Historical Events In August - 19

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

0440  On this day in history sixtus III, Italian Pope (432-40), dies  

0472  On August - 19 ricimer, Barbaars general, dies  

1071  On August - 19 battle at Manzikert: Seldjuken sultan Alp Arslan beats Byzantine King  

1099  On this day in history crusaders beat Saracens in Battle of Ascalon  

1263  King James I or Argon censors Hebrew writings on August - 19.  

1263  King James I of Argon censors Hebrew writing on this day in history.  

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

1458  Aenea Silvio Piccolomini chosen Pope Pius II on August - 19.  

1477  Maximilian I, son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, weds Mary of on this day in history.  

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1493  Maximilian I of Austria becomes Roman Catholic German emperor on August - 19.  

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

1504  Battle of Knockdoe on August - 19.  

1521  On this day in history lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti)  

1524  On August - 19 emperor Charles V's troops besiege Marseille, Italy  

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

1561  On August - 19 mary Proclaimed Queen of Scots  

1561  On this day in history mary Queen of Scots arrives in Leith Scotland to assume throne after spending 13 years in France  

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

1587  On August - 19 sigismund III becomes king of Poland  

1591  French king Henri IV occupies Rouen on August - 19.  

1596  Elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I on this day in history.  

1601  On this day in history michael the Brave, ruler of Turkey, dies  

1627  Prince Frederik Henry conquerors fort Groenlo on this day in history.  

1631  On August - 19 the birth of John Dryden, English poet, dramatist and satire writer  

1631  On this day in history john Dryden, 1st poet laureate of England (All for Love)  

1646  John Flamsteed, 1st astronomer royal of England on this day in history.  

1646  Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian on this day in history.  

1650  Abraham de Verwer, painter, buried at about 55 on August - 19.  

1654  Yom Tov Lipmann Heller, rabbi/author (Tosefot Yom Tov), dies on this day in history.  

1686  On this day in history antonio Tonelli, composer  

1689  Samuel Richardson, English novelist (Pamela) (baptized) on August - 19.  

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

1691  Mustafa Koprulu, Turkish grand vizer, dies in battle on August - 19.  

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

1398  Marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458) was born on August - 19.  

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

1557  Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608) was born on August - 19.  

1558  On this day in history birth of paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian  

1590  On this day in history birth of henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649)  

1596  Elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I was born on this day in history.  

1596  Elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (d. 1662) was born on August - 19.  

0440  On this day in history sixtus III, Italian Pope (432-40), dies  

0472  On August - 19 ricimer, Barbaars general, dies  

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

1245  Death of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195) on August - 19.  

1284  On this day in history death of alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273)  

1297  Death of Saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274) on this day in history.  

1493  On this day in history frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77  

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