On This Day: November 19th

A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odesa, Ukraine.

American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

The second Canadian railway line, the Montreal and Lachine Railroad, is opened.

Warsaw University is established.

Finnish War: The Convention of Olkijoki in Raahe ends hostilities in Finland.

The Garinagu arrive at British Honduras (present-day Belize).

The United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign Jay's Treaty, which attempts to resolve some of the lingering problems left over from the American Revolutionary War.

The current Saint Peter's Basilica is consecrated in Rome, replacing an earlier basilica on the same site.

The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah in Iraq.

Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the magister militum Ricimer.