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 this day in history.  

1327  Death of Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy on this day in history.  

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

1749  On December - 19 francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76  

1751  Death of Louise of Great Britain, wife of Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1724) on December - 19.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1807  On this day in history death of friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, German writer (b. 1723)  

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

1813  On December - 19 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  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  On this day in history nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer, dies at 67  

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  Jean-Georges Kastner, composer, dies at 57 on December - 19.  

1878  Death of Bayard Taylor, American author and poet (b. 1825) on December - 19.  

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  On December - 19 death of yoon Bong-Gil, Korean activist (b. 1908)  

1933  Death of George Jackson Churchward, GWR Chief mechanical engineer. (b. 1857) on this day in history.  

1938  Death of Stephen Warfield Gambrill, U.S. Congressman (b. 1873) on December - 19.  

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

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  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 December - 19.  

1498  Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist was born on December - 19.  

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

1676  On this day in history 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  On December - 19 birth of john Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)  

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