Year by year · 21st century
2019
2019 in world history: 7 events and 12 deaths. 188 recorded states existed that year.
Events
Gunman kills 51 at two Christchurch mosques
A white supremacist attacked worshippers at Friday prayers and livestreamed the killings. Within a month New Zealand's parliament banned most semi-automatic weapons.
Event
Christchurch mosque shootings
The Christchurch mosque shootings were terrorist attacks on 15 March 2019, when an Australian white supremacist killed 51 people at the Al Noor Mosque and the Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Event
Hurricane Dorian
Hurricane Dorian was an Atlantic hurricane that struck the northern Bahamas as a Category 5 storm in September 2019.
Treaty · Peace
Riyadh Agreement
The Riyadh Agreement was signed on 5 November 2019 between the internationally recognised Yemeni government and the Southern Transitional Council under Saudi mediation, after the council's forces had seized Aden in August.
In the profiles
New ZealandChristchurch mosque shootings; most semi-automatic weapons banned
QuechuaA doctoral thesis written entirely in Quechua is defended for the first time, at the University of San Marcos in Lima
Wars and longer events
Died in 2019 12
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- APA
- The Epoch Institute. (2026). 2019. In The Epoch Institute, Year by Year. https://the-epoch-institute.org/years/2019
- MLA
- “2019.” The Epoch Institute, Year by Year, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/years/2019. Accessed .
- Chicago
- The Epoch Institute. “2019.” The Epoch Institute, Year by Year. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/years/2019.
- Harvard
- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘2019’, The Epoch Institute, Year by Year. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/years/2019 (Accessed: ).