Famous Deaths In December - 19

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

1075  On December - 19 death of edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England  

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  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  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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  

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

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

1814  On this day in history 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 this day in history nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer, dies at 67  

1848  On December - 19 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 this day in history.  

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  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 December - 19.  

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

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

1944  On this day in history death of rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur (b. 1856)  

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

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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 December - 19.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of john Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)  

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