August 19 in History
19 August in History – 84 years ago
Sub-Saharan Africa 1940: Italian East African Offensives
When Italy entered World War II in June 1940, the armies of Italian East Africa immediately... SEE MORE…
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Ending on 19 August 1944
All Events on 19 August
starts
1991
Communist hardliners attempt to seize control in Soviet Union
starts
1945
Viet Minh seize power in Vietnam
ends
1944
Soviets push into Byelorussia and eastern Poland
starts
1944
Allies liberate Paris from Germans
1942
Unsuccessful British raid on French port of Dieppe
starts
1942
Indecisive Soviet offensive near Leningrad
ends
1940
Italians occupy British Somaliland
1924
Soviets land in Wrangel Island, removing US colonists
ends
1923
Vilhjalmur Stefansson claims Wrangel Island for Canada
starts
1923
American settlement on Wrangel Island
ends
1908
Abd el-Hafid seizes power in Morocco
starts
1868
Allies outflank Paraguayan Pikysyry line
1860
Garibaldi’s forces land in Calabria
1816
British restore Dutch East Indies to Netherlands
1809
Russians defeat Swedes at Sävar
ends
1809
Iceland briefly independent under Jørgen Jørgensen
starts
384
Magnus Maximus campaigns in Britain*
ends
370
Romans incite war between Burgundi and Alemanni*
starts
361
Legions in Aquileia in revolt against Julian*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 19 August for purposes of Omniatlas
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