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

1036  Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher on this day in history.   

1055  Seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad on December - 19.   

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  King Henry II of England crowned on December - 19.   

1327  On this day in history agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy   

1370  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist   

1683  On this day in history philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)   

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 December - 19.   

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  Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on December - 19.   

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  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 this day in history washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for winter   

1779  Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, Paris France, engraver on this day in history.   

1783  On this day in history 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  Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher was born on December - 19.   

1498  On December - 19 birth of andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist   

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

1676  Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist was born on this day in history.   

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

1699  On this day in history birth of william Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)   

1714  John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779) was born on December - 19.   

1723  On December - 19 birth of susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother   

0401  On this day in history 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 December - 19.   

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  On this day in history death of james Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667)   

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

1749  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.