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| October 19th, 2007 (October 19 2007) | Event | Philippines. Amidst corruption controversies hounding the Arroyo administration, a bomb explosion rocked Glorietta 2, a shopping mall in Makati, which killed 11 and injured more than 100 people. | |
| October 19th, 2007 (October 19 2007) | Death | LaLa Brown, American singer (born in 1986) | |
| October 19th, 2007 (October 19 2007) | Death | Dr. Randall Forsberg, American nuclear freeze advocate (born in 1943) | |
| October 19th, 2007 (October 19 2007) | Death | Michael Maidens, English footballer with Hartlepool United (born in 1987) | |
| October 19th, 2007 (October 19 2007) | Death | Jan Wolkers, Dutch writer (born in 1925) | |
| October 19th, 2006 (October 19 2006) | Death | James Glennon, American cinematographer (born in 1942) | |
| October 19th, 2005 (October 19 2005) | Event | Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity. | Saddam Hussein Quotes |
| October 19th, 2005 (October 19 2005) | Event | Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb. | |
| October 19th, 2005 (October 19 2005) | Death | Dallas Cook, American musician (Suburban Legends) (born in 1982) | |
| October 19th, 2005 (October 19 2005) | Death | Corinne Levesque, wife of Quebec premier Rene Levesque (born in 1943) | |
| October 19th, 2004 (October 19 2004) | Event | Myanmar prime minister Khin Nyunt is ousted and placed under house arrest by the SPDC on charges of corruption. | |
| October 19th, 2004 (October 19 2004) | Event | Care International aid worker Margaret Hassan is kidnapped in Iraq. | |
| October 19th, 2004 (October 19 2004) | Death | Elliott Smith, American Singer Songwriter(born in 1969) | Elliott Smith Quotes |
| October 19th, 2003 (October 19 2003) | Event | Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II. | |
| October 19th, 2003 (October 19 2003) | Death | Alija Izetbegovic, President of Bosnia-Herzegovina (born in 1925) | Alija Izetbegovic Quotes |
| October 19th, 2003 (October 19 2003) | Death | Margaret Murie, American conservationist (born in 1902) | |
| October 19th, 2003 (October 19 2003) | Death | Michael Hegstrand, American professional wrestler (born in 1960) | |
| October 19th, 2001 (October 19 2001) | Event | SIEV-X, an Indonesian fishing boat en-route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 asylum seekers, sank in international waters with the loss of 353 people. | |
| October 19th, 2000 (October 19 2000) | Death | Hortense Ellis, Jamaican reggae singer (born in 1941) | |
| October 19th, 1999 (October 19 1999) | Death | Nathalie Sarraute, Russian-born French writer (born in 1900) | |
| October 19th, 1999 (October 19 1999) | Death | James C. Murray, American politician (born in 1917) | |
| October 19th, 1998 (October 19 1998) | Event | The Earth Liberation Front sets fire to the Vail Mountain ski resort in Vail, Colorado, causing $12 million in damage. | |
| October 19th, 1997 (October 19 1997) | Death | Glen Buxton, American guitarist (born in 1947) | |
| October 19th, 1995 (October 19 1995) | Death | Don Cherry, American jazz trumpet player (born in 1936) | |
| October 19th, 1994 (October 19 1994) | Event | The Goodnight Kiwi airs in New Zealand for the last time as TV2 moves to 24-hour television 7 days a week. | |
| October 19th, 1994 (October 19 1994) | Death | Martha Raye, American comedian and actress (born in 1916) | |
| October 19th, 1989 (October 19 1989) | Event | Guildford Four convictions are quashed by the Court of Appealthey had spent 15 years in prison through a miscarriage of justice. | |
| October 19th, 1988 (October 19 1988) | Death | Son House, American musician (born in 1902) | |
| October 19th, 1987 (October 19 1987) | Event | In retaliation for Iranian attacks on ships in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy disables three of Iran s offshore oil platforms. | |
| October 19th, 1987 (October 19 1987) | Event | (Black Monday) Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points. This is considered a Stock Market Crash. | |
| October 19th, 1987 (October 19 1987) | Death | Jacqueline Du Pre, English cellist (born in 1945) | |
| October 19th, 1987 (October 19 1987) | Death | Hermann Lang, German race car driver (born in 1909) | |
| October 19th, 1986 (October 19 1986) | Event | Samora Machel, President of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, and 33 others died when their Tupolev 134 plane crashed into the Lebombo Mountains. | |
| October 19th, 1986 (October 19 1986) | Death | Dele Giwa, Nigerian journalist | |
| October 19th, 1986 (October 19 1986) | Death | Samora Machel, President of Mozambique (born in 1933) | |
| October 19th, 1985 (October 19 1985) | Death | Alfred Rouleau, French Canadian businessman (born in 1915) | |
| October 19th, 1983 (October 19 1983) | Event | Maurice Bishop, Prime Minister of Grenada, is overthrown and executed in a military coup d etat led by Bernard Coard. | |
| October 19th, 1983 (October 19 1983) | Death | Maurice Bishop, Prime Minister of Grenada (born in 1944) | |
| October 19th, 1982 (October 19 1982) | Birth | Gonzalo Pineda, Mexican footballer | |
| October 19th, 1981 (October 19 1981) | Birth | Heikki Kovalainen, Finnish race car driver | |
| October 19th, 1980 (October 19 1980) | Birth | Benjamin Salisbury, American actor | |
| October 19th, 1979 (October 19 1979) | Birth | Brian Robertson, American trombonist | |
| October 19th, 1979 (October 19 1979) | Birth | Jose Luis "Parejita" Lopez, Mexican footballer | |
| October 19th, 1978 (October 19 1978) | Birth | Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian race car driver | |
| October 19th, 1978 (October 19 1978) | Birth | Zakhar Dubenskiy, Russian footballer | |
| October 19th, 1978 (October 19 1978) | Birth | Henri Sorvali, Finnish musician | |
| October 19th, 1978 (October 19 1978) | Death | Gig Young, American actor (born in 1913) | |
| October 19th, 1977 (October 19 1977) | Birth | Louis-Jose Houde, Canadian stand-up comic | |
| October 19th, 1977 (October 19 1977) | Birth | Jason Reitman, Canadian filmmaker | |
| October 19th, 1977 (October 19 1977) | Birth | Raul Tamudo, Spanish footballer | |
| October 19th, 1976 (October 19 1976) | Event | Battle of Aishiya in Lebanon. The same day, the Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) is placed on the List of Endangered Species. | |
| October 19th, 1976 (October 19 1976) | Birth | Joy Bryant, American actress | |
| October 19th, 1976 (October 19 1976) | Birth | Omar Gooding, American actor | |
| October 19th, 1976 (October 19 1976) | Birth | Desmond Harrington, American actor | |
| October 19th, 1976 (October 19 1976) | Birth | Dan Smith, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| October 19th, 1976 (October 19 1976) | Birth | Michael Young, baseball player | |
| October 19th, 1974 (October 19 1974) | Event | Niue becomes self-govering colony of New Zealand | |
| October 19th, 1973 (October 19 1973) | Event | President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court demand to turn over the Watergate tapes. | |
| October 19th, 1973 (October 19 1973) | Birth | Hicham Arazi, Moroccan tennis player | |
| October 19th, 1973 (October 19 1973) | Birth | Joaquin Gage, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| October 19th, 1973 (October 19 1973) | Death | Walt Kelly, American cartoonist (born in 1913) | Walt Kelly Quotes |
| October 19th, 1972 (October 19 1972) | Birth | Keith Foulke, American baseball pitcher | |
| October 19th, 1972 (October 19 1972) | Birth | Pras, American musician | |
| October 19th, 1970 (October 19 1970) | Birth | Chris Kattan, American comedian and actor | |
| October 19th, 1969 (October 19 1969) | Event | The first Prime Minister of Tunisia in twelve years, Bahi Ladgham, is appointed by President Habib Bourguiba. | |
| October 19th, 1969 (October 19 1969) | Birth | Trey Parker, American cartoonist and actor | |
| October 19th, 1969 (October 19 1969) | Birth | Erwin Sanchez, Bolivian footballer | |
| October 19th, 1969 (October 19 1969) | Birth | DJ Sammy, Spanish DJ | |
| October 19th, 1969 (October 19 1969) | Birth | John Edward, American TV Psychic | |
| October 19th, 1968 (October 19 1968) | Birth | Sinitta, American singer | |
| October 19th, 1967 (October 19 1967) | Birth | Yoko Shimomura, Japanese composer | |
| October 19th, 1966 (October 19 1966) | Birth | Roger R. Cross, Jamaican-born actor | |
| October 19th, 1966 (October 19 1966) | Birth | Jon Favreau, American actor, writer and director | |
| October 19th, 1965 (October 19 1965) | Birth | Brad Daugherty, American basketball player | |
| October 19th, 1965 (October 19 1965) | Birth | Ty Pennington, American television carpenter | |
| October 19th, 1964 (October 19 1964) | Birth | Jorge Luis Gonzales, Cuban-born American boxer | |
| October 19th, 1963 (October 19 1963) | Birth | Prince Laurent of Belgium | |
| October 19th, 1962 (October 19 1962) | Birth | Tracy Chevalier, American author | |
| October 19th, 1962 (October 19 1962) | Birth | Evander Holyfield, American boxer | |
| October 19th, 1960 (October 19 1960) | Event | The United States government places an embargo on Communist Cuba. | |
| October 19th, 1960 (October 19 1960) | Birth | Jonathan FeBland, English musician and artist | |
| October 19th, 1960 (October 19 1960) | Death | George Wallace, Australian vaudevillian and film comedian (born in 1895) | |
| October 19th, 1958 (October 19 1958) | Birth | Tiriel Mora, Australian actor | |
| October 19th, 1958 (October 19 1958) | Birth | Lou Briel, Puerto Rican singer and actor | |
| October 19th, 1957 (October 19 1957) | Birth | Ray Richmond, American columnist and critic | |
| October 19th, 1957 (October 19 1957) | Birth | Karl Wallinger, Welsh musician | |
| October 19th, 1957 (October 19 1957) | Birth | Doug Kirby, American author and travel guide | |
| October 19th, 1956 (October 19 1956) | Birth | Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (died in 1993) | |
| October 19th, 1956 (October 19 1956) | Birth | Bruce Weber, American Basketball Coach | |
| October 19th, 1956 (October 19 1956) | Birth | Sunny Deol, Indian actor | |
| October 19th, 1956 (October 19 1956) | Birth | Didier Theys, Belgian racing driver | |
| October 19th, 1956 (October 19 1956) | Death | Isham Jones, American musician (born in 1894) | |
| October 19th, 1955 (October 19 1955) | Birth | Melpo Kosti, Greek actress | |
| October 19th, 1954 (October 19 1954) | Event | First ascent of Cho Oyu | |
| October 19th, 1954 (October 19 1954) | Birth | Joe Bryant, American basketball player | |
| October 19th, 1954 (October 19 1954) | Birth | Sam Allardyce, English football manager | |
| October 19th, 1954 (October 19 1954) | Birth | Deborah Blum, American writer | |
| October 19th, 1952 (October 19 1952) | Birth | Veronica Castro, Mexican actress and singer | |
| October 19th, 1951 (October 19 1951) | Birth | Demetrios Christodoulou, Greek mathematical physicist, recipient of the Bocher Memorial Prize | |
| October 19th, 1950 (October 19 1950) | Event | The military of the People s Republic of China takes control of the town of Chamdo in eastern Tibet. | |
| October 19th, 1950 (October 19 1950) | Death | Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet (born in 1892) | Edna St. Vincent Millay Quotes |
| October 19th, 1949 (October 19 1949) | Birth | Lynn Dickey, American football player | |
| October 19th, 1949 (October 19 1949) | Birth | Jamie McGrigor, British politician | |
| October 19th, 1948 (October 19 1948) | Birth | Patrick Simmons, American musician | |
| October 19th, 1947 (October 19 1947) | Birth | Giorgio Cavazzano, Italian comic strip artist | |
| October 19th, 1946 (October 19 1946) | Birth | Philip Pullman, English writer | |
| October 19th, 1945 (October 19 1945) | Birth | Divine, American actor (died in 1988) | |
| October 19th, 1945 (October 19 1945) | Birth | Patricia Ireland, American attorney and feminist | |
| October 19th, 1945 (October 19 1945) | Birth | John Lithgow, American actor | |
| October 19th, 1945 (October 19 1945) | Birth | Jeannie C. Riley American country and gospel singer | |
| October 19th, 1944 (October 19 1944) | Event | United States forces land in the Philippines. | |
| October 19th, 1944 (October 19 1944) | Birth | Peter Tosh, Jamaican musician, political activist (died in 1987) | |
| October 19th, 1944 (October 19 1944) | Birth | George McCrae, American soul singer | |
| October 19th, 1943 (October 19 1943) | Event | Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University. | |
| October 19th, 1943 (October 19 1943) | Birth | Robin Holloway, British composer | |
| October 19th, 1943 (October 19 1943) | Birth | Takis Ikonomopoulos, Greek footballer | |
| October 19th, 1943 (October 19 1943) | Death | Camille Claudel, French sculptor (born in 1864) | |
| October 19th, 1942 (October 19 1942) | Birth | Andrew Vachss, American author and attorney | |
| October 19th, 1941 (October 19 1941) | Birth | Simon Ward, British actor | |
| October 19th, 1940 (October 19 1940) | Birth | Michael Gambon, Irish actor | |
| October 19th, 1937 (October 19 1937) | Birth | Peter Max, American artist | |
| October 19th, 1937 (October 19 1937) | Birth | Marilyn Bell, Canadian swimmer | |
| October 19th, 1937 (October 19 1937) | Death | Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, New Zealand physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (born in 1871) | Ernest Rutherford Quotes |
| October 19th, 1936 (October 19 1936) | Birth | Tony Lo Bianco, American actor | |
| October 19th, 1936 (October 19 1936) | Birth | James Bevel, American activist | |
| October 19th, 1936 (October 19 1936) | Death | Lu Xun, Chinese writer (born in 1881) | Lu Xun Quotes |
| October 19th, 1935 (October 19 1935) | Event | The League of Nations places economic sanctions on fascist Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia. | |
| October 19th, 1933 (October 19 1933) | Event | Germany withdraws from the League of Nations. | |
| October 19th, 1932 (October 19 1932) | Birth | Robert Reed, American actor (died in 1992) | |
| October 19th, 1931 (October 19 1931) | Birth | John le Carre, English novelist | |
| October 19th, 1926 (October 19 1926) | Birth | Joel Feinberg, American moral philosopher (died in 2004) | Philo Quotes |
| October 19th, 1926 (October 19 1926) | Birth | Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer and songwriter | |
| October 19th, 1922 (October 19 1922) | Birth | Jack Anderson, American journalist (died in 2005) | |
| October 19th, 1921 (October 19 1921) | Event | Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Granjo and other politicians are murdered in a Lisbon coup. | |
| October 19th, 1920 (October 19 1920) | Birth | Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian philosopher (died in 2003) | Philo Quotes |
| October 19th, 1918 (October 19 1918) | Death | Harold Lockwood, American actor (born in 1887) | |
| October 19th, 1917 (October 19 1917) | Event | Love Field in Dallas, Texas is opened. | |
| October 19th, 1916 (October 19 1916) | Birth | Jean Dausset, French immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| October 19th, 1916 (October 19 1916) | Birth | Emil Gilels, Ukrainian pianist (died in 1985) | |
| October 19th, 1915 (October 19 1915) | Birth | Farid al-Atrash, Syrian composer, musician, and actor (died in 1974) | |
| October 19th, 1914 (October 19 1914) | Event | The First Battle of Ypres begins. | |
| October 19th, 1913 (October 19 1913) | Birth | Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and songwriter (died in 1980) | |
| October 19th, 1912 (October 19 1912) | Event | Italy takes possession of Tripoli, Libya from the Ottoman Empire. | |
| October 19th, 1910 (October 19 1910) | Birth | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1995) | |
| October 19th, 1910 (October 19 1910) | Birth | Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (died in 1980) | |
| October 19th, 1909 (October 19 1909) | Birth | Cozy Cole, American jazz drummer (died in 1981) | |
| October 19th, 1909 (October 19 1909) | Birth | Marguerite Perey, French physicist (died in 1975) | |
| October 19th, 1908 (October 19 1908) | Birth | Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer (died in 1981) | |
| October 19th, 1907 (October 19 1907) | Birth | Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader (died in 1962) | |
| October 19th, 1904 (October 19 1904) | Event | Polytechnic University of the Philippines founded as Manila Business School through the superintendence of the American C.A. O Reilley. | |
| October 19th, 1903 (October 19 1903) | Birth | Tor Johnson, Swedish wrestler and actor (died in 1971) | |
| October 19th, 1901 (October 19 1901) | Birth | Arleigh Burke, American admiral (died in 1996) | |
| October 19th, 1901 (October 19 1901) | Death | Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish financier and industrialist (born in 1829) | |
| October 19th, 1900 (October 19 1900) | Birth | Bill Ponsford, Australian cricketer (died in 1991) | |
| October 19th, 1900 (October 19 1900) | Birth | Roy Worters, Canadian ice hockey goaltender (died in 1957) | |
| October 19th, 1900 (October 19 1900) | Birth | Erna Berger, German soprano (died in 1990) | |
| October 19th, 1899 (October 19 1899) | Birth | Miguel Angel Asturias, Guatemalan writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1974) | |
| October 19th, 1897 (October 19 1897) | Birth | Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani scientist and scholar (died in 1994) | |
| October 19th, 1897 (October 19 1897) | Death | George Pullman, American inventor and industrialist (born in 1831) | |
| October 19th, 1896 (October 19 1896) | Birth | Bob O Farrell, American baseball player (died in 1988) | |
| October 19th, 1895 (October 19 1895) | Birth | Lewis Mumford, American historian (died in 1990) | Lewis Mumford Quotes |
| October 19th, 1895 (October 19 1895) | Birth | Frank Durbin, last American veteran of the Battle of Verdun (d.1999) | |
| October 19th, 1889 (October 19 1889) | Death | King Louis of Portugal (born in 1838) | |
| October 19th, 1885 (October 19 1885) | Birth | Charles Merrill, American investment banker (died in 1956) | |
| October 19th, 1882 (October 19 1882) | Birth | Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter and sculptor (died in 1916) | |
| October 19th, 1876 (October 19 1876) | Birth | Mordecai Brown, American baseball player (died in 1945) | |
| October 19th, 1873 (October 19 1873) | Event | Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and Rutgers universities draft the first code of American football rules. | |
| October 19th, 1873 (October 19 1873) | Birth | Jaap Eden, Dutch skater and cyclist (died in 1925) | |
| October 19th, 1873 (October 19 1873) | Birth | John Barton King, American cricketer (died in 1965) | |
| October 19th, 1864 (October 19 1864) | Event | Battle of Cedar CreekUnion Army under Philip Sheridan destroys Confederate Army under Jubal Early. | |
| October 19th, 1864 (October 19 1864) | Event | Confederate raiders launch an attack on Saint Albans, Vermont from Canada. | |
| October 19th, 1862 (October 19 1862) | Birth | Auguste Lumiere, French inventor (died in 1954) | |
| October 19th, 1858 (October 19 1858) | Birth | George Albert Boulenger, Belgian naturalist (died in 1937) | |
| October 19th, 1856 (October 19 1856) | Death | William Sprague III, American politician from Rhode Island (born in 1799) | |
| October 19th, 1851 (October 19 1851) | Birth | Empress Myeongseong, Empress of Korea (died in 1895) | |
| October 19th, 1851 (October 19 1851) | Death | Marie Therese Charlotte (born in 1778) | |
| October 19th, 1842 (October 19 1842) | Death | Aleksey Koltsov, Russian poet (born in 1808) | |
| October 19th, 1822 (October 19 1822) | Event | In Parnaiba; Simplicio Dias da Silva, Joao Candido de Deus e Silva and Domingos Dias declare the independent state of Piaui. | |
| October 19th, 1813 (October 19 1813) | Event | The Battle of Leipzig concludes, giving Napoleon Bonaparte one of his worst defeats. | Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes |
| October 19th, 1813 (October 19 1813) | Death | Jozef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish prince and Marshal of France (friendly fire) (born in 1763) | |
| October 19th, 1812 (October 19 1812) | Event | Napoleon I of France retreats from Moscow. | |
| October 19th, 1810 (October 19 1810) | Birth | Cassius Marcellus Clay, American abolitionist (died in 1903) | |
| October 19th, 1790 (October 19 1790) | Death | Lyman Hall, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (born in 1724) | |
| October 19th, 1789 (October 19 1789) | Event | Chief Justice John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States. | |
| October 19th, 1784 (October 19 1784) | Birth | John McLoughlin, Canadian fur trader (died in 1857) | |
| October 19th, 1781 (October 19 1781) | Event | At Yorktown, Virginia, British commander Lord Cornwallis surrendered to a Franco-American force led by George Washington and the comte de Rochambeau, paving the way for the end of the American Revolutionary War. | George Washington Quotes |
| October 19th, 1745 (October 19 1745) | Death | Jonathan Swift, Irish author (born in 1667) | Jonathan Swift Quotes |
| October 19th, 1723 (October 19 1723) | Death | Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (born in 1646) | |
| October 19th, 1721 (October 19 1721) | Birth | Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist (died in 1800) | |
| October 19th, 1720 (October 19 1720) | Birth | John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (died in 1772) | |
| October 19th, 1718 (October 19 1718) | Birth | Victor-Francois, 2nd duc de Broglie, Marshal of France (died in 1804) | |
| October 19th, 1688 (October 19 1688) | Birth | William Cheselden, English surgeon and anatomist (died in 1752) | |
| October 19th, 1682 (October 19 1682) | Death | Thomas Browne, English writer (born in 1605) | |
| October 19th, 1680 (October 19 1680) | Birth | John Abernethy, Irish Protestant minister (died in 1740) | |
| October 19th, 1658 (October 19 1658) | Birth | Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died in 1704) | |
| October 19th, 1649 (October 19 1649) | Event | New Ross town, Co. Wexford, Ireland, surrenders to Oliver Cromwell. | Oliver Cromwell Quotes |
| October 19th, 1636 (October 19 1636) | Death | Marcin Kazanowski, Polish politician | |
| October 19th, 1610 (October 19 1610) | Birth | James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (died in 1688) | |
| October 19th, 1608 (October 19 1608) | Death | Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (born in 1551) | |
| October 19th, 1605 (October 19 1605) | Birth | Thomas Browne, English writer (died in 1682) | |
| October 19th, 1587 (October 19 1587) | Death | Francesco I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born in 1541) | |
| October 19th, 1582 (October 19 1582) | Birth | Dmitry Ivanovich, Russian Tsarevich (died in 1591) | |
| October 19th, 1562 (October 19 1562) | Birth | Archbishop George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury (died in 1633) | |
| October 19th, 1512 (October 19 1512) | Event | Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology (Doctor in Biblia). | Martin Luther Quotes |
| October 19th, 1469 (October 19 1469) | Event | Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella I of Castile, a marriage that paves the way to the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country, Spain. | |
| October 19th, 1466 (October 19 1466) | Event | The Thirteen Years War ends with the Second Treaty of Thorn. | |
| October 19th, 1453 (October 19 1453) | Event | The French recapture of Bordeaux brings the Hundred Years War to a close, with the English retaining only Calais on French soil. | |
| October 19th, 1433 (October 19 1433) | Birth | Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (died in 1499) | Philo Quotes |
| October 19th, 1432 (October 19 1432) | Death | John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (born in 1392) | |
| October 19th, 1276 (October 19 1276) | Birth | Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (died in 1328) | |
| October 19th, 1216 (October 19 1216) | Event | King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son Henry. | |
| October 19th, 1216 (October 19 1216) | Death | King John | |
| October 19th, 1187 (October 19 1187) | Death | Pope Urban III | |
| October 19th, 0727 (October 19 0727) | Death | Saint Frideswide | |
| October 19th, 0439 (October 19 0439) | Event | The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in North Africa. | |
| October 19th, 0202 (October 19 0202) | Event | The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. | |
