Famous Deaths In December - 19

0401  Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on December - 19.   

1075  Death of Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England on December - 19.   

1327  On this day in history death of agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy   

1370  Urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies on this day in history.   

1614  Melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1737  Death of James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667) on December - 19.   

1741  On December - 19 vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies   

1749  On this day in history francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76   

1751  Death of Louise of Great Britain, wife of Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1724) on December - 19.   

1798  Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at 62 on December - 19.   

1800  On December - 19 georg Peter Weimar, composer, dies at 66   

1804  Mary Bright, British PM Rockingham, dies on December - 19.   

1807  On December - 19 death of friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, German writer (b. 1723)   

1810  Johann Heinrich Egli, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1813  Death of James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1744) on December - 19.   

1814  On December - 19 death of joseph Bramah, Inventor and Locksmith, notably invented the beer pump   

1815  On this day in history michel Woldemar, composer, dies at 65   

1819  On December - 19 death of sir Thomas Fremantle, British naval officer and politician (b. 1765)   

1823  Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer, dies at 67 on December - 19.   

1848  On this day in history adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77   

1851  J M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam & Speed), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1867  Jean-Georges Kastner, composer, dies at 57 on December - 19.   

1878  On this day in history death of bayard Taylor, American author and poet (b. 1825)   

1914  On this day in history johann F Ritter von Schulte, German catholic lawyer, dies at 87   

1915  On this day in history alvis Alzheimer, German neurologist (Alzheimer Disease), dies at 51   

1925  Jose Ignacio Quinton, composer, dies at 44 on December - 19.   

1930  On December - 19 death of johnny Douglas, cricketer (soccer int, boxing gold medal), drowns   

1932  Death of Yoon Bong-Gil, Korean activist (b. 1908) on December - 19.   

1933  Death of George Jackson Churchward, GWR Chief mechanical engineer. (b. 1857) on this day in history.   

1938  On December - 19 death of stephen Warfield Gambrill, U.S. Congressman (b. 1873)   

1939  On December - 19 eric Fogg, composer, dies at 36   

1941  On December - 19 l M Dovator, Russian general, dies in battle   

1944  On December - 19 death of rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur (b. 1856)   

1946  On December - 19 death of paul Langevin, French physicist (b. 1872)   

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1036  Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher was born on December - 19.   

1498  Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist was born on this day in history.   

1554  Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618) was born on December - 19.   

1676  On December - 19 birth of louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist   

1683  Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) was born on this day in history.   

1699  William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) was born on December - 19.   

1714  John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779) was born on December - 19.   

1723  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother was born on this day in history.