Famous Deaths Happened In December - 19
Sunday, 08 February 2026
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 On this day in history death of agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy 

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

1614 On this day in history 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 this day in history. 

1749 Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on December - 19. 

1751 On this day in history 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 December - 19. 

1800 Georg Peter Weimar, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history. 

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

1807 On December - 19 death of friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, German writer (b. 1723) 

1810 Johann Heinrich Egli, composer, dies at 68 on December - 19. 

1813 On this day in history 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 On December - 19 michel Woldemar, composer, dies at 65 

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

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

1848 Adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77 on this day in history. 

1851 J M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam & Speed), dies at 76 on December - 19. 

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

1878 Death of Bayard Taylor, American author and poet (b. 1825) on this day in history. 

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 On December - 19 jose Ignacio Quinton, composer, dies at 44 

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

1941 L M Dovator, Russian general, dies in battle on this day in history. 

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

1946 On December - 19 death of paul Langevin, French physicist (b. 1872) 

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