Famous Deaths Happened In December - 19
Thursday, 05 February 2026
0401 Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on December - 19. 

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 December - 19 melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67 

1737 On December - 19 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 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 December - 19. 

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 On this day in history 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 this day in history. 

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

1848 Adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77 on this day in history. 

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

1867 On December - 19 jean-Georges Kastner, composer, dies at 57 

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 this day in history. 

1915 On this day in history alvis Alzheimer, German neurologist (Alzheimer Disease), dies at 51 

1925 Jose Ignacio Quinton, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history. 

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

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 this day in history. 

1938 Death of Stephen Warfield Gambrill, U.S. Congressman (b. 1873) on this day in history. 

1939 Eric Fogg, composer, dies at 36 on December - 19. 

1941 L M Dovator, Russian general, dies in battle on this day in history. 

1944 On this day in history 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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