This Day in History
Today: June 19, 2026
325
The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea.[1]
1179
The Battle of Kalvskinnet takes place outside Nidaros (now Trondheim), Norway. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.[2]
1306
The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.
1586
English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America.
1718
At least 73,000 people died in the 1718 Tongwei–Gansu earthquake due to landslides in the Qing dynasty.[3]
1770
New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg wrote: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reigns. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
1785
The Boston King's Chapel adopts James Freeman's revised prayer book, without the Nicene Creed, establishing it as the first Unitarian congregation in the United States.[4][5]
1800
War of the Second Coalition Battle of Höchstädt results in a French victory over Austria.
1811
The Carlton House Fête is held in London to celebrate the establishment of the Regency era.[6]
1816
Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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