Historical Events In December - 19

0324  Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor on December - 19.  

0401  St Anastasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

0401  On December - 19 anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies  

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

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 December - 19.  

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  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  Melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1676  On this day in history louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist  

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

1686  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1723  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother on this day in history.  

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 this day in history vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies  

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 this day in history.  

1776  On December - 19 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  Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for the winter on December - 19.  

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 December - 19 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 December - 19 birth of su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher  

1498  Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist was born on this day in history.  

1554  Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618) was born on December - 19.  

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

1683  On December - 19 birth of philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)  

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 December - 19 birth of susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother  

0401  On December - 19 anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies  

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 this day in history.  

1370  Urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies on December - 19.  

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

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