Editing 2019 (section)

=== April ===
* [[April 2]] – [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]] resigns as [[President of Algeria]] amid [[Hirak (Algeria)|widespread protests]], after nearly two decades in office.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/02/algeria-latest-news-president-abdelaziz-bouteflika-resigns|title=Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns after 20 years|date=April 2, 2019|access-date=April 2, 2019|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402200757/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/02/algeria-latest-news-president-abdelaziz-bouteflika-resigns|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 4]] – [[Libyan civil war (2014–2020)|Second Libyan Civil War]]: The [[Libyan National Army]] (LNA) launches a [[Western Libya campaign|surprise offensive]] in western [[Libya]], moving units towards the [[Government of National Accord]]-held capital [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] and capturing [[Gharyan]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security/eastern-libya-forces-move-west-triggering-alert-in-tripoli-idUSKCN1RF1LQ?il=0 |title= Eastern Libya forces move west, skirmish south of Tripoli |work= [[Reuters]] |date= April 3, 2019 |access-date= April 8, 2019 |archive-date= September 10, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190910180151/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security/eastern-libya-forces-move-west-triggering-alert-in-tripoli-idUSKCN1RF1LQ?il=0 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/libyan-strongman-khalifa-haftar-orders-forces-advance-west-190403155045917.html | title= 'Brief skirmish' near Libya's Tripoli as Haftar's LNA heads west | publisher= [[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]] | date= April 4, 2019 | access-date= April 8, 2019 | archive-date= May 6, 2019 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190506023026/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/libyan-strongman-khalifa-haftar-orders-forces-advance-west-190403155045917.html | url-status= live }}</ref>
* [[April 6]] – [[2019 Maldivian parliamentary election]]: The [[Maldivian Democratic Party]] wins 65 out of the 85 seats in the [[People's Majlis]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://production-new-commonwealth-files.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/migrated/inline/MaldivesFinalReport_13-06-19.pdf |title=Maldives Parliamentary Elections |date=March 6, 2019 |access-date=2023-02-13 |archive-date=February 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228213243/https://production-new-commonwealth-files.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/migrated/inline/MaldivesFinalReport_13-06-19.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 10]]
** Scientists from the [[Event Horizon Telescope]] project announce the first ever image of a [[black hole]], located in the centre of the [[Messier 87|M87 galaxy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/nsf-acf040919.php|title=Astronomers capture first image of a black hole|date=April 10, 2019|access-date=April 10, 2019|website=EurekAlert!|archive-date=November 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130171247/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/nsf-acf040919.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47873592|title=First ever black hole image released|date=April 10, 2019|access-date=April 10, 2019|work=[[BBC News]]|archive-date=April 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410131624/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47873592|url-status=live}}</ref>
** Fossil fragments found in the [[Callao Cave]] in the [[Philippines]] reveal the existence of a new species of human, the ''[[Homo luzonensis]]''. The species is named after [[Luzon]], where the fossils were discovered.<ref>{{cite news |last=Zimmer |first=Carl |author-link=Carl Zimmer |title=A New Human Species Once Lived in This Philippine Cave – Archaeologists in Luzon Island have turned up the bones of a distantly related species, Homo luzonensis, further expanding the human family tree. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/science/homo-luzonensis-philippines-evolution.html |date=April 10, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=April 10, 2019 |archive-date=April 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406164938/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/science/homo-luzonensis-philippines-evolution.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 11]]
** [[WikiLeaks]] co-founder [[Julian Assange]] is [[Indictment and arrest of Julian Assange|arrested]] after seven years in [[Embassy of Ecuador, London|Ecuador's embassy]] in London.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47891737|title=Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder arrested in London|date=April 11, 2019|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=April 11, 2019|archive-date=April 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411111505/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47891737|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/11/julian-assange-arrested-at-ecuadorian-embassy-wikileaks|title=Julian Assange arrested at Ecuadorian embassy|date=April 11, 2019|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=April 11, 2019|archive-date=April 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411095104/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/11/julian-assange-arrested-at-ecuadorian-embassy-wikileaks|url-status=live}}</ref>
** Amid [[Sudanese revolution|mass protests]], [[Omar al-Bashir]] is deposed as [[President of Sudan]] in [[2019 Sudanese coup d'état|a coup d'état]], after nearly 30 years in office.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47891470|title=Sudan military says it has seized power|date=April 11, 2019|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=April 11, 2019|archive-date=April 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411120228/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47891470|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 15]] – During [[Holy Week]], a major [[Notre-Dame fire|fire]] engulfs [[Notre-Dame de Paris|Notre-Dame Cathedral]] in Paris, resulting in the roof and main spire collapsing.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/15/notre-dame-fire-paris-france-cathedral|title=Notre Dame fire: major incident at historic Paris landmark|date=April 15, 2019|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=April 15, 2019|archive-date=May 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527155449/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/15/notre-dame-fire-paris-france-cathedral|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47941794|title=Notre-Dame cathedral: Firefighters tackle blaze in Paris|date=April 15, 2019|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=April 15, 2019|archive-date=February 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221164814/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47941794|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 16]] – The [[Howse Peak]] avalanche kills three noted mountaineers: Austrians [[Hansjörg Auer]] and [[David Lama]], and Canadian [[Jess Roskelley]].<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/22/canada-avalanche-bodies-of-three-renowned-mountaineers-found|title=Canada avalanche: bodies of three renowned mountaineers found|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=April 22, 2019|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=May 10, 2019|archive-date=June 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605163859/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/22/canada-avalanche-bodies-of-three-renowned-mountaineers-found|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 18]] – [[NepaliSat-1]] is launched. It is [[Nepal]]'s first ever research satellite to be sent into space.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/nepalisat-1-to-be-launched-tomorrow/|title=NepaliSat-1 to be launched tomorrow|date=April 17, 2019|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=April 18, 2019|archive-date=April 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418084916/https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/nepalisat-1-to-be-launched-tomorrow/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2019-04-18/nepals-first-ever-satellite-launched-into-space.html|title=Nepal's first ever satellite launched into space|website=kathmandupost.ekantipur.com|language=en|access-date=April 18, 2019|archive-date=April 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418073044/http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2019-04-18/nepals-first-ever-satellite-launched-into-space.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 21]] 
** [[2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings|A series of Islamist bomb attacks]] occur at eight locations in [[Sri Lanka]], including three churches, four hotels and one housing complex in [[Colombo]], on [[Easter|Easter Sunday]], leaving 259 people dead and over 500 injured. It is the deadliest terrorist attack in the country since the [[Sri Lankan civil war|Sri Lankan Civil War]] ended in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/scores-hurt-in-sri-lanka-easter-church-bombings-20190421-p51fyn.html |title=Hundreds killed, 450 injured as explosions rock Catholic churches during Easter mass |date=April 22, 2019 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=April 22, 2019 |archive-date=April 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428014239/https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/scores-hurt-in-sri-lanka-easter-church-bombings-20190421-p51fyn.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[2019 Ukrainian presidential election]]: [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]] is elected the [[President of Ukraine]] in a landslide victory in the second round of voting.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-04-21 |title=Ukraine election: Comedian Zelensky wins presidency by landslide |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48007487 |access-date=2023-10-14 |archive-date=April 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421173305/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48007487 |url-status=live }}</ref> He took office on May 20, 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-05-20 |title=Ukraine's New President Vows To Dissolve Parliament As PM, Other Key Officials Resign |language=en |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/29951792.html |access-date=2023-10-14 |archive-date=May 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520043757/https://www.rferl.org/a/29951792.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 25]] – [[Supreme Leader (North Korean title)|North Korean leader]] [[Kim Jong Un]] visits Russia to hold a [[2019 North Korea–Russia summit|series of summits]] with Russian leaders, including President [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48047279|title=Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un hold Vladivostok summit|date=April 24, 2019|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408105123/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48047279|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 28]] – [[Victor Vescovo]] achieves the deepest dive of any human in history, as he reaches [[Challenger Deep]] within the [[Mariana Trench]], at a depth of 10,928&nbsp;m (35,853&nbsp;ft).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fivedeeps.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/FDE-Challenger-Release-FINAL-5132019.pdf|title=Deepest Submarine Dive in History, Five Deeps Expedition Conquers Challenger Deep|date=May 13, 2019|access-date=May 13, 2019|publisher=Five Deeps|archive-date=February 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203210835/https://fivedeeps.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/FDE-Challenger-Release-FINAL-5132019.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 29]] – Elusive [[Islamic State]] leader [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]] appears in undated footage released by the group, his first appearance on video since 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=ISIL chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi appears in propaganda video|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2019/04/isil-chief-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-appears-propaganda-video-190429163448332.html|date=April 29, 2019|access-date=April 30, 2019|archive-date=April 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429230318/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2019/04/isil-chief-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-appears-propaganda-video-190429163448332.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 30]]
** [[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]] [[Akihito]] of Japan [[2019 Japanese imperial transition|abdicates]] from his [[Chrysanthemum Throne|throne]], the first abdication by a [[Japanese monarchy|Japanese monarch]] in almost two centuries. The abdication ends the [[Heisei era]] [[Japanese era names|of Japan]] and ushers in the [[Reiwa era]] with new emperor [[Naruhito]] ascending the throne on May 1.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-emperor/japans-emperor-akihito-to-abdicate-on-april-30-2019-idUSKBN1DV3AS|title=Japan's Emperor Akihito to abdicate on April 30, 2019|last1=Sieg|last2=Kaneko|first1=Linda|first2=Kaori|date=November 30, 2017|access-date=December 1, 2017|work=[[Reuters]]|archive-date=March 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329172546/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-emperor/japans-emperor-akihito-to-abdicate-on-april-30-2019-idUSKBN1DV3AS|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Japan's emperor prays for peace in first abdication in 200 years|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-emperor/japans-emperor-prays-for-peace-in-first-abdication-in-200-years-idUSKCN1S5245|date=April 30, 2019|access-date=May 1, 2019|work=[[Reuters]]|archive-date=May 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501054826/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-emperor/japans-emperor-prays-for-peace-in-first-abdication-in-200-years-idUSKCN1S5245|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Venezuelan presidential crisis]]: Venezuelan opposition leader and disputed interim President [[Juan Guaidó]] leads [[2019 Venezuelan uprising attempt|an attempted uprising]] against President [[Nicolás Maduro]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/venezuela-latest-juan-guaido-military-uprising-called-coup-attempt-by-president-nicolas-maduro/|title=Venezuela opposition leader attempts to lead military uprising against Maduro|date=April 30, 2019|work=[[CBS News]]|access-date=April 30, 2019|archive-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430171122/https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/venezuela-latest-juan-guaido-military-uprising-called-coup-attempt-by-president-nicolas-maduro/|url-status=live}}</ref>