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  On December - 19 urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies  

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

1737  Death of James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667) on this day in history.  

1741  Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on December - 19.  

1749  On December - 19 francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76  

1751  On this day in history 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  

Advertisements

1800  Georg Peter Weimar, composer, dies at 66 on December - 19.  

1804  On this day in history mary Bright, British PM Rockingham, dies  

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  Death of James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1744) on this day in history.  

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

1815  Michel Woldemar, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1819  On this day in history 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  On December - 19 death of bayard Taylor, American author and poet (b. 1825)  

1914  Johann F Ritter von Schulte, German catholic lawyer, dies at 87 on December - 19.  

1915  Alvis Alzheimer, German neurologist (Alzheimer Disease), dies at 51 on December - 19.  

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 December - 19.  

1932  Death of Yoon Bong-Gil, Korean activist (b. 1908) on this day in history.  

1933  Death of George Jackson Churchward, GWR Chief mechanical engineer. (b. 1857) on December - 19.  

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

1939  Eric Fogg, composer, dies at 36 on December - 19.  

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 December - 19 death of paul Langevin, French physicist (b. 1872)  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | Next Page »

1036  Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher was born on this day in history.  

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

1683  Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) was born on this day in history.  

1699  William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) was born on December - 19.  

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

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