This Day in History
Today: May 19, 2026
639
Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace.
715
Pope Gregory II is elected.[1]
1051
Henry I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev.[2]
1445
John II of Castile defeats the Infantes of Aragon at the First Battle of Olmedo.
1499
Catherine of Aragon is married by proxy to Arthur, Prince of Wales. Catherine is 13 and Arthur is 12.
1535
French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons (whom Cartier had kidnapped during his first voyage).
1536
Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
1542
The Prome Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in present-day Myanmar.
1643
Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.
1649
An Act of Parliament declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic for the next eleven years.
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