What happend on 19th May

18.05
20.05
1643

Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.

1604

The town of Montreal is founded.

1568

Queen Elizabeth I of England has Mary Queen of Scots arrested.

1536

Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery.

1535

French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons (whom Cartier kidnapped during his first voyage).