Famous Birthdays In December - 19

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 December - 19.  

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

1676  On this day in history birth of louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist  

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

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

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

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

1779  Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, Paris France, engraver was born on December - 19.  

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  William Parry, England, Arctic explorer was born on this day in history.  

1792  [Andries] Hendrik Potgieter, Cape Colony, settled Transvaal was born on this day in history.  

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

1797  On this day in history birth of josef Theodor Krov, composer  

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

1813  Thomas Andrews, Belfast Ireland, chemist/physicist (ozone) was born on this day in history.  

1814  On December - 19 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 this day in history.  

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

1821  Mary Ashton Livermore, American reformer/women's suffrage leader was born on December - 19.  

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 December - 19 birth of bernice Pauahi Bishop, Hawaiian philanthropist (d. 1884)  

1832  On December - 19 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  John Carpenter Carter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.  

1849  Henry Clay Frick, Penn, built world's largest coke & steel operation was born on December - 19.  

1852  A[lbert] A Michelson, Strelno Prussia, US physicist (Nobel 1907) was born on December - 19.  

1853  On December - 19 birth of charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian politician, lieutenant-governor of Quebec (d. 1942)\  

1861  On this day in history 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  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  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  On December - 19 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.