Famous Birthdays In December - 19

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

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

1554  Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618) was born on this day in history.  

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

1683  On this day in history birth of philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)  

1699  On December - 19 birth of william Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)  

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 December - 19.  

1744  Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland was born on this day in history.  

1753  On this day in history birth of john Taylor, Virginia, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy)  

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

1784  Marcus Morton, 16th and 18th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1864) was born on December - 19.  

1790  On December - 19 birth of william Parry, England, Arctic explorer  

1792  [Andries] Hendrik Potgieter, Cape Colony, settled Transvaal was born on December - 19.  

1796  Manuel Breton de los Herreros, Quel Spain, poet/comic playwright was born on December - 19.  

1797  Josef Theodor Krov, composer was born on December - 19.  

1809  On December - 19 birth of pierre-Joseph van Beneden, Belg, paleont (life cycle of tapeworms)  

1813  On December - 19 birth of thomas Andrews, Belfast Ireland, chemist/physicist (ozone)  

1814  On this day in history birth of edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, Ohio, US Secretary of War (1861-65)  

1817  James Jay Archer, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1864 was born on December - 19.  

1819  On December - 19 birth of james Clifford Veatch, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1895  

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

1824  Hercules Robinson, Ire, South Africa Commissioner (1880-89, 1895-97) was born on this day in history.  

1825  George Frederick Bristow, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1832  On this day in history birth of john Kirk Barry, Scot, Dr/companion to explorer David Livingstone  

1836  Maria L Sanford, pioneer educator (PTA) was born on this day in history.  

1837  On this day in history birth of john Carpenter Carter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864  

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

1852  On this day in history birth of a[lbert] A Michelson, Strelno Prussia, US physicist (Nobel 1907)  

1853  On this day in history birth of charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian politician, lieutenant-governor of Quebec (d. 1942)\  

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

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

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

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

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

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

1737  Death of James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667) on this day in history.  

1741  Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on this day in history.  

1749  On December - 19 francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76