Historical Events In December - 19

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

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

0401  On this day in history anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies  

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

1055  On this day in history 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  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  

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

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

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  Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist on this day in history.  

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

1686  Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe) on this day in history.  

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

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 December - 19.  

1732  On this day in history 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 December - 19 john Taylor, Virginia, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy)  

1776  On December - 19 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  On this day in history washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for the winter  

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

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

1783  On December - 19 english govt of Pitt Jr forms  

1783  On this day in history charles-Julien Brianchon, France, mathematician (Brianchon's theorem)  

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  Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist was born on this day in history.  

1554  Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1699  On this day in history birth of william Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)  

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

1723  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother was born on December - 19.  

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 December - 19.  

1327  Death of 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  

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

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

1741  On December - 19 vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies  

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