Today in Military History:
April 19
Events of Military significance on this day:
| | 1587 | Battle of Cadiz. "Singeing the King of Spain's beard," Sir Francis Drake destroyed over 45 Spanish vessels without any losses to his forces. |
| | 1775 | Patriots Day, Battle of Lexington and Concord. "The shot heard 'round the world," marks the beginning of the American Revolution. |
| | 1849 | Battle of Nagy-Sarbo. Hungarians bridge the Gran River against Austrian opposition. |
| | 1858 | Battle of Banda, 1,000 British troops rout 7,000 mutineers led by the Nawab of Banda. |
| | 1943 | Uprising in the Warsaw ghetto begins. |
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