Events for April 19

April 19, 1905

Aviator Jim Mollinson who married Amy Johnson, was born in Glasgow.

James Allan Mollison MBE (19 April 1905 – 30 October 1959) was a Scottish pioneer aviator who, flying solo or with his wife, Amy Johnson, set many records during the rapid development of aviation in the 1930s.

April 19, 1366

The Statute of Kilkenny

The English parliament, alarmed at the apparent undermining by native influences of the settler populations Englishness, passes the Statute of Kilkenny, the name given to a body of laws promulgated in 1366 with the object of strengthening the English authority in Ireland. This aims to halt the widespread adoption by the Norman-Irish, especially in frontier

April 19, 1390

Robert II, grandson of Robert the Bruce, died at Dundonald Castle.

Robert II (2 March 1316 – 19 April 1390) was King of Scots from 1371 to his death in 1390. The son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, and Marjorie, daughter of King Robert the Bruce, he was the first monarch of the House of Stewart. Upon the death of his uncle David II, Robert succeeded to the throne.

April 19, 1689

Earl of Angus forms the Cameronians into a regiment.

The Regiment was raised near Douglas by James, Earl of Angus in 1689, drawn from among the Cameronians, and placed under the service of William III.