Famous Deaths In December - 19

0401  On this day in history 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  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  Death of James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667) on December - 19.  

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

1749  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1751  Death of Louise of Great Britain, wife of Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1724) on this day in history.  

1798  On this day in history charles-Joseph Panckoucke, publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at 62  

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

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  Johann Heinrich Egli, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1813  On December - 19 death of james McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1744)  

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  On this day in history death of sir Thomas Fremantle, British naval officer and politician (b. 1765)  

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  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 December - 19.  

1915  On December - 19 alvis Alzheimer, German neurologist (Alzheimer Disease), dies at 51  

1925  On December - 19 jose Ignacio Quinton, composer, dies at 44  

1930  Death of Johnny Douglas, cricketer (soccer int, boxing gold medal), drowns on this day in history.  

1932  Death of Yoon Bong-Gil, Korean activist (b. 1908) on December - 19.  

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

1938  On this day in history death of stephen Warfield Gambrill, U.S. Congressman (b. 1873)  

1939  Eric Fogg, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

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

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

1946  Death of Paul Langevin, French physicist (b. 1872) on this day in history.  

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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 December - 19.  

1676  Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist was born on December - 19.  

1683  Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) was born on December - 19.  

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

1714  On this day in history birth of john Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)  

1723  On December - 19 birth of susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother