Historical Events In December - 19

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

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 December - 19.  

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

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

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 December - 19.  

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