Historical Events In December - 19
Sunday, 28 May 2023
0324 On December - 19 licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor.
0401 St Anastasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0401 On this day in history anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies
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 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 On this day in history king Henry II of England crowned
1327 Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy on December - 19.
1370 Urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies on December - 19.
1498 Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist on December - 19.
1551 Dutch west coast hit by hurricane on December - 19.
1562 On December - 19 battle at Dreux: Anne de Montmorency & huguenots under Condé captured
1614 On this day in history melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67
1676 Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist on this day in history.
1683 On December - 19 philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)
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 this day in history.
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 December - 19 benjamin Franklin begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack"
1732 Benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack" on this day in history.
1741 Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on December - 19.
1744 Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland on December - 19.
1749 On this day in history 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 On December - 19 thomas Paine published his 1st "American Crisis" essay, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls"
1777 On December - 19 washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for the winter
1777 On this day in history washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for winter
1779 On this day in history auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, Paris France, engraver
1783 On this day in history english govt of Pitt Jr forms
1783 On this day in history charles-Julien Brianchon, France, mathematician (Brianchon's theorem)
1788 On December - 19 chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam
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