Historical Events In December - 19
Saturday, 18 October 2025
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 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 On December - 19 edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England
1154 Henry II becomes King of England on this day in history.
1154 On December - 19 king Henry II of England crowned
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 Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist on this day in history.
1551 On December - 19 dutch west coast hit by hurricane
1562 On December - 19 battle at Dreux: Anne de Montmorency & huguenots under Condé captured
1614 Melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1676 On December - 19 louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist
1683 Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) on December - 19.
1686 Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe) on this day in history.
1688 King James II's wife & son flee to France on this day in history.
1696 Jean-Francois Regnard's "Le Joueur," premieres in Paris on this day in history.
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 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 December - 19.
1744 On this day in history jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland
1749 On this day in history francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76
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 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 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 this day in history charles-Julien Brianchon, France, mathematician (Brianchon's theorem)
1788 Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam on December - 19.
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