Page 2: Historical Events In December - 19

1790  William Parry, England, Arctic explorer.   

1792  [Andries] Hendrik Potgieter, Cape Colony, settled Transvaal   

1795  inaugural state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky.   

1795  1st state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky.   

1796  Manuel Breton de los Herreros, Quel Spain, poet/comic playwright   

1797  Josef Theodor Krov, composer   

1798  Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at 62   

1800  Georg Peter Weimar, composer, dies at 66.   

1804  Mary Bright, British PM Rockingham, dies   

1809  Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, Belg, paleont (life cycle of tapeworms)   

1810  Johann Heinrich Egli, composer, dies at 68.   

1813  Thomas Andrews, Belfast Ireland, chemist/physicist (ozone).   

1814  Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, Ohio, US Secretary of War (1861-65).   

1814  Joseph Bramah, Inventor and Locksmith, notably invented the beer pump   

1815  Michel Woldemar, composer, dies at 65.   

1817  James Jay Archer, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1864.   

1819  James Clifford Veatch, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

1821  Mary Ashton Livermore, American reformer/women's suffrage leader   

1823  Georgia passes state birth registration law the inaugural in the union   

1823  Georgia passes 1st US state birth registration law   

1823  Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer, dies at 67.   

1824  Hercules Robinson, Ire, South Africa Commissioner (1880-89, 1895-97).   

1825  George Frederick Bristow, composer   

1828  South Carolina declares the right of states to nullify federal laws.   

1828  South Carolina declares right of states to nullify federal laws   

1832  John Kirk Barry, Scot, Dr/companion to explorer David Livingstone   

1835  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin approaches NZ.   

1836  Maria L Sanford, pioneer educator (PTA)   

1837  John Carpenter Carter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864.   

1842  US recognizes independence of Hawaii   

1843  In this year, Charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol," in England.   

1848  Adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77.   

1849  Henry Clay Frick, Penn, built world's largest coke and steel operation   

1851  J M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam and Speed), dies at 76.   

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

1498  On this day in history birth of andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist   

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

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

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  On December - 19 birth of john Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)   

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

0401  Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on this day in history.   

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

1614  On December - 19 melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67   

1737  On this day in history death of james Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667)   

1741  Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on December - 19.   

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