Historical Events In December - 19

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

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

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

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

1055  On December - 19 seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad   

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

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

1154  On this day in history king Henry II of England crowned   

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

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

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

1551  Dutch west coast hit by hurricane on December - 19.   

1562  Battle at Dreux: Anne de Montmorency & huguenots under Condé captured on this day in history.   

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

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

1683  On December - 19 philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)   

1686  On December - 19 robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe)   

1688  On December - 19 king James II's wife & son flee to France   

1696  Jean-Francois Regnard's "Le Joueur," premieres in Paris on December - 19.   

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 this day in history benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack"   

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

1744  On this day in history jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland   

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

1753  On December - 19 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 December - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

1783  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1554  Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618) was born on December - 19.   

1676  On December - 19 birth of louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist   

1683  On December - 19 birth of philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)   

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

1714  On this day in history birth of john Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)   

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

0401  On this day in history 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  Death of Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy on December - 19.   

1370  On December - 19 urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies   

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

1737  Death of James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667) on December - 19.   

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