Famous Deaths Happened In December - 19
Sunday, 17 August 2025
0401 Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on this day in history.
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 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 this day in history.
1741 Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on December - 19.
1749 Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on December - 19.
1751 Death of Louise of Great Britain, wife of Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1724) on December - 19.
1798 On December - 19 charles-Joseph Panckoucke, publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at 62
1800 On December - 19 georg Peter Weimar, composer, dies at 66
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 December - 19.
1810 On this day in history johann Heinrich Egli, composer, dies at 68
1813 Death of James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1744) on this day in history.
1814 Death of Joseph Bramah, Inventor and Locksmith, notably invented the beer pump on this day in history.
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 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 J M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam & Speed), dies at 76 on this day in history.
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 December - 19.
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 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 this day in history.
1939 On this day in history eric Fogg, composer, dies at 36
1941 L M Dovator, Russian general, dies in battle on December - 19.
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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