Famous Deaths In December - 19

0401  Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on this day in history.  

1075  Death of Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England on this day in history.  

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 December - 19.  

1614  Melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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.  

1751  On December - 19 death of louise of Great Britain, wife of Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1724)  

1798  On December - 19 charles-Joseph Panckoucke, publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at 62  

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1800  Georg Peter Weimar, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1804  Mary Bright, British PM Rockingham, dies on this day in history.  

1807  On this day in history death of friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, German writer (b. 1723)  

1810  On December - 19 johann Heinrich Egli, composer, dies at 68  

1813  Death of James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1744) on December - 19.  

1814  On this day in history death of joseph Bramah, Inventor and Locksmith, notably invented the beer pump  

1815  On December - 19 michel Woldemar, composer, dies at 65  

1819  Death of Sir Thomas Fremantle, British naval officer and politician (b. 1765) on this day in history.  

1823  On December - 19 nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer, dies at 67  

1848  On December - 19 adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77  

1851  On this day in history j M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam & Speed), dies at 76  

1867  On December - 19 jean-Georges Kastner, composer, dies at 57  

1878  On December - 19 death of bayard Taylor, American author and poet (b. 1825)  

1914  On December - 19 johann F Ritter von Schulte, German catholic lawyer, dies at 87  

1915  On December - 19 alvis Alzheimer, German neurologist (Alzheimer Disease), dies at 51  

1925  Jose Ignacio Quinton, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

1930  Death of Johnny Douglas, cricketer (soccer int, boxing gold medal), drowns on this day in history.  

1932  On December - 19 death of yoon Bong-Gil, Korean activist (b. 1908)  

1933  On this day in history death of george Jackson Churchward, GWR Chief mechanical engineer. (b. 1857)  

1938  On this day in history death of stephen Warfield Gambrill, U.S. Congressman (b. 1873)  

1939  On this day in history eric Fogg, composer, dies at 36  

1941  On December - 19 l M Dovator, Russian general, dies in battle  

1944  Death of Rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur (b. 1856) on this day in history.  

1946  On this day in history death of paul Langevin, French physicist (b. 1872)  

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1036  Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher was born on December - 19.  

1498  On December - 19 birth of andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist  

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 December - 19.  

1683  Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) was born on December - 19.  

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

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

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