Famous Deaths In December - 19

0401  Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on December - 19.  

1075  Death of Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England on this day in history.  

1327  On this day in history death of agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy  

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

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  On December - 19 vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies  

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  Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at 62 on December - 19.  

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

1804  Mary Bright, British PM Rockingham, dies on December - 19.  

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

1810  On December - 19 johann Heinrich Egli, composer, dies at 68  

1813  On this day in history death of james McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1744)  

1814  On December - 19 death of joseph Bramah, Inventor and Locksmith, notably invented the beer pump  

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 December - 19.  

1823  Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer, dies at 67 on December - 19.  

1848  On this day in history adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77  

1851  On December - 19 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 December - 19 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  Alvis Alzheimer, German neurologist (Alzheimer Disease), dies at 51 on December - 19.  

1925  Jose Ignacio Quinton, composer, dies at 44 on December - 19.  

1930  On this day in history death of johnny Douglas, cricketer (soccer int, boxing gold medal), drowns  

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

1933  On December - 19 death of george Jackson Churchward, GWR Chief mechanical engineer. (b. 1857)  

1938  On December - 19 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  On December - 19 death of rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur (b. 1856)  

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  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  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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.