1216
Politics
Widowhood upon death of King John
King John of England died, leaving Isabella a royal widow.
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19October
23 indexed achievements across recorded history.
1469
Politics
Marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon
Married Ferdinand of Aragon in Valladolid, forging the dynastic union that underpinned the future political unification of Spain.
View details1835
Science
Birth of Amanda Theodosia Jones
Amanda Theodosia Jones was born in East Bloomfield, New York, on October 19, 1835.
View details1850
Exploration
Born in Providence, Rhode Island
Annie Smith Peck was born on October 19, 1850, in Providence, Rhode Island, the only daughter among five children of a prominent local family.
View details1868
Politics
Birth of Bertha Knight Landes
Bertha Knight Landes was born in Ware, Massachusetts.
View details1904
Science
Marriage to Frank Bunker Gilbreth
Married Frank Gilbreth, beginning influential partnership in motion study.
View details1909
Science
Birth in Villemomble, France
Marguerite Catherine Perey was born in Villemomble, a town east of Paris, France.
View details1922
Science
Appointed First Female Chief of the Seminole Nation
On October 19, 1922, Alice Brown Davis was appointed by President Warren G. Harding as the first female chief of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.
View details1943
Politics
First woman officially to preside over the U.S. Senate
Hattie Caraway was the first woman to officially preside over the U.S. Senate.
View details1943
Arts
Death of Camille Claudel
Camille Claudel died on October 19, 1943, in Montdevergues, France.
View details1950
Literature
Millay's Death
Edna St. Vincent Millay died on October 19, 1950, in Austerlitz, New York.
View details1962
Science
Nobel Prize awarded for work on DNA structure
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded for DNA structure discovery.
View details1965
Activism
Recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem formally recognized Irena Sendler as Righteous Among the Nations, honoring her rescue of thousands of Jewish children during the Holocaust.
View details1982
Science
Joint patent for toilet tissue holder
Joint toilet tissue holder patent awarded with her sister, designed for accessibility.
View details1989
Science
Birth of Jaqueline Goes de Jesus
Jaqueline Goes de Jesus was born on October 19, 1989, in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
View details1999
Science
Death of Nathalie Sarraute in Paris
Nathalie Sarraute died on October 19, 1999, in Paris at the age of 99, having remained a towering figure of French letters.
View details1999
2003
Activism
Beatification by Pope John Paul II
Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II in Rome.
View details2003
2013
Science
Death of Hilda Hänchen
Hilda Hänchen, co-discoverer of the Goos–Hänchen effect in optics, died on October 19, 2013.
View details2020
Sports
Eighth U.S. Women’s Championship title (2020)
Krush won her eighth U.S. Women’s Championship in the 2020 online edition.
View details2022
Arts
Praemium Imperiale in Architecture award
Sejima and Nishizawa of SANAA were announced as recipients of the 2022 Praemium Imperiale in Architecture, awarded by the Japan Art Association.
View details2023
Arts
First Black recipient of the Coolidge Award
Coolidge Corner Theatre names her first Black recipient of its prestigious Coolidge Award.
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