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 December - 19.  

1370  Urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies on December - 19.  

1614  On December - 19 melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67  

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

1810  On this day in history johann Heinrich Egli, composer, dies at 68  

1813  Death of James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1744) on this day in history.  

1814  Death of Joseph Bramah, Inventor and Locksmith, notably invented the beer pump on December - 19.  

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

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

1823  Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history 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  On December - 19 death of johnny Douglas, cricketer (soccer int, boxing gold medal), drowns  

1932  On this day in history death of yoon Bong-Gil, Korean activist (b. 1908)  

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  On December - 19 eric Fogg, composer, dies at 36  

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

1944  On December - 19 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  Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher was born on this day in history.  

1498  Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist was born on this day in history.  

1554  On this day in history birth of philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)  

1676  Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist was born on this day in history.  

1683  On December - 19 birth of philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)  

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

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.