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 December - 19.  

1327  Death of Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy on this day in history.  

1370  Urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies on this day in history.  

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  On December - 19 vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies  

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

1751  Death of Louise of Great Britain, wife of Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1724) on this day in history.  

1798  On this day in history charles-Joseph Panckoucke, publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at 62  

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1800  On December - 19 georg Peter Weimar, composer, dies at 66  

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

1807  Death of Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, German writer (b. 1723) on this day in history.  

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

1813  On December - 19 death of james McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1744)  

1814  Death of Joseph Bramah, Inventor and Locksmith, notably invented the beer pump on this day in history.  

1815  On this day in history michel Woldemar, composer, dies at 65  

1819  On December - 19 death of sir Thomas Fremantle, British naval officer and politician (b. 1765)  

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  J M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam & Speed), dies at 76 on December - 19.  

1867  Jean-Georges Kastner, composer, dies at 57 on December - 19.  

1878  Death of Bayard Taylor, American author and poet (b. 1825) on December - 19.  

1914  Johann F Ritter von Schulte, German catholic lawyer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

1915  Alvis Alzheimer, German neurologist (Alzheimer Disease), dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1925  Jose Ignacio Quinton, composer, dies at 44 on December - 19.  

1930  Death of Johnny Douglas, cricketer (soccer int, boxing gold medal), drowns on December - 19.  

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

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

1938  Death of Stephen Warfield Gambrill, U.S. Congressman (b. 1873) on this day in history.  

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

1941  L M Dovator, Russian general, dies in battle on December - 19.  

1944  Death of Rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur (b. 1856) on December - 19.  

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

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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  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 this day in history.  

1723  On December - 19 birth of susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother