WikiPedia:Selected anniversaries/July 19
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- 711 – Muslim forces under Tariq ibn-Ziyad defeated Roderic, king of the Visigoths, in Spain.
- 1553 – Lady Jane Grey was replaced by Mary I of England as Queen of England after holding that title for just nine days.
- 1848 – The two-day Women's Rights Convention opened in Seneca Falls, New York, United States.
- 1870 – France declared war on Prussia, starting the Franco-Prussian War.
- 1979 – Sandinista rebels overthrew the US-backed government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
