Talk:July 19

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July 19: Seventeenth of Tammuz (Judaism, 2011); Burmese Martyrs' Day; Independence Day in Laos (1949)

64 – The Great Fire of Rome started among the shops around the Circus Maximus, eventually destroying three of fourteen Roman districts and severely damaging seven others.
1545 – The English warship Mary Rose (pictured) foundered and sank just outside Portsmouth during the Battle of the Solent.
1553 – Lady Jane Grey was replaced by Mary I as Queen of England after holding that title for just nine days.
1916 – First World War: "The worst 24 hours in Australia's entire history" occurred when Australian forces suffered heavy losses in their unsuccessful assault on the Germans at the Battle of Fromelles in France.
1981 – French President François Mitterrand privately revealed to U.S. President Ronald Reagan documents showing that the Soviets had been stealing American technological research and development.