Historical Events In December - 19

0324  Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor on December - 19.  

0401  On this day in history st Anastasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope  

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

1036  On December - 19 su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher  

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

1075  On this day in history edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England  

1154  Henry II becomes King of England on December - 19.  

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

1327  Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy on December - 19.  

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

1498  On December - 19 andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist  

1551  On this day in history dutch west coast hit by hurricane  

1562  Battle at Dreux: Anne de Montmorency & huguenots under Condé captured on December - 19.  

1614  On December - 19 melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67  

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

1683  On this day in history philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)  

1686  Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe) on December - 19.  

1688  King James II's wife & son flee to France on this day in history.  

1696  On this day in history jean-Francois Regnard's "Le Joueur," premieres in Paris  

1723  On this day in history susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother  

1732  Benjamin Franklin begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack" on this day in history.  

1732  Benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack" on December - 19.  

1741  Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on this day in history.  

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

1749  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on December - 19.  

1753  On December - 19 john Taylor, Virginia, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy)  

1776  On December - 19 thomas Paine publishes his first "American Crisis" essay  

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

1777  On this day in history washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for the winter  

1777  On December - 19 washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for winter  

1779  On December - 19 auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, Paris France, engraver  

1783  On this day in history english govt of Pitt Jr forms  

1783  On December - 19 charles-Julien Brianchon, France, mathematician (Brianchon's theorem)  

1788  On December - 19 chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam  

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1036  Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher was born on this day in history.  

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  On December - 19 birth of louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist  

1683  Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) was born on this day in history.  

1699  William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) was born on December - 19.  

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

1723  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother was born on this day in history.  

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

1075  On this day in history death of edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England  

1327  On December - 19 death of agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy  

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

1614  Melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67 on December - 19.  

1737  Death of James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667) on this day in history.  

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

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