September 19 spans 51 recorded events across recorded history, from 96 to 2023. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date. 1893 — In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote. By thisDay.info Editorial Team · September 19 — Wikipedia More major events on September 19 The featured story and these ranked highlights form a quick summary. Every recorded event remains available in the chronology below. 2006 The Thai army stages a coup. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared. Source 1960 Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistani President Ayub Khan sign the Indus Waters Treaty for the control and management of the Indus, Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, Sutlej and Beas rivers. Source Kate Sheppard was a prominent leader in the women's suffrage movement in New Zealand. The women's suffrage campaign in New Zealand began to gain momentum in the late 19th century. New Zealand's parliament passed the Electoral Act of 1893, granting women the right to vote. The country's governor gave consent to the Electoral Act, making New Zealand the first nation to grant women's suffrage. Women's suffrage in New Zealand paved the way for other countries to grant women the right to vote in parliamentary elections. Nerva, suspected of complicity of the death of Domitian, is declared emperor by Senate. Siege of Damascus: The Rashidun Arabs under Khalid ibn al-Walid capture Damascus from the Byzantine Empire. Battle of Poitiers: An English army under the command of Edward the Black Prince defeats a French army and captures King John II. End of the Siege of Marienburg: The State of the Teutonic Order repulses the joint Polish—Lithuanian forces. Imperial-Spanish forces under the count of Tilly and Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba capture Heidelberg, the capital of the Palatinate during the Thirty Years' War. Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion. American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga. The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget. George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public. French Revolutionary Wars: French-Dutch victory against the Russians and British in the Battle of Bergen. Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette. Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte. American Civil War: Union troops under William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by Sterling Price. American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater. American Civil War: Union troops under Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by Jubal Early. La Gloriosa begins in Spain. Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. A stampede at Shiloh Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, leads to the death of 115 attendees. World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting. The battle of Megiddo begins in which British forces attack the right flank of the Ottoman army during World War I.

World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged. World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp to gather and smuggle out information for the resistance movement. World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed, which officially ended the Continuation War. The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich. Korean War: An attack by North Korean forces was repelled at the Battle of Nam River. Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistani President Ayub Khan sign the Indus Waters Treaty for the control and management of the Indus, Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, Sutlej and Beas rivers. Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival. Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos. Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew. Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object. The Solomon Islands join the United Nations. Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system. Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence. A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City. Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa, John Denver, and other musicians testify at U.S. A bomb destroys UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing all 170 passengers and crew. Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria. The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber Manifesto. The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people. The Thai army stages a coup. A Learjet 60 carrying musicians Travis Barker and Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein crashes during a rejected takeoff from Colombia Metropolitan Airport in West Columbia, South Carolina, killing four of the six people on board. The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed. Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time career saves leader with 602. In the wake of a manhunt, the suspect in a series of bombings in New York and New Jersey is apprehended after a shootout with police. The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage. The Cumbre Vieja volcano, on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, erupts. The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is held at Westminster Abbey, London. A strong earthquake kills 2 and injures over 30 in Mexico's state of Michoacán. Azerbaijan launches a military offensive against the Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh region; this leads to the flight of the Armenian population. History runs on facts, and this project runs on coffee! Your support is incredibly helpful and genuinely appreciated.