Historical Events In December - 19

0324  On this day in history licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor.  

0401  On this day in history st Anastasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope  

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

1036  Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher on December - 19.  

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

1075  Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England on December - 19.  

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  Urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies on this day in history.  

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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  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 this day in history.  

1688  On December - 19 king James II's wife & son flee to France  

1696  Jean-Francois Regnard's "Le Joueur," premieres in Paris on December - 19.  

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  On this day in history benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack"  

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

1744  Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  On December - 19 washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for the winter  

1777  Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for winter on this day in history.  

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

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

1554  On this day in history birth of philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)  

1676  On December - 19 birth of louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist  

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

1699  William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) was born on December - 19.  

1714  On this day in history birth of john Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)  

1723  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother was born on December - 19.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1614  Melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67 on December - 19.  

1737  On December - 19 death of james Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667)  

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

1749  On this day in history francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76