WHAT HAPPENED ON 19. MARCH
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A Mongolian victory at the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. (19. March 1279)

The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and granting certain freedoms to the Huguenots. (19. March 1563)

The House of Commons of England passes an act abolishing the House of Lords, declaring it "useless and dangerous to the people of England". (19. March 1649)

Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men. (19. March 1687)

The Cádiz Cortes promulgates the Spanish Constitution of 1812. (19. March 1812)

The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864. (19. March 1853)

The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand. (19. March 1861)

The SS Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000. (19. March 1863)

American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina. (19. March 1865)

Louis Riel declares a Provisional Government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion. (19. March 1885)

Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph. (19. March 1895)

The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time. (19. March 1918)

The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919). (19. March 1920)

Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them. (19. March 1921)

Italian Fascists shoot from the Parenzana train at a group of children in Strunjan (Slovenia): two children are killed and five wounded. (19. March 1921)

Gambling is legalized in Nevada. (19. March 1931)

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened. (19. March 1932)

World War II: The 99th Pursuit Squadron also known as the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-black unit of the Army Air Corp, is activated. (19. March 1941)

Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard. (19. March 1943)

World War II: Nazi forces occupy Hungary. (19. March 1944)