Famous Birthdays In December - 19

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

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

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  On December - 19 birth of philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)  

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  On this day in history birth of susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother  

1744  On this day in history birth of jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland  

1753  John Taylor, Virginia, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy) was born on this day in history.  

1778  On December - 19 birth of princess Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte, eldest child of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI (d. 1851)  

1779  On this day in history birth of auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, Paris France, engraver  

1783  On December - 19 birth of charles-Julien Brianchon, France, mathematician (Brianchon's theorem)  

1784  On December - 19 birth of marcus Morton, 16th and 18th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1864)  

1790  On this day in history birth of william Parry, England, Arctic explorer  

1792  On this day in history birth of [Andries] Hendrik Potgieter, Cape Colony, settled Transvaal  

1796  On December - 19 birth of manuel Breton de los Herreros, Quel Spain, poet/comic playwright  

1797  On December - 19 birth of josef Theodor Krov, composer  

1809  Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, Belg, paleont (life cycle of tapeworms) was born on December - 19.  

1813  On this day in history birth of thomas Andrews, Belfast Ireland, chemist/physicist (ozone)  

1814  Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, Ohio, US Secretary of War (1861-65) was born on this day in history.  

1817  On this day in history birth of james Jay Archer, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1864  

1819  James Clifford Veatch, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1895 was born on this day in history.  

1821  On December - 19 birth of mary Ashton Livermore, American reformer/women's suffrage leader  

1824  On this day in history birth of hercules Robinson, Ire, South Africa Commissioner (1880-89, 1895-97)  

1825  On December - 19 birth of george Frederick Bristow, composer  

1831  On this day in history birth of bernice Pauahi Bishop, Hawaiian philanthropist (d. 1884)  

1832  John Kirk Barry, Scot, Dr/companion to explorer David Livingstone was born on this day in history.  

1836  On December - 19 birth of maria L Sanford, pioneer educator (PTA)  

1837  John Carpenter Carter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on December - 19.  

1849  On December - 19 birth of henry Clay Frick, Penn, built world's largest coke & steel operation  

1852  On December - 19 birth of a[lbert] A Michelson, Strelno Prussia, US physicist (Nobel 1907)  

1853  Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian politician, lieutenant-governor of Quebec (d. 1942)\ was born on this day in history.  

1861  On December - 19 birth of constance [Clara] Garnett, Brighton Engld, Russian-English translator  

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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 this day in history.  

1327  Death of Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy on this day in history.  

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

1614  On this day in history melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67  

1737  On this day in history death of james Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667)  

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

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