2012 14 years ago Historical Events July 19 4 sources

Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Kobanî without resistance, starting the Rojava conflict in Northeast Syria.

On July 19, in the year 2012, Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Kobanî without resistance, starting the Rojava conflict in Northeast Syria. This event is recorded as a Historical Events event in the history of July 19, a notable event in this corner of history.

The Syrian civil war was an armed conflict that began with the Syrian revolution in March 2011, when popular discontent with the Ba'athist regime ruled by Bashar al-Assad triggered large-scale protests and pro-democracy rallies across Syria, as part of the wider Arab Spring. The Assad regime responded to the protests with lethal force, which led to a series of defections, the emergence of armed opposition groups, and the civilian uprising descending into a civil war. The war lasted almost 14 years and culminated in the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. Many sources regard this as the end of the civil war even though clashes have continued into 2026.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on July 19, 2012 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Historical Events event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 4 Wikipedia articles.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 12 July 2026.

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Notable Deaths 2024 Jul 19 Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Vietnamese politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (born 1944)
Notable Deaths 2024 Jul 19 Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player and police officer (born 1932)
Notable Deaths 2024 Jul 19 James C. Scott, American political scientist and anthropologist (born 1936)
Notable Deaths 2024 Jul 19 Esta TerBlanche, South African actress (born 1973)
Selected Events 2024 Jul 19 Neary's, a New York City Irish pub popular with political elites, closed.
Notable Deaths 2019 Jul 19 Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, director, and producer (born 1944)
Historical Events 2018 Jul 19 The Knesset passes the controversial Nationality Bill, which defines the State of Israel as the nation-state of the…
Notable Deaths 2018 Jul 19 Jon Schnepp, American producer, director, voice actor, editor, writer, cartoonist, animator, and cinematographer (born…
Notable Deaths 2018 Jul 19 Denis Ten, Kazakhstani figure skater (born 1993)
Notable Deaths 2016 Jul 19 Garry Marshall, American actor, director, and producer (born 1934)
Notable Deaths 2015 Jul 19 Van Alexander, American composer and conductor (born 1915)
Notable Deaths 2015 Jul 19 Galina Prozumenshchikova, Ukrainian-Russian swimmer and journalist (born 1948)
Notable Deaths 2015 Jul 19 Carmino Ravosa, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2015 Jul 19 Gennadiy Seleznyov, Russian journalist and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Duma (born 1947)
Historical Events 2014 Jul 19 Gunmen in Egypt's western desert province of New Valley Governorate attack a military checkpoint, killing at least 21…
Notable Deaths 2014 Jul 19 Rubem Alves, Brazilian theologian (born 1933)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jul 19 Skye McCole Bartusiak, American child actress and child model (born 1992)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jul 19 David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist and academic (born 1917)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jul 19 Paul M. Fleiss, American pediatrician and author (born 1933)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jul 19 James Garner, American actor (born 1928)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jul 19 Jerzy Jurka, Polish biologist (born 1950)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jul 19 Ray King, English footballer and manager (born 1924)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jul 19 Ingemar Odlander, Swedish journalist (born 1936)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jul 19 Harry Pougher, English cricketer (born 1941)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jul 19 Leen Vleggeert, Dutch politician (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jul 19 John Winkin, American baseball player, coach, and journalist (born 1919)
Selected Events 2014 Jul 19 Gunmen ambushed an Egyptian military checkpoint in the Libyan Desert near Farafra, killing 22 soldiers.
Notable Deaths 2013 Jul 19 Mikhail Gorsheniov, Russian singer-songwriter (born 1973)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jul 19 Geeto Mongol, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jul 19 Mel Smith, English actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1952)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jul 19 Bert Trautmann, German footballer and manager (born 1923)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jul 19 Phil Woosnam, Welsh-American soccer player and manager (born 1932)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jul 19 Peter Ziegler, Swiss geologist and academic (born 1928)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jul 19 Leyla Erbil, Turkish author (born 1931)
Selected Events 2013 Jul 19 The NASA spacecraft Cassini took a photograph of Saturn with Earth in the distance (detail pictured), for which people…
Notable Deaths 2012 Jul 19 Humayun Ahmed, Bangladeshi director and playwright (born 1948)
Notable Deaths 2012 Jul 19 Tom Davis, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1952)
Notable Deaths 2012 Jul 19 Mohammad Hassan Ganji, Iranian meteorologist and academic (born 1912)
Notable Deaths 2012 Jul 19 Omar Suleiman, Egyptian general and politician, 16th Vice President of Egypt (born 1935)
Notable Deaths 2012 Jul 19 Sylvia Woods, American businesswoman, co-founded Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem (born 1926)
Notable Deaths 2012 Jul 19 Valiulla Yakupov, Islamic cleric (born 1963)
Historical Events 2011 Jul 19 Guinean President Alpha Condé survives an attempted assassination and coup d'état at his residence in Conakry.
Notable Deaths 2010 Jul 19 Cécile Aubry, French actress, author, television screenwriter and director (born 1928)
Notable Deaths 2010 Jul 19 Jon Cleary, Australian author and playwright (born 1917)
Notable Deaths 2009 Jul 19 Frank McCourt, American author and educator (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2009 Jul 19 Henry Surtees, English race car driver (born 1991)

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