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 this day in history.  

0472  Ricimer, Barbaars general, dies on August - 19.  

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

1099  Crusaders beat Saracens in Battle of Ascalon on August - 19.  

1263  On August - 19 king James I or Argon censors Hebrew writings  

1263  On August - 19 king James I of Argon censors Hebrew writing  

1399  King Richard II of England surrenders to his cousin Henry on August - 19.  

1458  Aenea Silvio Piccolomini chosen Pope Pius II on this day in history.  

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

1493  On this day in history 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  Battle of Knockdoe on August - 19.  

1521  On August - 19 lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti)  

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

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

1561  Mary Proclaimed Queen of Scots on this day in history.  

1561  On August - 19 mary Queen of Scots arrives in Leith Scotland to assume throne after spending 13 years in France  

1580  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1601  Michael the Brave, ruler of Turkey, dies on August - 19.  

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

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

1631  On August - 19 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 August - 19.  

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

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

1686  Antonio Tonelli, composer on August - 19.  

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

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  Katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395) was born on August - 19.  

1398  On August - 19 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  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  Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.  

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

1596  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (d. 1662)  

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

0472  Ricimer, Barbaars general, dies on August - 19.  

1186  On August - 19 death of geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158)  

1245  Death of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195) on this day in history.  

1284  Death of Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273) on August - 19.  

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

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