,
Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making ...
. It is the second summit between U.S. President
Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
and North Korean leader
Kim Jong-un Kim Jong-un (; , ; born 8 January 1982) is a North Korean politician who has been Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. He is a son of Kim Jong-il, who was North Korea's sec ...
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March

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March 3 Events Pre-1600 * 473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan. *1575 ...
** An uncrewed demonstration flight of the new crew capable version of the
SpaceX Dragon American private space transportation company SpaceX has developed and produced several spacecraft named Dragon. The first family member, now referred to as Dragon 1, flew 23 cargo missions to the ISS between 2010 and 2020 before being retired. ...
spacecraft, intended to carry American astronauts into space, achieves successful autonomous docking with the
International Space Station The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest Modular design, modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos ( ...
. ** The
2019 Estonian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia on 3 March 2019. The newly elected 101 members of the 14th Riigikogu assembled at Toompea Castle in Tallinn within ten days of the election. The Reform Party remained the largest party, gaining four ...
is held to elect all 101 members of the
Riigikogu The Riigikogu (; from Estonian ''riigi-'', of the state, and ''kogu'', assembly) is the unicameral parliament of Estonia. In addition to approving legislation, the Parliament appoints high officials, including the Prime Minister and Chief Just ...
. *
March 5 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. *1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern j ...
– A second case of sustained
remission Remission often refers to: *Forgiveness Remission may also refer to: Healthcare and science *Remission (medicine), the state of absence of disease activity in patients with a chronic illness, with the possibility of return of disease activity *R ...
from HIV is reported, ten years after the Berlin Patient. *
March 6 Events Pre-1600 * 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor. * 632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. * 845 & ...
– Venezuelan presidential crisis: Venezuela expels German ambassador Daniel Kriener for his alleged meddling in internal affairs. *
March 10 Events Pre-1600 * 241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end. * 298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa and makes a ...
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Ethiopia to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya. On 10 March 2019, the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft ...
, a
Boeing 737 MAX 8 The Boeing 737 MAX is the fourth generation of the Boeing 737, a narrow-body airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA), a division of American company Boeing. It succeeds the Boeing 737 Next Generation (NG) and competes with th ...
bound for
Nairobi Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper ...
, crashes shortly after takeoff from
Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...
, killing all 157 people on board. All Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are subsequently grounded worldwide. *
March 15 Events Pre-1600 * 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce. * 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place. * 493 &ndash ...
**
Cyclone Idai Intense Tropical Cyclone Idai () was one of the worst tropical cyclones on record to affect Africa and the Southern Hemisphere. The long-lived storm caused catastrophic damage, and a humanitarian crisis in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, lea ...
makes landfall on
Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
, causing at least 1,073 fatalities, as well as mass flooding and power outages in
southern Africa Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, south of the Congo and Tanzania. The physical location is the large part of Africa to the south of the extensive Congo River basin. Southern Africa is home to a number o ...
. ** 51 people are killed and 50 others injured in terrorist attacks on two mosques in
Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...
,
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island coun ...
. It is the deadliest mass shooting and terrorist attack in New Zealand's history. *
March 19 Events Pre-1600 * 1277 – The Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire. * 1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen en ...
Nursultan Nazarbayev Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev ( kk, Нұрсұлтан Әбішұлы Назарбаев, Nūrsūltan Äbişūlı Nazarbaev, ; born 6 July 1940) is a Kazakh politician and military officer who served as the first President of Kazakhstan, in off ...
resigns as
President of Kazakhstan The president of the Republic of Kazakhstan ( kk, Қазақстан Республикасының Президенті, Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Prezidentı; russian: Президент Республики Казахстан, Prezident Respu ...
after 29 years in office and appoints
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev ( kk, Қасым-Жомарт Кемелұлы Тоқаев, Qasym-Jomart Kemelūly Toqaev ; born 17 May 1953) is a Kazakh politician and diplomat who is currently serving as the President of Kazakhstan since 12 J ...
as
acting president An acting president is a person who temporarily fills the role of a country's president when the incumbent president is unavailable (such as by illness or a vacation) or when the post is vacant (such as for death, injury, resignation, dismissal ...
. Astana is renamed
Nur-Sultan Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmola Region, tho ...
the following day in his honor. *
March 20 Events Pre-1600 * 673 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka. * 1206 – Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. * 1600 – The Link ...
Europe's antitrust regulators fine
Google Google LLC () is an American Multinational corporation, multinational technology company focusing on Search Engine, search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, software, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, ar ...
€1.49 billion (US$1.7 billion) for freezing out rivals in the
online advertising Online advertising, also known as online marketing, Internet advertising, digital advertising or web advertising, is a form of marketing and advertising which uses the Internet to promote products and services to audiences and platform users. ...
business, bringing the total cost of EU fines against Google at nearly €8.76 billion. *
March 23 Events Pre-1600 *1400 – The Trần dynasty of Vietnam is deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by Hồ Quý Ly, a court official. *1540 – Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last rel ...
– The final territory of the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant An Islamic state is a state that has a form of government based on Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a translation of the Arabic ter ...
, located in
Al-Baghuz Fawqani Al-Baghuz Fawqani ( ar, ٱلْبَاغُوز فَوْقَانِي, al-Bāġūz Fawqānī) is a town in Syria, located in Abu Kamal District, Deir ez-Zor. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Baghuz Fawqani had a populati ...
,
Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
, is liberated. *
March 26 Events Pre-1600 * 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. *1021 – On the feast of Eid al-Adha, the death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, ...
– The
European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the Legislature, legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven Institutions of the European Union, institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and in ...
votes by 348 to 278 in favour of the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, which expands legal liability for websites and includes the controversial Article 13. *
March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. *1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V ...
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
scrambles ''Scrambles'' is the fifth studio album by Bomb the Music Industry!, released digitally and physically on February 15th, 2009. The album was released a year and a half after Get Warmer, making it the longest gap between the release of two chrono ...
its fighter aircraft after two Chinese jets crossed the
maritime border A maritime boundary is a conceptual division of the Earth's water surface areas using physiographic or geopolitical criteria. As such, it usually bounds areas of exclusive national rights over mineral and biological resources,VLIZ Maritime Bo ...
between the two nations. Just the day before,
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...
had similarly scrambled its jets after Chinese jets flew between Miyako and
Okinawa is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 Square kilometre, km2 (880 sq mi). ...
.


April

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April 2 Events Pre-1600 *1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Joh ...
Abdelaziz Bouteflika Abdelaziz Bouteflika (; ar, عبد العزيز بوتفليقة, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Būtaflīqa ; 2 March 1937 – 17 September 2021) was an Algerian politician and diplomat who served as President of Algeria from 1999 to his resignation in 2019 ...
resigns as
President of Algeria The president of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is the head of state and chief executive of Algeria, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Algerian People's National Armed Forces. History of the office The Tripoli Program, whi ...
amid widespread protests, after nearly two decades in office. *
April 4 Events Pre-1600 *503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. * 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground. * 611 &ndas ...
Second Libyan Civil War {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Second Libyan Civil War , partof = the Arab Winter, Libyan Crisis, Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict, War on terror, and Qatar–Saudi Arabia diplomatic conflict , image ...
: The
Libyan National Army The Libyan National Army (LNA; ar, الجيش الوطني الليبي, ''al-jaysh al-waṭaniyy al-Lībii'') is a component of Libya's military forces which were nominally a unified national force under the command of Field Marshal Khalifa H ...
(LNA) launches a surprise offensive in western
Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...
, moving units towards the
Government of National Accord The Government of National Accord ( ar, حكومة الوفاق الوطني) was an interim government for Libya that was formed under the terms of the Libyan Political Agreement, a United Nations–led initiative, signed on 17 December 2015. ...
-held capital Tripoli and capturing
Gharyan Gharyan is a city in northwestern Libya, in Jabal al Gharbi District, located 80 km south of Tripoli. Prior to 2007, it was the administrative seat of Gharyan District. Gharyan is one of the largest towns in the Western Mountains. In 2005 ...
. *
April 6 Events Pre–1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus. * 402 – Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia. *13 ...
2019 Maldivian parliamentary election: The
Maldivian Democratic Party The Maldivian Democratic Party ( dv, ދިވެހި ރައްޔިތުންގެ ޑިމޮކްރެޓިކް ޕާޓީ, ''Dhivehi Rayyithunge Dimocretic Pati''; MDP) is the first political party formed in the Republic of Maldives with a total membership ...
wins 65 out of the 85 seats in the
People's Majlis The People's Majlis ( dv, ރައްޔިތުންގެ މަޖިލިސް; ''Rayyithunge Majilis'') is the unicameral legislative body of Maldives. The Majlis has the authority to enact, amend and revise laws, as outlined in the Constitution of ...
. *
April 10 Events Pre-1600 * 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople. * 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles). * 1407 ...
** Scientists from the
Event Horizon Telescope The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is a large Astronomical interferometer, telescope array consisting of a global network of radio telescopes. The EHT project combines data from several very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) stations around Ear ...
project announce the first ever image of a
black hole A black hole is a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, including light or other electromagnetic waves, has enough energy to escape it. The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass can def ...
, located in the centre of the M87 galaxy. ** Fossil fragments found in the
Callao Cave Callao Cave () is one of 300 limestone caves located in the Barangays of Magdalo and Quibal in the municipality of Peñablanca, about northeast of Tuguegarao City, the capital of Cagayan province within the Peñablanca Protected Landscape and ...
in the
Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...
reveal the existence of a new species of human, the ''
Homo luzonensis ''Homo luzonensis'', also locally called "Ubag" after a mythical caveman, is an extinct, possibly pygmy peoples, pygmy, species of archaic human from the Late Pleistocene of Luzon, the Philippines. Their remains, teeth and phalanges, are known on ...
''. The species is named after
Luzon island Luzon (; ) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippines archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, ...
, where the fossils were discovered. *
April 11 Events Pre-1600 * 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. *1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi. *1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferrare ...
**
WikiLeaks WikiLeaks () is an international non-profit organisation that published news leaks and classified media provided by anonymous sources. Julian Assange, an Australian Internet activist, is generally described as its founder and director and ...
co-founder
Julian Assange Julian Paul Assange ( ; Hawkins; born 3 July 1971) is an Australian editor, publisher, and activist who founded WikiLeaks in 2006. WikiLeaks came to international attention in 2010 when it published a series of leaks provided by U.S. Army int ...
is
arrested An arrest is the act of apprehending and taking a person into custody (legal protection or control), usually because the person has been suspected of or observed committing a crime. After being taken into custody, the person can be questi ...
after seven years in Ecuador's embassy in London. ** Amid mass protests, Omar al-Bashir is deposed as
President of Sudan This article lists the heads of state of Sudan since the country's independence in 1956. History of the office Since independence was proclaimed on 1 January 1956, six individuals (and three multi-member sovereignty councils) have served as ...
in a coup d'état, after nearly 30 years in office. *
April 15 Events Pre-1600 * 769 – The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings. * 1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscar ...
– During
Holy Week Holy Week ( la, Hebdomada Sancta or , ; grc, Ἁγία καὶ Μεγάλη Ἑβδομάς, translit=Hagia kai Megale Hebdomas, lit=Holy and Great Week) is the most sacred week in the liturgical year in Christianity. In Eastern Churches, w ...
, a major
fire Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition point, flames ...
engulfs
Notre-Dame Cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris (; meaning "Our Lady of Paris"), referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité (an island in the Seine River), in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. The cathedral, dedicated to th ...
in Paris, resulting in the roof and main spire collapsing. *
April 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1457 BC – Battle of Megido - the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. * 69 – Defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum, Otho commits suicide. * 73 – Masad ...
– The Howse Peak avalanche kills three noted mountaineers: Austrians Hansjörg Auer and David Lama, and Canadian Jess Roskelley. *
April 18 Events Pre-1600 * 796 – King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The ''patrician'' Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days. *1428 – Peace of Ferrara bet ...
NepaliSat-1 is launched. It is
Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...
's first ever research satellite to be sent into space. *
April 21 Events Pre-1600 * 753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date). * 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered ...
A series of Islamist bomb attacks occur at eight locations in
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
, including three churches, four hotels and one housing complex in
Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...
, on
Easter Sunday Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the ''Book of Common Prayer''; "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher''The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, Volume 4'') and Samuel Pepys''The Diary of Samuel P ...
, leaving 259 people dead and over 500 injured. It is the first major attack in the country since the Sri Lankan Civil War ended in 2009. *
April 25 Events Pre-1600 *404 BC – Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion. * 775 – The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against the ...
North Korean leader
Kim Jong-un Kim Jong-un (; , ; born 8 January 1982) is a North Korean politician who has been Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. He is a son of Kim Jong-il, who was North Korea's sec ...
visits Russia to hold a series of summits with Russian leaders, including President
Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...
. *
April 28 Events Pre-1600 * 224 – The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V effectively ending the Parthian Empire. * 357 – Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory ...
Victor Vescovo Victor Lance Vescovo (born 1966) is an American private equity investor, retired naval officer, space tourist and undersea explorer. He is a co-founder and managing partner of private equity company Insight Equity Holdings. Vescovo achieved the ...
achieves the deepest dive of any human in history, as he reaches
Challenger Deep The Challenger Deep is the deepest-known point of the seabed of Earth, with a depth of by direct measurement from deep-diving submersibles, remotely operated underwater vehicles and benthic landers, and (sometimes) slightly more by sonar bathym ...
within the
Mariana Trench The Mariana Trench is an oceanic trench located in the western Pacific Ocean, about east of the Mariana Islands; it is the deepest oceanic trench on Earth. It is crescent-shaped and measures about in length and in width. The maximum known ...
, at a depth of 10,928 m (35,853 ft). *
April 29 Events Pre-1600 * 1091 – Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. * 1386 – Battle of the Vikhra River: The Principality of Smolensk is defeated by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and b ...
– Elusive
Islamic State An Islamic state is a state that has a form of government based on Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a translation of the Arabic ter ...
leader
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ( ar, أبو بكر البغدادي, ʾAbū Bakr al-Baḡdādī; born Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim Ali Muhammad al-Badri al-Samarrai ( ar, إبراهيم عواد إبراهيم علي محمد البدري السامرائي, ʾIb ...
appears in undated footage released by the group, his first appearance on video since 2014. *
April 30 Events Pre-1600 *311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends. *1315 – Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois. *1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus hi ...
**
Emperor An emperor (from la, imperator, via fro, empereor) is a monarch, and usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife ( empress consort), mother ( ...
Akihito is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who reigned as the 125th emperor of Japan from 7 January 1989 until his abdication on 30 April 2019. He presided over the Heisei era, ''Heisei'' being an expression of achieving peace worldwide. B ...
of Japan abdicates from his
throne A throne is the seat of state of a potentate or dignitary, especially the seat occupied by a sovereign on state occasions; or the seat occupied by a pope or bishop on ceremonial occasions. "Throne" in an abstract sense can also refer to the mon ...
, the first abdication by a Japanese monarch in almost two centuries. The abdication ends the
Heisei The is the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Emeritus Akihito from 8 January 1989 until his abdication on 30 April 2019. The Heisei era started on 8 January 1989, the day after the death of the Emperor Hirohito, ...
era of Japan and ushers in the
Reiwa era is the current Japanese era name, era of Japan's official calendar. It began on 1 May 2019, the day on which Emperor Akihito's elder son, Naruhito, Enthronement of the Japanese emperor, ascended the throne as the 126th Emperor of Japan. The ...
with new emperor
Naruhito is the current Emperor of Japan. He acceded to the Chrysanthemum Throne on 1 May 2019, beginning the Reiwa era, following the abdication of his father, Akihito. He is the 126th monarch according to Japan's traditional order of succession ...
ascending the throne on May 1. **
Venezuelan presidential crisis The Venezuelan presidential crisis is an ongoing political crisis concerning the leadership and the legitimate president of Venezuela; the office of the president has been contested since 10 January 2019, with the nation and the world divide ...
: Venezuelan opposition leader and disputed interim President
Juan Guaidó Juan Gerardo Guaidó Márquez (born 28 July 1983) is a Venezuelan politician, a former member of the social-democratic Popular Will party, and federal deputy to the National Assembly representing the state of Vargas. On 23 January 2019, Guaid ...
leads an attempted uprising against President
Nicolás Maduro Nicolás Maduro Moros (; born 23 November 1962) is a Venezuelan politician and president of Venezuela since 2013, with his presidency under dispute since 2019. Beginning his working life as a bus driver, Maduro rose to become a trade union ...
.


May

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May 1 Events Pre-1600 * 305 – Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor. * 880 – The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches. *1169 – N ...
** King
Vajiralongkorn Vajiralongkorn ( th, วชิราลงกรณ; , ; born 28 July 1952) is the King of Thailand. He is the only son of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit. In 1972, at the age of 20, he was made crown prince by his father. After his ...
of Thailand marries his personal bodyguard Suthida Tidjai – a
commoner A commoner, also known as the ''common man'', ''commoners'', the ''common people'' or the ''masses'', was in earlier use an ordinary person in a community or nation who did not have any significant social status, especially a member of neither ...
– in a surprise ceremony, making her queen consort of Thailand. **
Russian President The president of the Russian Federation ( rus, Президент Российской Федерации, Prezident Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the head of state of the Russian Federation. The president leads the executive branch of the federal ...
Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...
signs into law a controversial " sovereign internet" bill that allows Russian authorities to better monitor internet routing and to steer Russian internet traffic away from foreign servers. *
May 3 Events Pre-1600 * 752 – Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne. * 1481 – The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties. ...
– The number of deaths from the Kivu Ebola outbreak exceeds 1,000. It is the second deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, only surpassed by the
Western African Ebola virus epidemic The 2013–2016 epidemic of Ebola virus disease, centered in West Africa, Western Africa, was the most widespread List of Ebola outbreaks, outbreak of the disease in history. It caused major loss of life and Socioeconomics, socioeconomic disr ...
of 2013–2016. *
May 3 Events Pre-1600 * 752 – Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne. * 1481 – The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties. ...
6May 2019 Gaza–Israel clashes: The
Gaza–Israel conflict The Gaza–Israel conflict is a part of the localized Israeli–Palestinian conflict, but is also a scene of power struggle between regional powers including Egypt, Iran and Turkey together with Qatar, supporting different sides of the confli ...
escalates after the
Israeli military The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service branch ...
launches airstrikes into Gaza killing more than 20 Palestinians including a pregnant woman and a toddler following the injury of two soldiers from Gazan sniper fire. *
May 5 Events Pre-1600 * 553 – The Second Council of Constantinople begins. *1215 – Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta. *1260 – Kub ...
Aeroflot Flight 1492 Aeroflot Flight 1492 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Aeroflot from Moscow–Sheremetyevo to Murmansk, Russia. On 5 May 2019, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft operating the flight was climbing out when it was struck by lig ...
crash-lands and bursts into flames at
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, Moscow, killing 41 of the 78 people on board. *
May 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance. * 1536 – The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Sp ...
** In its first report since 2005, the
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(IPBES) warns that
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is "accelerating", with over a million species now threatened with extinction; the decline of the natural living world is "unprecedented" and largely a result of human actions, according to the report. ** Syrian Civil War: The
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launches a major ground offensive against one of the last
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strongholds in the country. *
May 8 Events Pre-1600 *453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin. * 413 – Emperor Honorius signs an ...
– A British teenager, Isabelle Holdaway, 17, is reported to be the first patient ever to receive a genetically modified
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to treat a drug-resistant infection. *
May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. * 1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of ...
– Amid ongoing negotiations, the U.S.'s 25% tariff hike on US$200 billion worth of Chinese imports takes effect, escalating tensions between the two nations in the ongoing
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. *
May 12 Events Pre-1600 * 254 – Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church, and immediately takes a stand against Novatianism. * 907 – Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang d ...
May 2019 Gulf of Oman incident: Four commercial ships, including two
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oil tankers, are damaged near
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in the
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. The UAE claims it as a "sabotage attack", while an early U.S. assessment blames
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. The incident occurs after increased U.S.-Iran tensions provoked by the deployment of U.S. military to the
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in response to an alleged plot by Iran to attack U.S. forces. * May 13 – Prosecutors in
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reopen the rape allegation investigation against
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founder
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. Swedish prosecutors mention their intent to seek extradition of Assange from the U.K. after he has served his 50-week prison sentence for skipping bail. *
May 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1027 – Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks. *1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade. * 1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and f ...
18 – The
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takes place in
Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
,
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, and is won by
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entrant
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with the song "
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". *
May 17 Events Pre-1600 *1395 – Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army. *1521 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason. * 1527 – Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Flo ...
Taiwan's parliament becomes the first in
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to legalise
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. * May 18
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:
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's Liberal/ National
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is narrowly re-elected, defeating the Labor Party led by
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. *
May 19 Events Pre-1600 * 639 – Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace. * 715 – Pope Gregory II is elected. *1051 – Henry I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev. *1445 &nda ...
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:
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pulls Android update support for
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phones, as well as the
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and
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apps, after the company's blacklisting by the U.S. Government, U.S. government. * May 20 – The 2019 redefinition of SI base units, redefinition of the SI system of measurement adopted by the majority of countries in the world takes effect. * May 23 – 2019 Indian general election: Narendra Modi secures a landslide victory, with his party Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP alone gaining 303 of the 543 seats in Parliament of India, parliament, and his political alliance winning 353 seats of the 543. * May 24 ** Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, British Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as Conservative Party (UK), Conservative leader, effective June 7, 2019. ** Acarigua prison riot, A prison riot in Acarigua, Venezuela, leaves 29 prisoners dead and 19 guards injured. * May 26 – May 27, 27 – Amazonas prison massacres: More than 50 prisoners are killed in a series of riots at four different prisons in Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas, Brazil. * May 27 – U.S. President
Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
, during an official List of international presidential trips made by Donald Trump, state visit to Japan, becomes the first foreign leader to meet with Japanese emperor
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. * May 30 – July 14 – The 2019 Cricket World Cup is held in England and Wales, and is won by England cricket team, England.


June

* June 1 – Liverpool F.C., Liverpool F.C win their 6th UEFA Champions League title against fellow English club Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 at the Metropolitano Stadium, with goals from Mohamed Salah and Divock Origi. *June 2 ** Nearly five years after Juan Carlos I of Spain#Abdication, abdication, List of Spanish monarchs, King Juan Carlos I of Spain retires from public life. ** 2019 Sammarinese referendum, 2019 San Marino referendum: Sammarinese voters vote to end discrimination based on sexual orientation and initiate a popular legislative initiative for the Government of San Marino, reform of the electoral system. * June 3 – Khartoum massacre: More than 100 people are killed when Rapid Support Forces (Sudan), Sudanese troops and Janjaweed militiamen storm and open fire on a 2018–19 Sudanese protests, protest camp outside of a military headquarters in Khartoum, Sudan. * June 3 – June 5, 5 – U.S. President
Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
makes a state visit to the U.K., meeting with Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II and outgoing Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Theresa May. It is the first official state visit to the U.K. - U.S. relations, U.K. by a sitting U.S. president since 2011. Trump also attends Normandy landings, D-Day commemorative ceremonies. * June 5 – June 8, 8 – President of the People's Republic of China, Chinese President Xi Jinping makes a state visit to Russia, where he also attends the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. * June 6 – 2018–19 Sudanese protests: The African Union suspends Sudan's membership "with immediate effect" after the Khartoum massacre. * June 7 – British prime minister, British Prime Minister Theresa May resigns as leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. * June 7 – July 7 – The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup is held in France and is won by the United States women's national soccer team, United States. * June 9 **2019–20 Hong Kong protests: Over 1 million people in Hong Kong protest against Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019, proposed legislation regarding extradition to mainland China. It is the largest protest in Hong Kong since the Handover of Hong Kong, 1997 handover. ** A large explosive eruption of Mount Sinabung in Indonesia sends a 7,000-meter Eruption column, ash column into the air, generating a pyroclastic flow 3–3.5 kilometers long towards the south and southeast of the mountain. * June 11 – Botswana LGBT rights in Botswana, decriminalizes homosexuality. * June 12 ** The Supreme Court of Ecuador rules in favor of Same-sex marriage in Ecuador, same-sex marriage, making it legal throughout the country. ** 12 June 2019 Hong Kong protest, June 12, 2019 Hong Kong protest: The Hong Kong government and Hong Kong Police Force, police controversially declare that the protest has "turned into a riot". * June 13 – June 2019 Gulf of Oman incident: Two oil tankers are attacked near the Strait of Hormuz while transiting the
Gulf of Oman The Gulf of Oman or Sea of Oman ( ar, خليج عمان ''khalīj ʿumān''; fa, دریای عمان ''daryâ-ye omân''), also known as Gulf of Makran or Sea of Makran ( ar, خلیج مکران ''khalīj makrān''; fa, دریای مکرا ...
amid heightened tension between Iran-U.S. relations, Iran and the U.S., with the latter blaming the former for the incident. * June 15 – 2019–20 Hong Kong protests: Hong Kong announces it will indefinitely suspend the controversial Hong Kong Extradition Bill 2019, extradition bill, but protests continue, this time calling for the total withdrawal of the bill and the resignation of Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Chief Executive Carrie Lam. * June 16 – A large-scale 2019 Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay blackout, power outage hits Energy in Argentina, Argentina, Energy in Uruguay, Uruguay and Energy in Paraguay, parts of Paraguay, affecting nearly 50 million people. * June 17 – 2019 Borno bombings, A triple suicide blast kills 30 and injures over 40 in Borno State, Borno, Nigeria, at a hall where people were watching a football match. * June 18 – The United States, U.S. sends an additional 1,000 troops to the Middle East as tensions build with
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. * June 19 – Four men are charged with murdering the 298 passengers and crew of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, an airliner shot down while flying over Eastern Ukraine in July 2014. * June 20 – June 21, 21 – President of the People's Republic of China, Chinese President Xi Jinping makes a Kim–Xi meetings#Fifth meeting, state visit to North Korea. It is his first visit to the country as president and the North Korea China relations, first visit to North Korea by a Chinese leader since Hu Jintao's visit 14 years prior. * June 20 – June 2019 Iranian shoot-down of American drone:
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
shoots down a U.S. RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz after claiming it violated their airspace. The U.S. claims it has been shot down in international airspace in an "unprovoked attack". * June 22 – 2019 Amhara Region coup d'état attempt: In the Amhara Region of Ethiopia, regional president Ambachew Mekonnen and national-military chief of staff Se'are Mekonnen are assassinated. * June 30 – During a 2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit, trilateral gathering at the Joint Security Area, Panmunjom Truce Village between South Korean President Moon Jae-in, North Korean leader, North Korean Leader
Kim Jong-un Kim Jong-un (; , ; born 8 January 1982) is a North Korean politician who has been Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. He is a son of Kim Jong-il, who was North Korea's sec ...
and U.S. President
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, Trump becomes the first sitting U.S. president to cross the Korean Demilitarized Zone and enter North Korea. Trump and Kim also agree to restart stalled North Korea and weapons of mass destruction, denuclearization negotiations.


July

* July – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports, on August 15, that July 2019 has been the hottest month on record globally, at 0.95 °C (1.71 °F) above the List of periods and events in climate history, 20th-century average. * July 1 ** Japan resumes Whaling in Japan, commercial whaling after a 30-year moratorium, following its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission. ** Japan announces tightening high-tech exports to South Korea, thus begin the 2019–2020 Japan–South Korea trade dispute, trade dispute between the two countries. ** The International Atomic Energy Agency confirms that
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
has breached the limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium. ** 2019–20 Hong Kong protests: During the annual July 1 protests that mark the anniversary of the Handover of Hong Kong, British handover of the city to China, a group of a few hundred protesters stormed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, defacing various portraits and destroying furniture before being dispersed by police using tear gas. ** A fire on the Russian deep-diving submarine ''Russian submarine Losharik, Losharik'' kills 14 crew members. Submarine commander Denis Dolonsky is among those killed. * July 2 – A total Solar eclipse of July 2, 2019, solar eclipse occurs over South America. It is the 58th solar eclipse from Solar Saros 127, Saros cycle 127. * July 3 – 2019 Tajoura migrant center airstrike: An airstrike by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar's
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hits the Tajoura Detention Center outside Tripoli,
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, while hundreds of people are inside the facility, killing at least 53 of them and injures 130 others. * July 7– 2019 Greek legislative election: The New Democracy (Greece), New Democracy party wins 158 of 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament. * July 10 – The last Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Puebla (city), Puebla, Mexico. The last of 5,961 "Special Edition" cars will be exhibited in a museum. * July 12 – Asasey Hotel attack: A car bomb and a gun attack kill at least 26 people, including two prominent journalists and nine foreigners, in Kismayo, Somalia. Islamist group Al-Shabaab (militant group), al-Shabaab claims responsibility. * July 13 – Hurricane Barry (2019), Hurricane Barry strikes the Gulf Coast, killing one and causing over $500 million (2019 USD) in damages. * July 16 – The
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elects Ursula von der Leyen as the new President of the European Commission. Succeeding Jean-Claude Juncker, she will be sworn in on December 1, 2019. She is the first female to be elected to this office in EU history. * July 17 **''United States v. Guzmán'': Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, former head of the Sinaloa Cartel, which became the biggest supplier of drugs to the U.S., is sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years. ** The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the 2018–2020 Kivu Ebola epidemic, Kivu Ebola epidemic to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, public health emergency of international concern. * July 18 – 36 people are killed and more than 30 others injured after an Kyoto Animation arson attack, arson attack at an animation company in Kyoto, Japan. It is one of the List of massacres in Japan, deadliest massacres in the country's history since the end of World War II and the deadliest building fire in the country in 18 years, since the Myojo 56 building fire in 2001. * July 19 – The
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
ian Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps captures United Kingdom, British tanker ''Stena Impero'' and temporarily seizes British-operated and Liberian-flagged tanker ''Mesdar'' in the
Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia. The bo ...
. The British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, warns there will be "serious consequences" if Iran does not release the tanker. * July 21 – A mob of over 100 suspected Triad (organized crime), triad members dressed in white and armed with batons 2019 Yuen Long violence, attack commuters indiscriminately at MTR Yuen Long station in Hong Kong, injuring 45, including a pro-democracy legislator and a pregnant woman. Hong Kong Police Force, Hong Kong police have been accused of allowing the violence to happen due to their delayed response and decision to limit emergency services in the area
(''The Guardian'')(SCMP)
* July 24 – Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after defeating Jeremy Hunt in a 2019 Conservative Party leadership election, leadership contest, succeeding Theresa May. * July 26 – August 11 – The 2019 Pan American Games are held in Lima, Peru. * July 30 – India bans Triple talaq in India, triple ''talaq''.


August

* August 1 – Danish polar research institution Polar Portal reports a large spike in Greenland ice loss, with 11 billion tons melted in one day and 197 gigatonnes during the month of July. * August 2 ** The United States officially withdraws from the
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty, formally the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles; / ДРСМ ...
established with Russia in 1987. ** 2019–2020 Japan–South Korea trade dispute: Japan announces the removal of South Korea from its list of most trusted trading partners, effective on August 28. * August 5 ** Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir: India revokes the Article 370 of the Constitution of India, part of its constitution that gives Jammu and Kashmir (state), Indian-administered Kashmir special status in an unprecedented move. ** 2019–20 Hong Kong protests: Amid ongoing protests, Hong Kong is hit by the first general strikes of their kind since 1967. * August 7 – The Singapore Convention on Mediation, also known as the UN Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, comes into effect with 46 countries ratifying it. States that have ratified the treaty will have to ensure that international commercial settlement agreements are enforced by their courts. * August 8 – Nyonoksa radiation accident: Reports indicate that there may have been a nuclear explosion at the Nyonoksa weapons-testing site in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. At least five people were killed and three others injured in the blast, with radiation levels in Severodvinsk, from the site, being 20 times above normal levels temporarily. * August 10 ** Morogoro tanker explosion: A fuel tanker truck explodes in Morogoro, Tanzania, killing at least 89 people and injuring dozens more. ** 32 are killed and 1,000,000 evacuated as Typhoon Lekima (2019), Typhoon Lekima makes landfall in Zhejiang, China. Earlier it had caused flooding in the
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. * August 10 – August 25, 25 – 2019 Canary Islands wildfires: A number of wildfire, forest fires break out in the Canary Islands of Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Lanzarote. The fires on the island of Gran Canaria were the most severe, resulting in the loss of large areas of the island's forests and leading to the evacuation of thousands of residents from a number of towns and villages. * August 11 – 2019 Indian floods: At least 114 people, including 57 in Kerala, 30 in Karnataka and 27 in Maharashtra, are reported to have died in monsoon-related floods in India. At least 227 died across India,
Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...
, Bangladesh and
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. * August 12 ** 2019–20 Hong Kong protests: Hong Kong International Airport is closed due to protests. ** 2019–2020 Japan–South Korea trade dispute: South Korea announces the removal of Japan from its list of most trusted trading partners, effective on September 18. ** The Trump administration announces it will delay its proposal for 10 percent tariffs slated to take effect from September 1 on certain consumer goods from China while exempting other products — less than two weeks after Trump announced the new proposed tariffs. * August 13 – The main yield curve for United States Treasury security, U.S. Treasury bonds inverts, as the yield rate for 2-year bonds rises higher than the yield rate for 10-year bonds. * August 14 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average, Dow Jones plunges more than 500 points, due to concerns over the yield curve inversion. * August 15 – The European Central Bank shuts down PNB Banka after ruling it had become insolvent; this bank, previously called Norvik Banka, has been Latvia's sixth-largest lender, and a critic of the Baltic country's financial authorities. * August 16 – Russian airstrike kills Hass refugee camp bombing, 20 civilians in the Hass refugee camp * August 18 – 100 activists, officials, and other concerned citizens in Iceland hold a funeral for Okjökull, Okjökull glacier, which has completely melted after once covering . * August 19 – 2019 Papua protests erupt, mainly across Indonesian Papua, in response to an incident in Surabaya where a group of Papuan students were arrested for alleged disrespect of the Indonesian flag. In Jayapura, Sorong, Fakfak, Timika and Manokwari, protests turned violent, with various private buildings and public facilities being damaged or burned. The protests and unrest were described by Reuters as "the most serious civil unrest in years over perceived racial and ethnic discrimination." * August 21 ** 2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires: Brazil's National Institute for Space Research, National Institute for Space Research (INPE) reports fires burning in the Amazon rainforest at a record rate, with more than 36,000 in the year to date, while smoke reaches São Paulo more than away. ** Giuseppe Conte offers his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy in order to avoid a no-confidence motion. * August 23 – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron describe the widespread 2019 Brazil wildfires, Amazon fires as an international emergency, urging the matter to be discussed at the weekend's 45th G7 summit, G7 summit. * August 25 – 2019 Beirut drone crash: According to Lebanese officials, two Israeli drones attack Beirut, Lebanon. One crashed into the roof of the Hezbollah Media Center, about 45 minutes before the second exploded in the air and damaged the building. It is the first such incident between Israel and Lebanon since the 2006 Lebanon War. * August 31 – 2019 Alta helicopter crash: A sightseeing helicopter crashes in the mountains of , Alta, Norway, killing all 6 occupants.


September

* September 1 – Hurricane Dorian makes landfall on The Bahamas as the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin outside the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, with sustained wind speeds of 185 mph. 43 deaths are reported. * September 2 ** Sinking of MV Conception, Sinking of MV ''Conception'': 34 people are killed following a fire and subsequent sinking of a dive boat near Santa Cruz Island, California, United States. It is the worst maritime disaster in California in more than 150 years. ** Iranian woman Sahar Khodayari sets herself on fire after being arrested for attending a soccer game in
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. She dies a week later. * September 4 – 2019–20 Hong Kong protests: Hong Kong Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Chief Executive Carrie Lam announces the official withdrawal of the controversial 2019 Hong Kong extradition bill, Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019, and setting up of an independent study to probe social and economic inequality within the territory. * September 6 – Chandrayaan-2, India's second lunar probe, is successfully placed in lunar orbit, but the lander ''Vikram'' crashes into the surface of the moon. * September 7 ** Afghan peace process: U.S. President
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announces he "called off" planned peace talks with the Taliban at Camp David after they claimed responsibility for 2 and 5 September 2019 Kabul bombings, the September 2 and 5 bombings in Kabul which killed a U.S. soldier, among others. ** Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia. * September 10 – The Parliament of the United Kingdom is 2019 British prorogation controversy, prorogued amid unprecedented protests from opposition MPs, who hold up signs in the House of Commons and refuse to back the shutdown. * September 11 – Astronomers announce the detection of water in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18b, the first such discovery for an exoplanet in the Circumstellar habitable zone, habitable zone around a star. * September 14 – 2019 Abqaiq–Khurais attack: Two
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oil refineries in Abqaiq and Khurais oil field, Khurais, Saudi Arabia, are attacked by drones, resulting in fires. Houthi movement, Houthi militants claim responsibility, saying that they used ten drones for the attack. Aramco's oil exports and production are disrupted by five million barrels a day, close to half of the entire Saudi Arabian oil exports. * September 16 – A gas explosion in Koltsovo, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia sets off a fire in a bioweapons plant that houses viruses including smallpox, Ebola virus disease, ebola and anthrax. *September 17 – Interest rates on repurchase agreements (or "repos") in the United States experience a September 2019 events in the U.S. repo market, sudden and unexpected spike. * September 19 – 30 Afghanistan, Afghan nut farmers are killed and 40 injured in a U.S. drone attack in Nangarhar Province. * September 20 – An international September 2019 climate strike, strike and protest led by young people and adults is held three days before the latest 2019 UN Climate Action Summit, UN Climate Summit, to demand action be taken to address the climate crisis. The event is one of the largest climate mobilizations in history. * September 20 – November 2 – The 2019 Rugby World Cup, 2019 Rugby Union World Cup is held in
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; the South Africa national rugby union team, South Africa Springboks defeat the England national rugby union team 32–12. * September 21 – U.S. President
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approves deployment of several hundred troops and military equipment to Saudi Arabia and
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following the 2019 Abqaiq–Khurais attack, September 14 attack on Saudi oil refineries. Both Saudi Arabia and
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vow to defend themselves. * September 22 – Nearly three weeks after Effects of Hurricane Dorian in The Bahamas, Hurricane Dorian makes landfall on The Bahamas, the official death toll stands at 52 and 1,300 are reported missing. Rescuers report the widespread stench of rotting bodies in the rubble. * September 23 ** One of the largest and oldest travel firms, Thomas Cook Group, Thomas Cook, goes bankrupt as last-minute rescue negotiations fail, stranding 600,000 tourists worldwide. ** Russia formally adopts the Paris Agreement, Paris climate agreement. * September 24 ** The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom unanimously rules in ''R (Miller) v The Prime Minister'' that the 2019 British prorogation controversy, September 2019 prorogation of Parliament is unlawful and void. ** The Supreme Court of Spain unanimously rules in favour of the exhumation of the remains of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco from the Valle de los Caídos. He is finally exhumed on October 24, being re-inhumed in a private crypt with his wife. ** U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announces the start of a formal Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump, impeachment inquiry against President
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. * September 27 – 500,000 people march in a climate change protest led by activist Greta Thunberg and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Montreal, Canada. 4,000,000 go on strike around the world. * September 30 – The Republic of Ireland promises to plant 440 million trees in twenty years to climate change mitigation, combat climate change.


October

* October 1 ** 2019–20 Hong Kong protests: A protester is shot in the chest with a live round of ammunition and critically injured. ** The Nanfang'ao Bridge, the only steel single-arch bridge in
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, collapses, killing six people and injuring more than twenty others. * October 2 – 25 soldiers are killed and 60 missing following attacks on two army camps in Boulkessi and Mondoro, Mali. * October 3 – European Commission spokesperson Daniel Rosario threatens retaliatory measures if the Tariff in United States history, United States imposes a US$7.5-billion (approximately €6.8-billion) tariff on products such as olives, whiskey, wine, cheese, yogurt, and airplanes. The tariffs are scheduled to take place on October 18. * October 4 – 2019–20 Hong Kong protests: Hong Kong Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Chief Executive Carrie Lam and the Order in Council, Chief Executive in Council invokes the Emergency Regulations Ordinance and banning the Surgical mask, face mask in public gatherings with immediate effect. * October 5 – 2018–19 Iraqi protests, 2019 Iraqi protests: 91 people are killed by police during a week of demonstrations in Iraq. * October 8 ** 2019 Ecuadorian protests: The Government of Ecuador, headed by President Lenín Moreno, moves to Guayaquil as the Carondelet Palace in Quito is overtaken by protesters and chaos persists in the capital. ** About 200 Extinction Rebellion activists block the gates of Leinster House (parliament) in the Republic of Ireland. * October 9 ** 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria: President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey announces a military invasion of north-eastern Syria, targeting the Syrian Democratic Forces, SDF and other Kurdish militias. ** The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, U.N. Human Rights Office issue a report that says that U.S. bombings in Nimroz and Farah Province, Afghanistan, that killed 39 civilians are unlawful. The U.S. said the attacks were against drug labs that fund the Taliban. * October 12 – Typhoon Hagibis (2019), Typhoon Hagibis makes landfall in
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, the biggest storm to hit the region in decades, with over seven million people urged to evacuate. * October 14 ** Trial of Catalonia independence leaders: The Supreme Court of Spain sentences nine Catalan independence movement leaders to 9 to 13 years of prison for sedition and misuse of public funds. Three others are disqualified for 1 year and 8 months for disobedience. Violent 2019 Catalan protests, protests erupt across Catalonia. ** A ''The New York Times, New York Times'' investigation reveals that Russian planes had bombed at least 50 hospitals and clinics in opposition-held Idlib, Syria. * October 16 – Venezuelan councilman and opposition politician Edmundo Rada is reported missing. He is found dead the following day on the side of the road out of Petare,
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, burned and with two coup de grâce shots in the back of his neck. *October 17 – Shootouts erupt in Culiacán, Mexico, after the arrest of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, El Chapo's son, Ovidio Guzmán López, on an arrest warrant for drug dealing in the United States. Eight people are killed and 56 convicts escape from prison; 7 are recaptured by October 18. Guzmán López is released in an effort to restore peace and to prevent more bloodshed. * October 18 ** NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch conduct the first all-female spacewalk outside of the
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. ** 2019 Chilean protests, Riots in Chilean capital city Santiago erupt as civil unrest escalated as a reaction to a series of economic measures and Government's declarations labeled as abuse by protesters * October 19 – An estimated one million people march through London in a protest organised by People's Vote, to demand a second referendum on Brexit. * October 23 ** Essex lorry deaths, The bodies of 39 people are found in a truck container in Essex, England. A 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland is arrested on suspicion of murder. **
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announces that its 53-qubit Sycamore processor, "Sycamore" processor has achieved quantum supremacy. IBM disputes the claim. * October 25 – Tourists visit the summit of Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock) for the last time, as a ban on climbing the famous rock in Australia's Northern Territory comes into effect. * October 26 – The Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region, Amazon Catholic bishops synod proposes that married men be ordained as priests, which would reverse the Church's centuries-old discipline of celibacy. * October 27 ** U.S. President
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announces that the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant,
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, has been killed in a U.S. special forces Barisha raid, operation. It is reported that al-Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest after being chased into a tunnel. * October 30 ** Social media website Twitter bans all political advertising worldwide. ** 2019 Cotabato earthquakes, An earthquake of 6.5. Mw rocks the Philippine island of Mindanao two days after an earthquake killed at least five and left around 12,000 people homeless. * October 31 ** A fire destroys much of the 500-year-old Japanese Shurijo, Shuri Castle, a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO World Heritage Site. ** 2019 Pakistan train fire, A train catches fire near Rahim Yar Khan in Pakistan. The blaze, sparked by gas used by passengers cooking on board, kills at least 74 people. ** Heavy rain and flooding leave 3 dead and 200,000 people are homeless in Beledweyne, Somalia. Meanwhile, 29 are dead and 29,000 homeless due to flooding in nearby Kenya.


November

* November 4 ** LeBarón and Langford families massacre: Nine Americans are killed when Mexican gang members open fire on their vehicles while driving to a wedding about south of the Mexico–United States border. ** Amnesty International alleges that Bangladesh killed 466 people in 2018 under the guise of an anti-drugs campaign in what appears to be a wave of Extrajudicial killing, extrajudicial executions. ** The United States formally begins process to pull out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. * November 5 – 11,000 scientists from around the world publish a study in the journal ''BioScience'', warning "clearly and unequivocally that planet Earth is facing a climate emergency". * November 6 – 2019 Fada N'Gourma attack: At least 37 people are killed and 60 others injured when gunmen attack Semafo, a Canadian gold mining company convoy on a road in Burkina Faso. * November 7 – Former Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda is sentenced to 30 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity, the longest sentence ever handed down by the International Criminal Court. * November 9 ** The Supreme Court of India awards a holy site in Ayodhya dispute, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh to Hindus, rejecting a Muslim claim. The move is likely to spur sectarian disputes. ** Cyclone Bulbul kills seven in West Bengal, India and seven in Bangladesh. 2,000,000 people are evacuated. * November 10 – 2019 Bolivian protests: Evo Morales and Álvaro García Linera resigns in response to fierce three-week long protests. Within hours, Adriana Salvatierra and Víctor Borda also tender their resignations, leading to a 2019 Bolivian political crisis, political crisis. * November 11 ** A transit of Mercury occurs. ** 2019–20 Hong Kong protests: A traffic officer shoots a youth in Sai Wan Ho during a city-wide strike. A man is also set on fire by protesters on the same day. * November 12 – 2019 Bolivian protests: Jeanine Áñez took power as interim President of Bolivia amidst political crisis. * November 13 ** Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump, Public impeachment hearings against U.S. President Donald Trump begin in the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives. ** 2019–20 Hong Kong protests: The Chinese University of Hong Kong officially announces a premature end to the semester as a result of large-scale protests and civil unrest. Besides CUHK, several Hong Kong universities switch to online learning and suspend on-campus class. The Education Bureau in Hong Kong officially announces to close all schools in Hong Kong due to the ongoing protests. * November 14 ** A Saugus High School shooting, shooting occurs at Saugus High School (California), Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, United States, resulting in 3 deaths (including the perpetrator) and 3 injuries. ** Italy declares a state of emergency in Venice following record flooding. * November 17 – 2019–20 Hong Kong protests: Police use tear gas and water cannons against protesters who try to break through cordons and reach The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, which is at the center of a week-long standoff between demonstrators and law enforcement. Protesters fight back with Molotov cocktails, arrows, and bricks. * November 19 –
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enters the video game market with the launch of Google Stadia, Stadia. * November 21 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is indicted on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust. * November 23 ** An 2019 Bougainvillean independence referendum, independence referendum begins in Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Voters overwhelmingly choose independence. ** The last known Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia dies. * November 24 – 2019 Busy Bee crash: A plane crashes shortly after takeoff in a densely populated area of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing all 19 people on board and at least 10 more on the ground. * November 25 ** The World Meteorological Organization reports that levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the Atmosphere of Earth, atmosphere have reached another new record high of 407.8 parts per million, with "no sign of a slowdown, let alone a decline." ** IPv4 address exhaustion: The RIPE NCC, which is the official regional Internet registry (RIR) for Europe, officially announces that it has run out of IPv4 addresses. * November 26 ** 2019 Albania earthquake: 51 people are killed and around 2,000 others injured in a 6.4-magnitude earthquake in northwestern Albania. The earthquake is the strongest to hit Albania in more than 40 years, and List of earthquakes in 2019#By death toll, the world's deadliest earthquake in 2019. ** 2019 Chilean protests: Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International issue reports on Chile's situation denouncing grave human rights violations, including excessive violence use and detention abuses by police forces. Among police brutality acts there are records of police agents firing non-lethal ammunition to protesters' faces against provider's regulations, resulting in more than 200 people with severe eye trauma and more than 50 requiring prosthetic eyes. * November 27 – The U.S. Government passes the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act. * November 30 – December 11 – The 2019 Southeast Asian Games are held in the
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December

* December 1 – COVID-19 pandemic: First known human case of Coronavirus disease 2019, in Wuhan, Hubei, China. * December 2 – Typhoon Kammuri (2019), Typhoon Kammuri hits the
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, causing the evacuation of 200,000 people, but without reports of injuries or serious damage. * December 2 – December 13, 13 – The 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference takes place in Madrid, Spain, after Chilean President Sebastián Piñera announced in October that his country could not host the conference due to 2019 Chilean protests, political unrest in the country. * December 5 ** The 2019 Burundi landslide is reported to have caused at least 26 deaths. ** Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi asks the House Judiciary committee, House Judiciary Committee to begin drafting the articles of impeachment against U.S. President
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. * December 8 – Delhi factory fire, A fire at a factory in Delhi, India, kills 43 people and injures at least 50 others. * December 9 ** The World Anti-Doping Agency votes unanimously to ban Russia from international sport for four years for doping offences, meaning it will be excluded from the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 2022 World Cup in Qatar. ** A volcano 2019 Whakaari/White Island eruption, erupts on Whakaari/White Island, White Island in
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, killing 20 people and injuring 27 others. ** 2019 Chilean Air Force C-130 crash: A Chilean military transport aircraft crashes while en route to Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva in Antarctica, killing all 38 people on board. The crash site is located on December 12. * December 10 ** Sanna Marin, at the age of 34, becomes the world's youngest serving prime minister after being selected to lead Finland's Social Democratic Party of Finland, Social Democratic Party. ** Democratic Party (United States), Democrats in the United States House of Representatives announce formal charges against President of the United States, President
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, accusing him of abusing power and "obstructing Congress"; he becomes the fourth U.S. president in history to face impeachment. * December 11 – The World Trade Organization is left unable to intervene in trade disputes after the U.S. blocks the appointment of new panel members. * December 16 –
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abolishes Pontifical secret, pontifical secrecy in Catholic Church sexual abuse cases, sex abuse cases; the move follows the Vatican's Meeting on the Protection of Minors in the Church months prior. The Pope also raises the definition of "Legality of child pornography, child pornography" from 14 to 18 years old. * December 17 – ''Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong, Shandong'', China's first fully domestically built aircraft carrier, enters naval service. * December 18 ** The CHEOPS space telescope, whose mission is to study the formation of extrasolar planets and determine their precise radius, likely density and internal structure, is launched. ** The U.S. House of Representatives approves two First impeachment of Donald Trump, articles of impeachment against President Trump, making him the third President of the United States, president to be impeached in the nation's history. * December 19 ** Libya's
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activates a cooperation accord with Turkey, allowing for a potential Turkish military intervention in the Libyan Civil War (2014–present), Second Libyan Civil War. ** A locust plague devastates 173,000 acres (70,000 hectares) of crop and grazing land in Ethiopia and Somalia. ** A court in the
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convicts Andal Ampatuan Jr., his brother Zaldy Ampatuan and 31 others including three members of the Ampatuan clan, of 57 counts of murder and sentences them to reclusion perpetua, life imprisonment without parole for their role in the Maguindanao massacre. * December 20 ** The United States founds the United States Space Force, a Military branch, branch of the United States Armed Forces dedicated to space warfare. ** The Dutch Supreme Court affirms that the Dutch government is responsible for management of carbon dioxide emissions for the country and is bound to protect human rights. The ruling reiterated from the Court of Appeals is that "every country is responsible for its share" of emissions. * December 23 ** Five men are sentenced to death and another three face 24 years in prison for their roles in the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, murder of dissident journalist and ''Washington Post'' columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. ** 28 people are killed and 13 others injured after a bus plunges into a ravine on a winding road in South Sumatra. * December 24 – Thousands of Muslims protest the December 20 burning of four mosques in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. * December 26 – An annular Solar eclipse of December 26, 2019, solar eclipse is visible from South Asia. This is a part of Solar Saros 132, Saros 132. * December 27 – Corporate defaults on corporate bonds in China reach a new record. * December 28 – A December 2019 Mogadishu bombing, truck bomb attributed to Al-Shabaab (militant group), al-Shabaab kills at least 78 and wounds 125 in Mogadishu, Mogadishu, Somalia. * December 29 ** A report by the Multi-Sector Epidemic Response Committee (CMRE) indicates that 2,231 people have died so far in the Kivu Ebola epidemic, 2018–20 Kivu Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ** The Taliban's ruling council agrees to a temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan, opening a door to a peace agreement with the United States. * December 30 – Chinese authorities announce that He Jiankui, who claimed to have created the world's He Jiankui affair, first genetically edited human babies, has been sentenced to three years in prison and fined 3 million yuan (US$430,000) for his genetic research efforts. * December 31 ** Iraqi militiamen and protesters 2019–20 attack on the United States embassy in Baghdad, breach the front gate checkpoint of the Embassy of the United States, Baghdad, United States embassy in Baghdad following a U.S. 2019 United States bombing of Kata'ib Hizbollah, military operation that targeted an Iraqi militia on December 29. ** COVID-19 pandemic: First official reports of "viral pneumonia" from the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission


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May 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance. * 1536 – The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Sp ...
– Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, first child of the Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Duke and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Duchess of Sussex and seventh in the line of succession to the British throne


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January

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– Ivan Dimitrov (footballer), Ivan Dimitrov, Bulgarian footballer (born 1935) * January 2 ** Paulien van Deutekom, Dutch world champion speed skater (born 1981) ** Bob Einstein, American actor and comedian (born 1942) ** Gene Okerlund, American wrestling announcer and television host (born 1942) *
January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
– Herb Kelleher, American businessman (born 1931) *
January 5 Events Pre-1600 * 1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. 1601–1900 *1675 – Battle of Colmar: The French a ...
– Dragoslav Šekularac, Serbian footballer and manager (born 1937) *
January 7 Events Pre-1600 * 49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army. This prompts the tribunes who support him to flee to Ravenna, where Caesar is waiting. * 1325 – Alfonso I ...
– Moshe Arens, Lithuanian-born Israeli aeronautical engineer, diplomat, and politician (born 1925) *
January 10 Events Pre-1600 * 49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the ...
– Theo Adam, German opera singer (born 1926) * January 11 – Michael Atiyah, British-Lebanese mathematician and academic (born 1929) * January 14 – Paweł Adamowicz, Polish politician (born 1965) * January 15 – Carol Channing, American actress (born 1921) * January 17 ** Babiker Awadalla, 8th List of Prime Ministers of Sudan, Prime Minister of Sudan (born 1917) ** Windsor Davies, Welsh actor (born 1930) ** Mary Oliver, American poet (born 1935) * January 19 – Henry Sy, Chinese-Filipino business magnate (born 1924) * January 20 – Tibor Baranski, Hungarian-American educator (born 1922) * January 21 ** Henri, Count of Paris (1933–2019), Henri, Count of Paris, Head of the House of Orléans (born 1933) ** Emiliano Sala, Argentine footballer (born 1990) *
January 23 Events Pre-1600 * 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. * 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao. * 1264 & ...
** Jonas Mekas, Lithuanian-born American filmmaker, poet, and artist (born 1922) ** Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean musician, businessman, and philanthropist (born 1952) ** Erik Olin Wright, American Marxist sociologist (born 1947) * January 24 – Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, Spanish cardinal (born 1929) *
January 25 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate. * 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty ...
** Dušan Makavejev, Serbian film director (born 1932) ** Krishna Sobti, Indian Hindi-language fiction writer and essayist (born 1925) * January 26 ** Jean Guillou, French composer, organist, and pianist (born 1930) ** Michel Legrand, French composer (born 1932) * January 27 – Nina Fyodorova, Russian cross-country skier (born 1947) * January 29 – James Ingram, American R&B musician (born 1952)


February

* February 2 – Carol Emshwiller, American author (born 1921) *
February 3 Events Pre-1600 *1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. * 1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. * 1488 – ...
** Julie Adams, American actress (born 1926) ** Detsl, Russian musician (born 1983) * February 4 – Matti Nykänen, Finnish Olympic-winning ski jumper and singer (born 1963) *
February 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop. 1601–1900 * 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death ...
** Manfred Eigen, German Nobel Prize winning biophysical chemist (born 1927) ** Rosamunde Pilcher, British author (born 1924) *
February 7 Events Pre-1600 * 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor. * 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II. *1301 &nda ...
** Albert Finney, English actor (born 1936) ** Jan Olszewski, 3rd List of Prime Ministers of Poland, Prime Minister of Poland (born 1930) ** Frank Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1935) * February 8 – Walter Munk, Austrian-American oceanographer (born 1917) * February 9 ** Maximilian Reinelt, German rower and doctor (born 1988) ** Tomi Ungerer, French illustrator (born 1931) * February 10 – Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor (born 1945) * February 11 – Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, Afghani politician (born 1925) *
February 12 Events Pre-1600 * 1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sophie performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist Spital in Vienna. * 1429 – English forces und ...
** Gordon Banks, English footballer (born 1937) ** Pedro Morales, Puerto Rican professional wrestler (born 1942) * February 14 – Andrea Levy, English novelist (born 1956) * February 15 – Lee Radziwill, American socialite (born 1933) * February 16 ** Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (born 1941) ** Li Rui (politician), Li Rui, Chinese politician, historian and dissident (born 1917) * February 17 – Šaban Šaulić, Serbian folk singer (born 1951) * February 18 ** Wallace Smith Broecker, American geophysicist (born 1931) ** Alessandro Mendini, Italian architect and designer (born 1931) * February 19 – Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer (born 1933) * February 20 – Dominick Argento, American composer (born 1927) *
February 21 Events Pre-1600 *452 or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine. * 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery. *1440 – The Pru ...
** Stanley Donen, American film director (born 1924) ** Peter Tork, American musician and actor (born 1942) ** Hilde Zadek, German operatic soprano (born 1917) * February 22 – Morgan Woodward, American actor (born 1925) *
February 23 Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of ...
– Katherine Helmond, American actress (born 1929) *
February 24 Events Pre-1600 * 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica. * 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence. * ...
** Antoine Gizenga, 21st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (born 1925) ** Donald Keene, American-born Japanese scholar, historian, and writer (born 1922) * February 25 – Waldo Machado, Brazilian footballer (born 1934) *
February 26 Events Pre-1600 * 747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. * 364 – Valentinian I is ...
– Christian Bach, Argentine-Mexican actress and producer (born 1959) *
February 27 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantin ...
– France-Albert René, Seychellois politician, 2nd President of Seychelles (born 1935) * February 28 – André Previn, German-American pianist, conductor and composer (born 1929)


March

* March 1 ** Zhores Alferov, Soviet and Russian Nobel physicist (born 1930) ** Kevin Roche, Irish-born American architect (born 1922) * March 2 ** Yannis Behrakis, Greek photojournalist (born 1960) ** Med Hondo, Mauritanian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (born 1936) * March 4 ** King Kong Bundy, American professional wrestler (born 1957) ** Juan Corona, Mexican serial killer (born 1934) ** Keith Flint, English musician, singer, and dancer (born 1969) ** Klaus Kinkel, German politician (born 1936) ** Ted Lindsay, Canadian professional ice hockey player (born 1925) ** Luke Perry, American actor (born 1966) *
March 5 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. *1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern j ...
– Jacques Loussier, French pianist and composer (born 1934) *
March 6 Events Pre-1600 * 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor. * 632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. * 845 & ...
– Carolee Schneemann, American visual artist (born 1939) *
March 6 Events Pre-1600 * 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor. * 632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. * 845 & ...
– Guillaume Faye, French journalist and writer (born 1949) * March 8 – Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor and composer (born 1927) * March 9 ** Bernard Binlin Dadié, Ivorian novelist and playwright (born 1916) ** Vladimir Etush, Soviet and Russian actor (born 1922) *
March 10 Events Pre-1600 * 241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end. * 298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa and makes a ...
– İrsen Küçük, 6th Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus (born 1940) * March 11 – Hal Blaine, American drummer (born 1929) * March 13 – Andrea Pollack, German swimmer (born 1961) * March 14 ** Godfried Danneels, Belgian cardinal (born 1933) ** Charlie Whiting, British motorsports director (born 1952) *
March 15 Events Pre-1600 * 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce. * 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place. * 493 &ndash ...
** W. S. Merwin, American poet (born 1927) ** Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, 3rd Military Committee for National Salvation, Head of State of Mauritania (born 1943) * March 16 ** Dick Dale, American guitarist and surf music pioneer (born 1937) ** Richard Erdman, American actor (born 1925) ** Barbara Hammer, American filmmaker (born 1939) ** Alan Krueger, American economist (born 1960) *
March 19 Events Pre-1600 * 1277 – The Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire. * 1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen en ...
– Marlen Khutsiev, Georgian-born Soviet and Russian filmmaker (born 1925) *
March 20 Events Pre-1600 * 673 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka. * 1206 – Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. * 1600 – The Link ...
** Donald Kalpokas, 2nd Prime Minister of Vanuatu (born 1943) ** Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, Mary Warnock, British philosopher (born 1924) * March 22 ** Frans Andriessen, Dutch politician (born 1929) ** Scott Walker (singer), Scott Walker, American-born British singer-songwriter (born 1943) *
March 23 Events Pre-1600 *1400 – The Trần dynasty of Vietnam is deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by Hồ Quý Ly, a court official. *1540 – Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last rel ...
** Larry Cohen, American film director and screenwriter (born 1936) ** Rafi Eitan, Israeli intelligence officer and politician (born 1926) * March 27 ** Valery Bykovsky, Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (born 1934) ** Abdul Latif Dayfallah, 2nd Prime Minister of Yemen Arab Republic (born 1930) * March 29 – Agnès Varda, Belgian-born French filmmaker (born 1928) *
March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. *1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V ...
– Nipsey Hussle, American rapper (born 1985)


April

* April 1 ** Vonda N. McIntyre, American science fiction author (born
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
) ** Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Spanish writer (born 1927) *
April 4 Events Pre-1600 *503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. * 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground. * 611 &ndas ...
– Georgiy Daneliya, Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter (born 1930) * April 5 ** Sydney Brenner, South African Nobel biologist (born 1927) ** Gianfranco Leoncini, Italian footballer (born 1939) *
April 6 Events Pre–1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus. * 402 – Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia. *13 ...
– David J. Thouless, British Nobel physicist (born 1934) * April 7 ** Seymour Cassel, American actor (born 1935) ** Cho Yang-ho, South Korean businessman (born 1949) * April 9 ** Elwyn Berlekamp, American mathematician (born 1940) ** Charles Van Doren, American writer and editor (born 1926) *
April 10 Events Pre-1600 * 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople. * 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles). * 1407 ...
– Earl Thomas Conley, American singer-songwriter (born 1941) * April 12 – Tommy Smith (footballer, born 1945), Tommy Smith, English footballer (born 1945) * April 13 ** Tony Buzan, English author and educational consultant (born 1942) ** Paul Greengard, American Nobel neuroscientist (born 1925) ** Lydia Wideman, Finnish cross-country skier (born 1920) ** Yvette Williams, New Zealand track-and-field athlete (born 1929) * April 14 ** Bibi Andersson, Swedish actress (born 1935) ** Mirjana Marković, Serbian politician and First Lady of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia (born 1942) ** Gene Wolfe, American science fiction and fantasy writer (born 1931) * April 17 – Alan García, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 61st and 64th President of Peru (born 1949) *
April 18 Events Pre-1600 * 796 – King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The ''patrician'' Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days. *1428 – Peace of Ferrara bet ...
– Lyra McKee, Northern Irish journalist (born 1990) * April 19 – Patrick Sercu, Belgian cyclist (born 1944) * April 20 – Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Iranian artist (born 1922) * April 22 ** Lê Đức Anh, Vietnamese politician, 4th President of Vietnam (born 1920) ** Billy McNeill, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1940) * April 23 – Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (born 1921) * April 24 – Jean-Pierre Marielle, French actor (born 1932) *
April 25 Events Pre-1600 *404 BC – Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion. * 775 – The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against the ...
– John Havlicek, American basketball player (born 1940) * April 26 – Ellen Schwiers, German actress (born 1930) * April 27 – Negasso Gidada, Ethiopian politician, 4th President of Ethiopia (born 1943) *
April 28 Events Pre-1600 * 224 – The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V effectively ending the Parthian Empire. * 357 – Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory ...
– John Singleton, American film director, screenwriter and producer (born 1968) *
April 29 Events Pre-1600 * 1091 – Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. * 1386 – Battle of the Vikhra River: The Principality of Smolensk is defeated by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and b ...
– Les Murray (poet), Les Murray, Australian poet (born 1938) *
April 30 Events Pre-1600 *311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends. *1315 – Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois. *1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus hi ...
– Peter Mayhew, English-American actor (born 1944)


May

* May 2 ** Red Kelly, Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach (born 1927) ** Ali Mroudjaé, 9th Prime Minister of the Comoros (born 1939) *
May 3 Events Pre-1600 * 752 – Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne. * 1481 – The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties. ...
– Goro Shimura, Japanese mathematician (born 1930) *
May 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance. * 1536 – The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Sp ...
– Seymour Nurse, Barbadian cricketer (born 1933) * May 7 – Jean Vanier, Canadian Catholic philosopher (born 1928) *
May 8 Events Pre-1600 *453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin. * 413 – Emperor Honorius signs an ...
**Sprent Dabwido, 13th President of Nauru (born 1972) ** Yevgeny Krylatov, Soviet and Russian composer (born 1934) * May 9 – Alvin Sargent, American screenwriter (born 1927) *
May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. * 1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of ...
– Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, Spanish politician (born 1951) * May 11 ** Peggy Lipton, American actress and model (born 1946) ** Silver King (wrestler), Silver King, Mexican professional wrestler (born 1968) *
May 12 Events Pre-1600 * 254 – Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church, and immediately takes a stand against Novatianism. * 907 – Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang d ...
** Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress (born 1924) ** Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Lebanese cardinal and Patriarch (born 1920) * May 13 ** Unita Blackwell, American civil rights activist (born 1933) ** Doris Day, American actress and singer (born 1922) *
May 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1027 – Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks. *1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade. * 1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and f ...
** Tim Conway, American actor and comedian (born 1933) ** Sven Lindqvist, Swedish author (born 1932) * May 16 ** Bob Hawke, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (born 1929) ** Ashley Massaro, American professional wrestler, television host and model (born 1979) ** I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect (born 1917) *
May 17 Events Pre-1600 *1395 – Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army. *1521 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason. * 1527 – Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Flo ...
– Herman Wouk, American author (born 1915) *
May 19 Events Pre-1600 * 639 – Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace. * 715 – Pope Gregory II is elected. *1051 – Henry I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev. *1445 &nda ...
** Carlos Altamirano, Chilean lawyer and politician (born 1922) ** Nickey Iyambo, Namibian politician, 1st Vice-President of Namibia (born 1936) * May 20 – Niki Lauda, Austrian racing driver (born 1949) * May 21 – Glauco Sansovini, List of Captains Regent of San Marino, Captain Regent of San Marino (born 1938) * May 22 ** Judith Kerr, German-born British author and illustrator (born
1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...
) ** Eduard Punset, Spanish politician and science popularizer (born 1936) ** Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Malaysian royal (born 1930) * May 24 – Murray Gell-Mann, American Nobel physicist (born 1929) * May 25 – Claus von Bülow, Danish-British socialite (born 1926) * May 26 ** Bart Starr, American football player and coach (born 1934) ** Prem Tinsulanonda, Thai politician, 16th Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1920) * May 27 – Bill Buckner, American baseball player (born 1949) * May 28 ** Apolo Nsibambi, Ugandan politician, 8th Prime Minister of Uganda (born 1940) ** Edward Seaga, Jamaican politician, 5th Prime Minister of Jamaica (born 1930) * May 30 – Leon Redbone, Cypriot-American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actor (born 1949) * May 31 – Roky Erickson, American singer-songwriter (born 1947)


June

* June 1 ** José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer (born 1983) ** Michel Serres, French philosopher, theorist and writer (born 1930) ** Ani Yudhoyono, 6th First Lady of Indonesia (born 1952) * June 2 – Ken Matthews (race walker), Ken Matthews, English race walker (born 1934) * June 3 ** Atsushi Aoki, Japanese professional wrestler (born 1977) ** Jurica Jerković, Croatian footballer (born 1950) * June 4 ** Lennart Johansson, Swedish sports official (born 1929) ** Nechama Rivlin, Israeli socialite, 10th First Lady of Israel (born 1945) * June 5 – Elio Sgreccia, Italian cardinal (born 1928) * June 6 – Dr. John, American musician (born 1941) * June 8 – Andre Matos, André Matos, Brazilian vocalist, pianist and composer (born 1971) * June 9 – Bushwick Bill, Jamaican-American rapper (born 1966) * June 10 ** Girish Karnad, Indian actor, screenwriter and playwright (born 1938) ** Lee Hee-ho, South Korean peace activist, 15th First Lady of South Korea (born 1922) * June 11 ** Gabriele Grunewald, American track-and-field athlete (born 1986) ** Billy McKee, Northern Irish paramilitary leader and founder of the Provisional IRA (born 1921) * June 12 – Sylvia Miles, American actress (born 1924) * June 13 – Edith González, Mexican actress (born 1964) * June 15 – Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film director (born
1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...
) * June 16 – Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, Hungarian gymnast (born 1924) * June 17 ** Mohamed Morsi, 5th President of Egypt (born 1951) ** Gloria Vanderbilt, American socialite (born 1924) * June 19 – Etika, American YouTuber (born 1990) * June 20 – Eddie Garcia, Filipino actor, director and television personality (born 1929) * June 21 – Demetris Christofias, 6th President of Cyprus (born 1946) * June 22 ** Miguel Ángel Falasca, Argentine-born Spanish volleyball player and coach (born 1973) ** Thalles (footballer, born 1995), Thalles, Brazilian footballer (born 1995) * June 23 ** Dave Bartholomew, American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger and record producer (born 1918) ** George Rosenkranz, Hungarian-Mexican chemist (born 1916) * June 24 – Billy Drago, American actor (born 1945) * June 25 – Isabel Sarli, Argentine actress and model (born 1929) * June 26 ** Beth Chapman (bounty hunter), Beth Chapman, American bounty hunter and reality star (born 1967) ** Édith Scob, French film and theatre actress (born 1937) ** Max Wright, American actor (born 1943) * June 29 ** Jeon Mi-seon, South Korean actress (born 1970) ** Guillermo Mordillo, Argentine cartoonist (born 1932) * June 30 ** Momir Bulatović, 1st President of Montenegro, President of the Republic of Montenegro (born 1956) ** Mitchell Feigenbaum, American mathematical physicist (born 1944)


July

* July 2 – Lee Iacocca, American automobile executive (born 1924) * July 3 – Arte Johnson, American comedian and actor (born 1929) * July 4 ** Eduardo Fajardo, Spanish actor (born 1924) ** Arturo Fernández Rodríguez, Spanish actor (born 1929) ** Pierre Lhomme, French cinematographer (born 1930) * July 6 – João Gilberto, Brazilian bossa nova singer-songwriter (born 1931) * July 7 – Artur Brauner, German film director (born 1918) * July 9 ** Fernando de la Rúa, 43rd President of Argentina (born 1937) ** Rip Torn, American actor (born 1931) * July 10 – Valentina Cortese, Italian actress (born
1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...
) * July 12 ** Fernando J. Corbató, American computer scientist (born 1926) ** Claudio Naranjo, Chilean psychiatrist (born 1932) * July 13 – Paolo Sardi, Italian cardinal (born 1934) * July 14 ** Hussain Muhammad Ershad, President of Bangladesh (born 1930) ** Pernell Whitaker, American boxer (born 1964) * July 16 – Johnny Clegg, South African musician and anthropologist (born 1953) * July 17 – Andrea Camilleri, Italian writer (born 1925) * July 18 ** David Hedison, American actor (born 1927) ** Yukiya Amano, Japanese diplomat (born 1947) * July 19 ** Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor (born 1944) ** Ágnes Heller, Hungarian philosopher (born 1929) ** César Pelli, Argentine architect (born 1926) * July 20 – Ilaria Occhini, Italian actress (born 1934) * July 21 – José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, Spanish cardinal (born 1926) * July 22 ** Christopher C. Kraft Jr., American aerospace engineer (born 1924) ** Li Peng, 4th Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1928) * July 25 – Beji Caid Essebsi, 5th President of Tunisia, President and 18th Head of Government of Tunisia, Prime Minister of Tunisia (born 1926) * July 26 ** Russi Taylor, American voice actress (born 1944) ** Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cuban cardinal (born 1936) * July 27 – John Robert Schrieffer, American Nobel physicist (born 1931) * July 28 – George Hilton (actor), George Hilton, Uruguayan actor (born 1934) * July 29 – Egil Danielsen, Norwegian javelin thrower (born 1933) * July 31 – Harold Prince, American theatrical producer and director (born 1928)


August

* August 1 ** Sadou Hayatou, 4th Prime Minister of Cameroon (born 1942) ** D. A. Pennebaker, American documentary filmmaker (born 1925) ** Harley Race, American professional wrestler, promoter, and trainer (born 1943) * August 3 ** Nikolai Kardashev, Soviet and Russian astrophysicist (born 1932) ** Thomas Remengesau Sr., 2nd President of Palau (born 1929) ** Mike Troy, American swimmer (born 1940) * August 4 – Nuon Chea, Cambodian politician, Acting Prime Minister of Cambodia (born 1926) * August 5 – Toni Morrison, American Nobel writer (born 1931) * August 7 – Kary Mullis, American Nobel biochemist (born 1944) * August 8 ** Manfred Max-Neef, Chilean economist (born 1932) ** Jean-Pierre Mocky, French film director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1929) * August 9 ** Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, Brazilian footballer (born 1938) ** Fahrudin Jusufi, Kosovar-born Serbian footballer and manager (born 1939) * August 10 – Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and convicted sex offender (born 1953) * August 11 ** Walter Martínez (footballer, born 1982), Walter Martínez, Honduran footballer (born 1982) ** Sergio Obeso Rivera, Mexican cardinal (born 1931) * August 12 – José Luis Brown, Argentinian footballer (born 1956) * August 13 – Cecilia Caballero Blanco, Colombian socialite, 24th First Lady of Colombia (born 1913) * August 16 ** Princess Christina of the Netherlands (born 1947) ** Peter Fonda, American actor (born 1940) ** Felice Gimondi, Italian racing cyclist (born 1942) ** José Nápoles, Cuban-born Mexican boxer (born 1940) ** Richard Williams (animator), Richard Williams, Canadian-British animator, voice actor, and writer (born 1933) * August 17 – Jacques Diouf, Senegalese diplomat (born 1938) * August 19 – Larry Taylor, American bass guitarist (born 1942) * August 21 – Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, List of Jordanian consorts, Queen consort of Jordan (born 1929) * August 22 ** Junior Agogo, Ghanaian footballer (born 1979) ** Tim Fischer, 10th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (born 1946) * August 23 ** David Koch, American businessman, philanthropist and political activist (born 1940) ** Egon Zimmermann, Austrian ski racer (born 1939) * August 24 – Blanca Fernández Ochoa, Spanish alpine ski racer (born 1963) * August 25 – Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian business executive and engineer (born 1937) * August 26 – Pal Benko, Hungarian-American chess grandmaster (born 1928) * August 27 ** Jessi Combs, American professional racer, television personality, and metal fabricator (born 1980) ** Dawda Jawara, 2nd Prime Minister of the Gambia, Prime Minister of Gambia and 1st President of Gambia (born 1924) * August 28 ** Michel Aumont, French actor (born 1936) ** Sogyal Rinpoche, Tibetan Dzogchen lama and writer (born 1947) * August 29 – Achille Silvestrini, Italian cardinal (born
1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...
) * August 30 ** Franco Columbu, Italian bodybuilder and actor (born 1941) ** Valerie Harper, American actress (born 1939) * August 31 ** Anthoine Hubert, French racing driver (born 1996) ** Immanuel Wallerstein, American sociologist (born 1930)


September

* September 2 – Gyoji Matsumoto, Japanese footballer (born 1934) * September 3 ** Halvard Hanevold, Norwegian biathlete (born 1969) ** Peter Lindbergh, German fashion photographer and film director (born 1944) ** Carol Lynley, American actress (born 1942) ** José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, Colombian cardinal (born 1919) * September 4 – Roger Etchegaray, French cardinal (born 1922) * September 5 – Francisco Toledo, Mexican Zapotec painter, sculptor, and graphic artist (born 1940) * September 6 – Robert Mugabe, 1st Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Prime Minister and 2nd President of Zimbabwe (born 1924) * September 8 – Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer-songwriter, music producer and composer (born 1946) * September 9 – Robert Frank, Swiss photographer (born 1924) * September 11 ** B. J. Habibie, 3rd President of Indonesia (born 1936) ** Daniel Johnston, American singer-songwriter and visual artist (born 1961) * September 12 – ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, 15th Prime Minister of Tonga (born 1941) * September 13 ** Bruno Grandi, Italian sports executive (born 1934) ** Rudi Gutendorf, German footballer and manager (born 1926) ** György Konrád, Hungarian novelist and political dissident (born 1933) ** Eddie Money, American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (born 1949) * September 15 ** Lol Mahamat Choua, 4th President of Chad (born 1939) ** Chadlia Fahrat Essebsi, Tunisian consort, 5th First Lady of Tunisia (born 1936) ** Ric Ocasek, American singer, songwriter, and record producer (born 1944) * September 16 – Luigi Colani, German industrial designer (born 1928) * September 17 ** Jessica Jaymes, American pornographic actress (born 1979) ** Imata Kabua, Marshallese politician, 2nd President of the Marshall Islands (born 1943) * September 18 – Fernando Ricksen, Dutch professional footballer (born 1976) * September 19 ** Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, 14th Head of Government of Tunisia, Prime Minister and 2nd President of Tunisia (born 1936) ** Bert Hellinger, German psychotherapist (born 1925) ** Barron Hilton, American businessman, philanthropist and sportsman (born 1927) * September 20 – Su Beng, Taiwanese dissident, political activist and historian (born 1918) * September 21 ** Sid Haig, American actor (born 1939) ** Sigmund Jähn, German cosmonaut (born 1937) ** Günter Kunert, German writer (born 1929) * September 22 – Ivan Kizimov, Soviet and Russian equestrian (born 1928) * September 23 – Robert Hunter (lyricist), Robert Hunter, American lyricist, poet and musician (born 1941) * September 25 – Paul Badura-Skoda, Austrian pianist (born 1927) * September 26 ** Jacques Chirac, 84th Prime Minister of France, Prime Minister and 22nd President of France (born 1932) ** William Levada, American cardinal (born 1936) ** Gennadi Manakov, Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (born 1950) * September 28 ** José José, Mexican singer and actor (born
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
) ** Ismail Petra of Kelantan, Malaysian royal (born 1949) ** Mark Zakharov, Soviet and Russian director and playwright (born 1933) * September 30 ** Kornel Morawiecki, Polish politician and theoretical physicist (born 1941) ** Jessye Norman, American opera singer and recitalist (born 1945)


October

* October 1 ** Karel Gott, Czech singer and painter (born 1939) ** Miguel León-Portilla, Mexican anthropologist and historian (born 1926) * October 2 ** Giya Kancheli, Soviet and Georgian composer (born 1935) ** Isaac Promise, Nigerian footballer (born 1987) * October 3 – Diogo Freitas do Amaral, Acting Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1941) * October 4 – Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer (born 1935) * October 6 ** Ginger Baker, English drummer (born 1939) ** Martin Lauer, German athlete (born 1937) ** Rip Taylor, American comedian and actor (born 1931) * October 8 – Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, Brazilian cardinal (born 1924) * October 9 – Andrés Gimeno, Spanish tennis player (born 1937) * October 10 – Marie-José Nat, French actress (born 1940) * October 11 ** Robert Forster, American actor (born 1941) ** Alexei Leonov, Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (born 1934) * October 12 ** Sara Danius, Swedish writer and academic (born 1962) ** Hevrin Khalaf, Syrian politician and activist (born 1984) ** Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, Japanese sport shooter (born 1936) * October 13 – Charles Jencks, American architect, cultural theorist and philanthropist (born 1939) * October 14 ** Harold Bloom, American literary critic and writer (born 1930) ** Sulli, South Korean singer and actress (born 1994) * October 15 – Tamara Buciuceanu, Romanian actress (born 1929) * October 16 – John Tate (mathematician), John Tate, American mathematician (born 1925) * October 17 ** Alicia Alonso, Cuban prima ballerina assoluta (born 1920) ** Göran Malmqvist, Swedish linguist and literary historian (born 1924) * October 18 – Rui Jordão, Angolan-born Portuguese footballer (born 1952) * October 19 – Alexander Volkov (tennis), Alexander Volkov, Russian tennis player (born 1967) * October 20 – Aquilino Pimentel Jr., Filipino politician (born 1933) * October 21 – Lho Shin-yong, 16th Prime Minister of South Korea (born 1930) * October 22 ** Raymond Leppard, British conductor, composer and editor (born 1927) ** Sadako Ogata, Japanese academic, diplomat, author, administrator, and professor (born 1927) ** Marieke Vervoort, Belgian wheelchair racer (born 1979) * October 26 ** Enriqueta Basilio, Mexican track and field athlete (born
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) ** Robert Evans, American film producer and studio executive (born 1930) * October 27 **
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, leader of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL (born 1971) ** Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian-born British human rights activist and political dissident (born 1942) * October 29 – John Witherspoon (actor), John Witherspoon, American actor and comedian (born 1942)


November

* November 2 ** Norbert Eder, German footballer (born 1955) ** Sigvard Ericsson, Swedish speed skater (born 1930) ** Phillip E. Johnson, American lawyer and author (born 1940) ** Marie Laforêt, French-Swiss singer and actress (born 1939) * November 4 ** Gay Byrne, Irish broadcaster and radio personality (born 1934) ** Jacques Dupont (cyclist), Jacques Dupont, French Olympic racing cyclist (born 1928) * November 5 – Omero Antonutti, Italian actor (born 1935) * November 6 – Jan Stráský, 20th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (born 1940) * November 7 ** Leo Klejn, Russian archaeologist, anthropologist and philologist (born 1927) ** Margarita Salas, Spanish biochemist and academic (born 1938) * November 8 – Anatoly Krutikov, Russian footballer and manager (born 1933) * November 10 – István Szívós (water polo, born 1948), István Szívós, Hungarian water polo player (born
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) * November 11 – Ralph T. O'Neal, 4th and 6th Premier of the Virgin Islands (born 1933) * November 12 – Mitsuhisa Taguchi, Japanese footballer (born 1955) * November 13 – Raymond Poulidor, French bicycle racer (born 1936) * November 14 – Branko Lustig, Croatian film producer (born 1932) * November 15 – Harrison Dillard, American track and field athlete (born
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) * November 16 ** John Campbell Brown, Scottish astronomer (born 1947) ** Terry O'Neill (photographer), Terry O'Neill, British photographer (born 1938) * November 17 – Adnan Pachachi, Acting List of Prime Ministers of Iraq, Prime Minister of Iraq (born
1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...
) * November 18 – Norodom Buppha Devi, Cambodian royal and prima ballerina (born 1943) * November 19 – D. M. Jayaratne, 14th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (born 1931) * November 20 ** Mary L. Good, American chemist (born 1931) ** Wataru Misaka, American basketball player (born
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) * November 21 ** Yaşar Büyükanıt, Turkish military officer (born 1940) ** Jean Douchet, French film critic, actor and director (born 1929) ** Michael J. Pollard, American actor (born 1939) * November 22 ** Eugène Camara, 7th List of prime ministers of Guinea, Prime Minister of Guinea (born 1942) ** Bowen Stassforth, American swimmer (born 1926) * November 24 – Goo Hara, South Korean singer and actress (born 1991) * November 26 ** Ken Kavanagh, Australian motorcycle racer (born
1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...
) ** Köbi Kuhn, Swiss footballer and manager (born 1943) * November 27 ** Godfrey Gao, Taiwanese-Canadian model and actor (born 1984) ** Jonathan Miller, English actor, director, author, humorist, and medical doctor (born 1934) * November 28 – Pim Verbeek, Dutch footballer and manager (born 1956) * November 29 – Yasuhiro Nakasone, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1918) * November 30 – Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor (born 1943)


December

* December 2 ** D. C. Fontana, American television writer (born 1939) ** Francesco Janich, Italian footballer (born 1937) * December 4 ** Rosa Morena, Spanish flamenco-pop singer and actress (born 1941) ** Tetsu Nakamura, Japanese-Afghan physician (born 1946) ** Bob Willis, English cricketer (born 1949) * December 5 – Robert Walker (actor, born 1940), Robert Walker, American actor (born 1940) * December 6 ** Ron Leibman, American actor (born 1937) ** Stoyanka Mutafova, Bulgarian actress (born 1922) * December 7 ** Reinhard Bonnke, German Pentecostal evangelist (born 1940) ** Zaza Urushadze, Georgian film director, producer and screenwriter (born 1965) * December 8 ** René Auberjonois, American actor (born 1940) ** Hirokazu Kanazawa, Japanese karate practitioner and teacher (born 1931) ** Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer (born 1933) ** Paul Volcker, American economist (born 1927) ** Zvonimir Vujin, Serbian amateur boxer (born 1943) ** Juice Wrld, American rapper (born 1998) * December 9 ** Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer and songwriter (born 1958) ** Imre Varga, Hungarian sculptor (born
1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...
) * December 10 – Gershon Kingsley, German-American composer (born 1922) * December 11 – David Bellamy, English naturalist and author (born 1933) * December 12 ** Danny Aiello, American actor (born 1933) ** Jorge Hernández (boxer), Jorge Hernández, Cuban boxer (born 1954) ** Peter Snell, New Zealand athlete (born 1938) * December 14 – Anna Karina, Danish-French actress (born 1940) * December 17 – Karin Balzer, German athlete (born 1938) * December 18 – Claudine Auger, French actress (born 1941) * December 20 ** Roland Matthes, German swimmer (born 1950) ** Marko Orlandić, 10th President of Montenegro (born 1930) * December 21 – Martin Peters, English footballer (born 1943) * December 22 ** Tony Britton, English actor (born 1924) ** Ram Dass, American spiritual teacher, psychologist and author (born 1931) ** Emanuel Ungaro, French fashion designer (born 1933) * December 23 – Mustafa Mujezinović (Bosnian politician), Mustafa Mujezinović, 7th List of Prime Ministers of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina (born 1954) *December 24 – Allee Willis, American songwriter, artist, and art director (born 1947) * December 25 ** Ari Behn, Norwegian author (born 1972) ** Peter Schreier, German operatic tenor and conductor (born 1935) * December 26 ** Jerry Herman, American composer (born 1931) ** Sue Lyon, American actress (born 1946) ** Galina Volchek, Soviet and Russian actress (born 1933) * December 27 – Don Imus, American radio personality, television show host, and author (born 1940) * December 29 ** Alasdair Gray, Scottish visual artist and author (born 1934) ** Neil Innes, English writer, comedian and musician (born 1944) * December 30 ** Prosper Grech, Maltese cardinal (born 1925) ** Syd Mead, American concept artist (born 1933) * December 31 ** Djimrangar Dadnadji, 16th Prime Minister of Chad (born 1954) ** Serikbolsyn Abdildin, Kazakh politician and economist (born 1937)


Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino * Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Economics – Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Peter Handke * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Abiy Ahmed * Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Jim Peebles, James Peebles, Michel Mayor, and Didier Queloz * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – William Kaelin Jr., Peter J. Ratcliffe, and Gregg L. Semenza


See also

* * List of International observances#Years, List of international years


Overviews

* 2019 national electoral calendar * 2019 United States elections


Specific events and situations

* 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis * Brexit * Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump * 2019 British prorogation controversy * 2019 Italian government crisis * Conte II Cabinet


References


External links

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