Historical Events In December - 19
Saturday, 14 June 2025
0324 Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor on December - 19.
0401 On this day in history st Anastasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0401 Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on this day in history.
1036 On December - 19 su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher
1055 Seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad on this day in history.
1075 Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England on this day in history.
1154 Henry II becomes King of England on December - 19.
1154 King Henry II of England crowned on this day in history.
1327 On December - 19 agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy
1370 On December - 19 urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies
1498 Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist on this day in history.
1551 On this day in history dutch west coast hit by hurricane
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 this day in history 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 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 Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother on December - 19.
1732 On this day in history 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 December - 19.
1741 Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on this day in history.
1744 Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland on December - 19.
1749 Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on December - 19.
1753 John Taylor, Virginia, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy) on December - 19.
1776 Thomas Paine publishes his first "American Crisis" essay on this day in history.
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 Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for the winter on December - 19.
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 English govt of Pitt Jr forms on this day in history.
1783 Charles-Julien Brianchon, France, mathematician (Brianchon's theorem) on this day in history.
1788 Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam on this day in history.
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