Historical Events In August - 19

1692  On August - 19 5 women executed for witchcraft in Salem Mass  

1698  On August - 19 russian czar Peter the Great begins term  

1699  Jose Saenz d'aguirre, Spanish cardinal, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1702  -24] Battle at Santa Marta Venz: English fleet beat French on August - 19.  

1719  On August - 19 karl H Freiherr von Canstein, German lawyer, dies at 52  

1737  On August - 19 johann Georg Christoph Schetky, composer  

1743  On August - 19 marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry, last mistress of Louis XV  

1744  Carlo Arrigoni, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

1753  On August - 19 [Johann] Balthasar Neumann, German architect, dies at 66  

1756  On August - 19 anthony FRE Haersolte, member of Executing Regime  

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1757  Battle at Gross Jagerndorf: Russian army beats Prussia [NS=Aug 30] on this day in history.  

1768  Saint Isaac's Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia on this day in history.  

1772  On August - 19 gustav III seizes effective control of Swedish govt & restores full power of monarchy, which had been subordinate to parliament since 1720  

1780  Baranger, writer on August - 19.  

1780  Bernhard Haltenberger, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.  

1785  Seth Thomas, pioneer in mass production of clocks on August - 19.  

1787  W Herschel discovers Enceladus, a moon of Saturn on this day in history.  

1791  Benjamin Banneker published his 1st Almanac on August - 19.  

1795  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer, dies at 67 on August - 19.  

1796  Spain & France sign anti-English alliance on this day in history.  

1812  USS Constitution captures HMS Guerriere. Lucy Brewer served on board Consituation as Nicolas Baker during this battle on this day in history.  

1812  On this day in history uS warship Constitution defeats British warship Guerriere  

1812  Vincenzo Righini, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1813  Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's second triumvirate on August - 19.  

1813  William Henry Fry, composer on this day in history.  

1813  Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1815  John Porter McCown, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1879 on this day in history.  

1816  On this day in history java again in Dutch hands  

1816  Julius PJA van Zuylen van Nyevelt, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs on this day in history.  

1818  On this day in history cAPT James Biddle takes possession of Oregon Territory for U.S.  

1821  On August - 19 failed liberal coup against French King Louis XVIII  

1822  On August - 19 melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer, dies at 62  

1824  On this day in history georg Goltermann, composer  

1826  Canada Co chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario) on this day in history.  

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1342  On August - 19 birth of katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395)  

1398  On August - 19 birth of marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458)  

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

1557  Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608) was born on this day in history.  

1558  On August - 19 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  On August - 19 birth of elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I  

1596  Elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (d. 1662) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1284  On August - 19 death of alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273)  

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

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

1580  On this day in history andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71