What happened on 19 July?

10 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 1553 Reign of Mary I Reign of Mary I (1553-1558) as monarch of England (later Britain/UK).
2. 1864 Fall of Nanjing (1864) Qing forces under Zeng Guofan retake Nanjing; Hong Xiuquan dead; ~100,000 killed in the city; effective end of the Taiping.
3. 1980 1980 Summer Olympics boycott US-led boycott of the Moscow Olympics over the Soviet-Afghan war.
4. 1848 Seneca Falls Convention The first women's-rights convention in the US issues the Declaration of Sentiments demanding equality and the vote.
5. 1979 Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua Sandinistas overthrow the Somoza dynasty in Nicaragua.
6. 64 Great Fire of Rome Six-day fire devastates Rome.
7. 1834 Born: Edgar Degas French Impressionist of dancers, racetracks and the Parisian everyday.
8. 1918 First aircraft carrier operations (HMS Furious) HMS Furious launches the first carrier-based air raid (Tondern raid 1918).
9. 1956 America withdraws the Aswan Dam loan Irritated by Nasser's arms deals with the Soviet bloc and recognition of communist China, Washington abruptly cancels its funding for the Aswan High Dam, Egypt's great development
10. 1848 Stanton's Declaration of Sentiments at Seneca Falls The Declaration of Independence rewritten with women in it — 'all men and women are created equal' — and a demand for the vote that split the room.