Historical Events In December - 19

0324  Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor on this day in history.   

0401  St Anastasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 19.   

0401  Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on December - 19.   

1036  On this day in history su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher   

1055  Seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad on December - 19.   

1075  On December - 19 edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England   

1154  Henry II becomes King of England on this day in history.   

1154  King Henry II of England crowned on this day in history.   

1327  On this day in history agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy   

1370  On this day in history urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies   

1498  Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist on December - 19.   

1551  Dutch west coast hit by hurricane on this day in history.   

1562  On this day in history battle at Dreux: Anne de Montmorency & huguenots under Condé captured   

1614  On this day in history melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67   

1676  On this day in history louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist   

1683  Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) on December - 19.   

1686  On this day in history robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe)   

1688  King James II's wife & son flee to France on December - 19.   

1696  On December - 19 jean-Francois Regnard's "Le Joueur," premieres in Paris   

1723  On December - 19 susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother   

1732  On this day in history benjamin Franklin begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack"   

1732  On December - 19 benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack"   

1741  On this day in history vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies   

1744  Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland on December - 19.   

1749  On December - 19 francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76   

1753  On this day in history john Taylor, Virginia, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy)   

1776  On this day in history thomas Paine publishes his first "American Crisis" essay   

1776  Thomas Paine published his 1st "American Crisis" essay, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls" on this day in history.   

1777  Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for the winter on December - 19.   

1777  Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for winter on this day in history.   

1779  Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, Paris France, engraver on December - 19.   

1783  On December - 19 english govt of Pitt Jr forms   

1783  Charles-Julien Brianchon, France, mathematician (Brianchon's theorem) on this day in history.   

1788  Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam on December - 19.   

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1036  Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher was born on December - 19.   

1498  On this day in history birth of andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist   

1554  On this day in history birth of philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)   

1676  Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist was born on December - 19.   

1683  Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) was born on December - 19.   

1699  William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) was born on this day in history.   

1714  John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779) was born on this day in history.   

1723  On December - 19 birth of susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother   

0401  On December - 19 anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies   

1075  Death of Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England on this day in history.   

1327  Death of Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy on this day in history.   

1370  On this day in history urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies   

1614  Melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1737  On this day in history death of james Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667)   

1741  Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on December - 19.   

1749  On this day in history francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76