February 19: Fat Thursday (2009)
* 1594 – King Sigismund III Vasa of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was crowned King of Sweden, succeeding his father John III.
* 1811 – Peninsular War: An outnumbered French force under Édouard Mortier routed and nearly destroyed the Spanish at the Battle of the Gebora near Badajoz, Spain.
* 1819 – English explorer William Smith sighted Livingston Island in the South Shetland archipelago, a group of Antarctic islands about more than 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) south of the Falkland Islands.
* 1942 – World War II: In the largest attacks mounted by a foreign power against Australia, more than 240 bombers and fighters of the Imperial Japanese Navy bombed Darwin, Northern Territory.
* 1986 – The space station Mir of the Soviet space program
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| - February 19: Fat Thursday (2009)
* 1594 – King Sigismund III Vasa of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was crowned King of Sweden, succeeding his father John III.
* 1811 – Peninsular War: An outnumbered French force under Édouard Mortier routed and nearly destroyed the Spanish at the Battle of the Gebora near Badajoz, Spain.
* 1819 – English explorer William Smith sighted Livingston Island in the South Shetland archipelago, a group of Antarctic islands about more than 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) south of the Falkland Islands.
* 1942 – World War II: In the largest attacks mounted by a foreign power against Australia, more than 240 bombers and fighters of the Imperial Japanese Navy bombed Darwin, Northern Territory.
* 1986 – The space station Mir of the Soviet space program
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* 1594 – King Sigismund III Vasa of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was crowned King of Sweden, succeeding his father John III.
* 1811 – Peninsular War: An outnumbered French force under Édouard Mortier routed and nearly destroyed the Spanish at the Battle of the Gebora near Badajoz, Spain.
* 1819 – English explorer William Smith sighted Livingston Island in the South Shetland archipelago, a group of Antarctic islands about more than 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) south of the Falkland Islands.
* 1942 – World War II: In the largest attacks mounted by a foreign power against Australia, more than 240 bombers and fighters of the Imperial Japanese Navy bombed Darwin, Northern Territory.
* 1986 – The space station Mir of the Soviet space program was launched, establishing the first long-term research station in space. More events: February 19 – February 19 – February 19 It is now [[ 30]] 2018 (UTC) – Refresh this page
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