Historical Events In August - 19

0440  St Sixtus III ends his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 19.  

0440  Sixtus III, Italian Pope (432-40), dies on August - 19.  

0472  Ricimer, Barbaars general, dies on this day in history.  

1071  Battle at Manzikert: Seldjuken sultan Alp Arslan beats Byzantine King on this day in history.  

1099  On August - 19 crusaders beat Saracens in Battle of Ascalon  

1263  On this day in history king James I or Argon censors Hebrew writings  

1263  King James I of Argon censors Hebrew writing on August - 19.  

1399  On August - 19 king Richard II of England surrenders to his cousin Henry  

1458  On August - 19 aenea Silvio Piccolomini chosen Pope Pius II  

1477  On this day in history maximilian I, son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, weds Mary of  

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1493  On August - 19 maximilian I of Austria becomes Roman Catholic German emperor  

1493  Frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1504  On August - 19 battle of Knockdoe.  

1521  Lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti) on August - 19.  

1524  Emperor Charles V's troops besiege Marseille, Italy on August - 19.  

1558  On August - 19 paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian  

1561  On August - 19 mary Proclaimed Queen of Scots  

1561  Mary Queen of Scots arrives in Leith Scotland to assume throne after spending 13 years in France on this day in history.  

1580  Andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71 on August - 19.  

1587  On this day in history sigismund III becomes king of Poland  

1591  On this day in history french king Henri IV occupies Rouen  

1596  Elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I on August - 19.  

1601  On August - 19 michael the Brave, ruler of Turkey, dies  

1627  On this day in history prince Frederik Henry conquerors fort Groenlo  

1631  The birth of John Dryden, English poet, dramatist and satire writer on August - 19.  

1631  John Dryden, 1st poet laureate of England (All for Love) on August - 19.  

1646  John Flamsteed, 1st astronomer royal of England on August - 19.  

1646  On August - 19 alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian  

1650  Abraham de Verwer, painter, buried at about 55 on this day in history.  

1654  On August - 19 yom Tov Lipmann Heller, rabbi/author (Tosefot Yom Tov), dies  

1686  Antonio Tonelli, composer on this day in history.  

1689  Samuel Richardson, English novelist (Pamela) (baptized) on this day in history.  

1691  On August - 19 battle at Szalankemen: Austrians beat Turks  

1691  On this day in history mustafa Koprulu, Turkish grand vizer, dies in battle  

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1342  On this day in history birth of katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395)  

1398  On this day in history birth of marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458)  

1521  Lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti) was born on this day in history.  

1557  On this day in history birth of frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608)  

1558  Paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian was born on this day in history.  

1590  On August - 19 birth of henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649)  

1596  On August - 19 birth of elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I  

1596  On August - 19 birth of elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (d. 1662)  

0440  On August - 19 sixtus III, Italian Pope (432-40), dies  

0472  Ricimer, Barbaars general, dies on this day in history.  

1186  On this day in history death of geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158)  

1245  On August - 19 death of ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195)  

1284  Death of Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273) on this day in history.  

1297  On August - 19 death of saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274)  

1493  Frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1580  On August - 19 andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71