Famous Deaths In December - 19

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

1075  Death of Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England on December - 19.  

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 December - 19 melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67  

1737  On December - 19 death of james Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667)  

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

1749  On this day in history francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76  

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

1798  Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1800  On this day in history georg Peter Weimar, composer, dies at 66  

1804  Mary Bright, British PM Rockingham, dies on December - 19.  

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

1810  Johann Heinrich Egli, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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

1814  On December - 19 death of joseph Bramah, Inventor and Locksmith, notably invented the beer pump  

1815  Michel Woldemar, composer, dies at 65 on December - 19.  

1819  Death of Sir Thomas Fremantle, British naval officer and politician (b. 1765) on December - 19.  

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

1848  On this day in history adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77  

1851  On December - 19 j M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam & Speed), dies at 76  

1867  On this day in history jean-Georges Kastner, composer, dies at 57  

1878  On this day in history 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  On this day in history jose Ignacio Quinton, composer, dies at 44  

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

1932  Death of Yoon Bong-Gil, Korean activist (b. 1908) on December - 19.  

1933  On December - 19 death of george Jackson Churchward, GWR Chief mechanical engineer. (b. 1857)  

1938  On December - 19 death of stephen Warfield Gambrill, U.S. Congressman (b. 1873)  

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

1941  On this day in history l M Dovator, Russian general, dies in battle  

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

1946  Death of Paul Langevin, French physicist (b. 1872) on this day in history.  

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1036  On December - 19 birth of su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher  

1498  On this day in history birth of andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist  

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

1699  On this day in history birth of william Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)  

1714  John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779) was born on this day in history.  

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