About April 19

April 19, 2025 is the 109th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 256 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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Aries is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 304 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On April 19

  • 1012
    Martyrdom of Ælfheah in Greenwich, London.
  • 1587
    Francis Drake’s expedition sinks the Spanish fleet in Cádiz harbor.
  • 1770
    Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI in a proxy wedding.
  • 1775
    American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.
  • 1782
    John Adams secures the Dutch Republic’s recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague, Netherlands becomes the first American embassy.
  • 1855
    Visit of Napoleon III to Guildhall, London
  • 1892
    Charles Duryea claims to have driven the first automobile in the United States, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
  • 1928
    The 125th and final fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
  • 1945
    Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Guatemala are established.
  • 1950
    Argentina becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
  • 1954
    The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan recognises Urdu and Bengali as the national languages of Pakistan.
  • 1955
    The German automaker Volkswagen, after six years of selling cars in the United States, founds Volkswagen of America in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey to standardize its dealer and service network.
  • 1956
    Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
  • 1961
    The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba ends in success for the defenders.
  • 1971
    Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.
  • 1971
    Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
  • 1975
    India’s first satellite Aryabhata is launched.
  • 1984
    Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia’s national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours.
  • 1985
    U.S.S.R performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalatinsk.
  • 1993
    The 51-day siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Eighty-one people die.

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