Historical Events In December - 19
Sunday, 01 February 2026
0324 Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. 

0401 St Anastasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 

0401 Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies 

1036 Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher 

1055 Seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad 

1075 Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England 

1154 Henry II is recorded as becoming King of England 

1154 King Henry II of England crowned 

1327 Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy 

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

1498 Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist. 

1551 Dutch west coast hit by hurricane. 

1562 Battle at Dreux: Anne de Montmorency and huguenots under Condé captured 

1614 Melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67 

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

1683 Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) 

1686 Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe). 

1688 King James II's wife and son flee to France. 

1696 Jean-Francois Regnard's "Le Joueur," premieres in Paris 

1723 Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother. 

1732 Benjamin Franklin begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack" 

1732 Benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack". 

1741 Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies. 

1744 Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland 

1749 Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 

1753 John Taylor, Virginia, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy) 

1776 In this year, Thomas Paine publishes his inaugural "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". 

1777 Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for the winter 

1777 Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for winter 

1779 Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, Paris France, engraver. 

1783 English govt of Pitt Jr forms. 

1783 Charles-Julien Brianchon, France, mathematician (Brianchon's theorem) 

1788 Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam 

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