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 December - 19.  

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

1614  Melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67 on December - 19.  

1737  Death of James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667) on December - 19.  

1741  Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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  Death of James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1744) on December - 19.  

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

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

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  Adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77 on December - 19.  

1851  On this day in history j M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam & Speed), dies at 76  

1867  Jean-Georges Kastner, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history.  

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  On December - 19 death of stephen Warfield Gambrill, U.S. Congressman (b. 1873)  

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

1941  On December - 19 l M Dovator, Russian general, dies in battle  

1944  On December - 19 death of rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur (b. 1856)  

1946  On December - 19 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  Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist was born on this day in history.  

1554  Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618) was born on this day in history.  

1676  On December - 19 birth of louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist  

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  John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779) was born on December - 19.  

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