Historical Events In December - 19

0324  On December - 19 licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor.  

0401  St Anastasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 19.  

0401  On December - 19 anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies  

1036  On this day in history su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher  

1055  Seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad on this day in history.  

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

1154  On this day in history henry II becomes King of England  

1154  On this day in history king Henry II of England crowned  

1327  On December - 19 agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy  

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

1498  Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist on December - 19.  

1551  Dutch west coast hit by hurricane on December - 19.  

1562  On December - 19 battle at Dreux: Anne de Montmorency & huguenots under Condé captured  

1614  On December - 19 melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67  

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

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

1686  On this day in history robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe)  

1688  King James II's wife & son flee to France on this day in history.  

1696  Jean-Francois Regnard's "Le Joueur," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

1723  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother on December - 19.  

1732  On December - 19 benjamin Franklin begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack"  

1732  On December - 19 benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack"  

1741  Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on December - 19.  

1744  On December - 19 jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland  

1749  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1753  On December - 19 john Taylor, Virginia, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy)  

1776  Thomas Paine publishes his first "American Crisis" essay on December - 19.  

1776  On this day in history thomas Paine published his 1st "American Crisis" essay, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls"  

1777  Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for the winter on December - 19.  

1777  On December - 19 washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for winter  

1779  Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, Paris France, engraver on this day in history.  

1783  English govt of Pitt Jr forms on December - 19.  

1783  Charles-Julien Brianchon, France, mathematician (Brianchon's theorem) on this day in history.  

1788  Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam on December - 19.  

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1036  Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher was born on this day in history.  

1498  On this day in history birth of andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist  

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

1676  Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of john Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)  

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

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

1075  On December - 19 death of edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England  

1327  On December - 19 death of agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy  

1370  Urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies on December - 19.  

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  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.