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 this day in history.  

1554  On this day in history birth of philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)  

1676  On December - 19 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 this day in history.  

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

1723  On this day in history birth of susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother  

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

1753  John Taylor, Virginia, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy) was born on December - 19.  

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1778  On this day in history birth of princess Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte, eldest child of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI (d. 1851)  

1779  On December - 19 birth of auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, Paris France, engraver  

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

1784  Marcus Morton, 16th and 18th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1864) was born on this day in history.  

1790  William Parry, England, Arctic explorer was born on December - 19.  

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

1796  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1824  Hercules Robinson, Ire, South Africa Commissioner (1880-89, 1895-97) was born on December - 19.  

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

1831  Bernice Pauahi Bishop, Hawaiian philanthropist (d. 1884) was born on this day in history.  

1832  John Kirk Barry, Scot, Dr/companion to explorer David Livingstone was born on December - 19.  

1836  Maria L Sanford, pioneer educator (PTA) was born on December - 19.  

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  A[lbert] A Michelson, Strelno Prussia, US physicist (Nobel 1907) was born on this day in history.  

1853  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England  

1327  Death of Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy on December - 19.  

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

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

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

1741  On this day in history vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies  

1749  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on December - 19.