Editing 2019 (section)

=== January ===
* [[January 1]] 
** [[Romania]] takes over the [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union]], after the [[2018 Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union|Austrian presidency]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mediafax.ro/politic/romania-preia-de-la-1-ianuarie-2019-presedintia-consiliului-ue-care-sunt-principalele-atributii-17800680|title=România preia de la 1 ianuarie 2019 președinția Consiliului UE. Care sunt principalele atribuții|first=Maria|last=Stan|newspaper=[[Mediafax]]|date=31 December 2018|language=ro}}</ref>
** ''[[New Horizons]]'' makes a close approach to the [[Kuiper belt|Kuiper belt object]] (KBO) [[486958 Arrokoth]] at 05:33 [[UTC]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Kenneth |title=New Horizons Spacecraft Completes Flyby of Ultima Thule, the Most Distant Object Ever Visited |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/science/new-horizons-ultima-thule.html |date=December 31, 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=January 1, 2019 |archive-date=November 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119160017/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/science/new-horizons-ultima-thule.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 
** [[Jair Bolsonaro]] begins his four-year term as [[President of Brazil]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/01/jair-bolsonaro-inauguration-brazil-president|title=Bolsonaro declares Brazil's 'liberation from socialism' as he is sworn in|date=January 1, 2019|author=Dom Phillips|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=October 15, 2021|archive-date=October 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029212954/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/01/jair-bolsonaro-inauguration-brazil-president|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Qatar]] withdraws from [[OPEC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/about_us/25.htm|title=Member Countries|website=OPEC|access-date=October 15, 2021|archive-date=April 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413105753/https://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/about_us/25.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
** Works published by authors who died in [[1948]] enter the public domain in [[International copyright treaties|many countries]]. In the [[Copyright law of the United States|U.S.]], all works published in [[1923]] enter the public domain, the first entry of published works into the public domain since [[Copyright Term Extension Act|1998]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ockerbloom |first=John Mark |date=2019-01-01 |title=Public Domain Day 2019: Welcome to 1923! |url=https://everybodyslibraries.com/2019/01/01/public-domain-day-2019-welcome-to-1923/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Everybody's Libraries |language=en |archive-date=September 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913050552/https://everybodyslibraries.com/2019/01/01/public-domain-day-2019-welcome-to-1923/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 2]] – Adventist Health Systems and its [[Subsidiary|subsidiaries]] rebranded to [[AdventHealth#History|AdventHealth]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2018/08/14/florida-hospital-adventist-health-system-announce-new-name-adventhealth/|title=Florida Hospital, Adventist Health System announces new name: AdventHealth|last=Miller|first=Naseem|date=August 14, 2018|newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|url-access=subscription|access-date=January 7, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/Florida-Hospital-to-change-its-name-to-AdventHealth_170889366/|title=Florida Hospital to change its name to AdventHealth|last=Griffin|first=Justine|date=August 14, 2018|newspaper=[[Tampa Bay Times]]|access-date=January 7, 2025}}</ref>
* [[January 3]] – [[Chinese space program|Chinese probe]] [[Chang'e 4]] becomes the first artificial object to land on the [[far side of the Moon]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-lands-probe-on-dark-side-of-the-moon-11546493599 |title=China Lands Probe on the 'Dark Side' of the Moon |last=Moss |first=Trefor |date=January 3, 2019 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=January 3, 2019 |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412020545/https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-lands-probe-on-dark-side-of-the-moon-11546493599 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 5]] – [[Bartholomew I of Constantinople]] issues a [[Tomos (Eastern Orthodox Church)|formal decree]] granting [[Autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine|independence]] to the [[Orthodox Church of Ukraine]] from the [[Russian Orthodox Church]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46768270 |title=Ukraine Orthodox Church granted independence from Russian Church |date=January 5, 2019 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=January 8, 2019 |archive-date=January 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108002832/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46768270 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 6]] – [[Muhammad V of Kelantan]] abdicates the federal throne as the 15th [[King of Malaysia|monarch of Malaysia]], the first Malaysian monarch to do so.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46775499 |title=Malaysia king: Sultan Muhammad V abdicates in historic first |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=January 6, 2019 |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=January 8, 2019 |archive-date=January 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107112311/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46775499 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 7]] – A faction of the [[Armed Forces of Gabon]] attempts a [[2019 Gabonese coup attempt|coup d'état]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46779854 | title=Gabon coup attempt: Government says situation under control | date=January 7, 2019 | website=[[BBC News]] | access-date=July 3, 2023 | archive-date=May 29, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529034233/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46779854 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 10]] – [[Venezuela]] enters a [[Venezuelan presidential crisis|presidential crisis]] as [[Juan Guaidó]] and the [[National Assembly (Venezuela)|National Assembly]] declare incumbent [[President of Venezuela|President]] [[Nicolás Maduro]] "illegitimate".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.semana.com/mundo/articulo/juan-guaido-esta-dispuesto-a-asumir-como-presidente-interino-en-venezuela/597392|title=¿Venezuela tiene un presidente interino?|date=January 11, 2019|access-date=January 13, 2019|work=Semana|archive-date=January 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113034622/https://www.semana.com/mundo/articulo/juan-guaido-esta-dispuesto-a-asumir-como-presidente-interino-en-venezuela/597392|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 14]] – [[Paweł Adamowicz]], [[mayor of Gdańsk]], died after [[Assassination of Paweł Adamowicz|he was stabbed]] shortly after his speech on 27. finale of [[Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity|WOŚP]].
* [[January 23]] – [[Venezuelan presidential crisis]]: Thousands of people protest in favor of disputed interim President [[Juan Guaidó]]. Several people are killed, and [[Nicolás Maduro|President Maduro]] severs [[United States–Venezuela relations#2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis and rapprochement|U.S. diplomatic ties]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/world/2019/1/23/18194881/venezuela-maduro-diplomats-trump-guaido|title=Venezuelan President Maduro is severing diplomatic ties with the US|date=January 23, 2019|access-date=January 23, 2019|archive-date=January 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124015330/https://www.vox.com/world/2019/1/23/18194881/venezuela-maduro-diplomats-trump-guaido|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 25]] – A mine tailings dam [[Brumadinho dam disaster|breaks]] in [[Brumadinho]], [[Minas Gerais]], [[Brazil]]. At least 248 people are killed, with 22 missing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-48935651|title=Brazil's Vale ordered to pay compensation for dam disaster|date=July 10, 2019|website=[[BBC News]]|language=en|access-date=August 9, 2019|archive-date=August 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823142336/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-48935651|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 28]] – The [[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Justice Department]] charges [[Chinese technology|Chinese tech firm]] [[Huawei]] with multiple counts of fraud, raising [[China–United States relations|U.S.–China tensions]].<ref>{{cite news|title=US files charges against China's Huawei and CFO Meng Wanzhou|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47036515|date=January 28, 2019|access-date=January 28, 2019|work=[[BBC News]]|archive-date=January 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128215821/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47036515|url-status=live}}</ref>