This Day in History
Today: April 19, 2026
65
The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all of the conspirators are arrested.[1]
531
Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians at Raqqa (northern Syria).[2]
1506
The Lisbon Massacre begins, in which accused Jews are slaughtered by Portuguese Catholics.[3]
1529
Beginning of the Protestant Reformation: After the Second Diet of Speyer bans Lutheranism, a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms.
1539
The Treaty of Frankfurt between Protestants and the Holy Roman Emperor is signed.[4]
1608
In Ireland, O'Doherty's Rebellion is launched by the Burning of Derry.[5]
1677
The French army captures the town of Cambrai held by Spanish troops.[6]
1713
With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inheritable by a female; his daughter and successor, Maria Theresa, was not born until 1717.[7]</spa...
1770
Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.[8]
1770
Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.[9]
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