Historical Events In December - 19

0324  On this day in history 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  Seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad on this day in history.   

1075  On December - 19 edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England   

1154  On December - 19 henry II becomes King of England   

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

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

1370  On December - 19 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

1688  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 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 this day in history auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, Paris France, engraver   

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

1783  Charles-Julien Brianchon, France, mathematician (Brianchon's theorem) on December - 19.   

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

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

1676  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of william Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)   

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  Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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