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On October 19, -202: Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage.[citation needed]

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Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage.[citation needed]

The Second Punic War was the second of three wars fought between Carthage and Rome, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the 3rd century BC. For 17 years the two states struggled for supremacy, primarily in Italy and Iberia, but also on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia and, towards the end of the war, in North Africa. After immense materiel and human losses on both sides, the Carthaginians were once again defeated.

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Born on October 19

Carlotta Truman 1999– German singer
Noof Al Maadeed 1998– Qatari women's rights activist (born 1998)
Chance Perdomo 1996– American and British actor (1996–2024)
Bernadeth Pons 1996– Filipina volleyball player
Sammis Reyes 1995– Chilean basketball and gridiron football player (born 1995)
Cal Petersen 1994– American ice hockey player (born 1994)
Anthony Santander 1994– Venezuelan baseball player (born 1994)
Agnė Sereikaitė 1994– Lithuanian speed skater (born 1994)
Hunter King 1993– American actress (born 1993)
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Abby Sunderland 1993– American sailor (born 1993)
Lil Durk 1992– American rapper (born 1992)
Shiho 1992– Actress and model
Colton Dixon 1991– American musician (born 1991)
Tom Kilbey 1990– English footballer (born 1990)
Janet Leon 1990– Swedish singer-songwriter (born 1990)
Ciara Renée 1990– American actress (born 1990)
Endō Shōta 1990– Japanese sumo wrestler
James Gavet 1989– Samoa international rugby league footballer

People

Died on October 19

Daniel Naroditsky American chess grandmaster (1995–2025)
Atsushi Sakurai Japanese musician (1966–2023)
Jack Angel American voice actor and radio personality (1930–2021)
Deborah Orr British journalist (1962–2019)
Umberto Lenzi Italian director and writer (1931–2017)
Phil Chess American record executive (1921–2016)
Giovanni Steffè Italian rower
Bill Daley American football player (1919–2015)
Fleming Mackell Canadian ice hockey player
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Ali Treki Libyan diplomat (1937–2015)
John Holt Jamaican reggae singer (1947–2014)
Stephen Paulus American composer (1949–2014)
Raphael Ravenscroft British musician, composer, and author (1954–2014)
Serena Shim Lebanese-American journalist (1985 –2014)
John Bergamo American percussionist and composer
Noel Harrison English actor and singer (1934–2013)
Ronald Shannon Jackson American jazz drummer (1940–2013)
Mikihiko Renjō Japanese writer (1948–2013)

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Every October 19 on record

  1. -202 Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage.[citation needed]

    War between Rome and Carthage, 218 to 201 BC

    The Second Punic War was the second of three wars fought between Carthage and Rome, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the 3rd century BC. For 17 years the two states struggled for supremacy, primarily in Italy and Iberia, but also on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia and, towards the end of the war, in North Africa. After immense materiel and human losses on both sides, the Carthaginians were once again defeated.

  2. 439 The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in North Africa.

    King of the Vandals and Alans (r. 428–477)

    Gaiseric, also known as Geiseric or Genseric was king of the Vandals and Alans from 428 to 477 AD. He ruled over the Vandal kingdom and played a key role in the decline of the Western Roman Empire during the 5th century.

  3. 1386 The Universität Heidelberg holds its first lecture, making it the oldest German university.

    Public university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

    Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1386 on instruction of Pope Urban VI, Heidelberg is Germany's oldest university and one of the world's oldest surviving universities; it was the third university established in the Holy Roman Empire after Prague (1347) and Vienna (1365). Since 1899, it has been a coeducational institution.

  4. 1453 Hundred Years' War: Three months after the Battle of Castillon, England loses its last possessions in southern France.

    Medieval Anglo-French conflicts, 1337–1453

    The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duchy of Aquitaine and was triggered by a claim to the French throne made by Edward III of England. The war grew into a broader military, economic, and political struggle involving factions from across Western Europe, fuelled by emerging nationalism on both sides.

  5. 1466 The Thirteen Years' War between Poland and the Teutonic Order ends with the Second Treaty of Thorn.

    Conflict between the Prussian Confederation, Poland, and the Teutonic Order

    The Thirteen Years' War, also called the War of the Cities, was a conflict fought in 1454–1466 between the Prussian Confederation, allied with the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, and the State of the Teutonic Order.

  6. 1469 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.
  7. 1512 Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology.
  8. 1579 James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival in Edinburgh.
  9. 1596 The Spanish ship San Felipe runs aground on the coast of Japan and its cargo is confiscated by local authorities.
  10. 1649 New Ross town in Ireland surrenders to Oliver Cromwell.
  11. 1662 An English Buccaneer force led by Royal Navy commodore Christopher Myngs launches an attack on Santiago de Cuba which is subsequently sacked.
  12. 1781 American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
  13. 1789 John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
  14. 1791 Treaty of Drottningholm, between Sweden and Russia
  15. 1805 War of the Third Coalition: Austrian General Mack surrenders his army to Napoleon at the Battle of Ulm.
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  1. 1812 The French invasion of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow.
  2. 1813 War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon is forced to retreat from Germany after the Battle of Leipzig.
  3. 1847 The novel Jane Eyre is published in London.
  4. 1864 American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.
  5. 1864 American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob three banks in Saint Albans, Vermont.
  6. 1866 In accordance with the Treaty of Vienna, Austria cedes Veneto and Mantua to France, which immediately awards them to Italy in exchange for the earlier Italian acquiescence to the French annexation of Savoy and Nice.
  7. 1900 Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
  8. 1912 Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
  9. 1914 World War I: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
  10. 1921 The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.
  11. 1922 British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.
  12. 1935 The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
  13. 1936 New York World-Telegram reporter Herbert Ekins won a race against two other New York newspaper journalists to travel around the world on commercial airline flights. He accomplished the feat in 18 ½ days. His opponents were New York Evening Journal reporter Dorothy Kilgallen, who finished in second place, and New York Times reporter Leo Kieran.
  14. 1943 The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Crete and sunk. Two thousand and ninety-eight Italian prisoners of war drown with it.
  15. 1943 Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.

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