Historical Events In December - 19

0324  On this day in history licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor.   

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

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  Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England on this day in history.   

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

1154  On December - 19 king Henry II of England crowned   

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   

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

1551  On this day in history dutch west coast hit by hurricane   

1562  On this day in history 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  Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe) on December - 19.   

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 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 December - 19 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  Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland on this day in history.   

1749  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on December - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

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  English govt of Pitt Jr forms on this day in history.   

1783  On December - 19 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 December - 19 birth of andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother   

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

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  Urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies on December - 19.   

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

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

1741  Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on this day in history.   

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