Page 2: Historical Events In December - 19

1790  On this day in history william Parry, England, Arctic explorer   

1792  [Andries] Hendrik Potgieter, Cape Colony, settled Transvaal on this day in history.   

1795  First state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky on this day in history.   

1795  1st state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky on December - 19.   

1796  On December - 19 manuel Breton de los Herreros, Quel Spain, poet/comic playwright   

1797  On December - 19 josef Theodor Krov, composer   

1798  Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1800  On this day in history georg Peter Weimar, composer, dies at 66   

1804  On this day in history mary Bright, British PM Rockingham, dies   

1809  On this day in history pierre-Joseph van Beneden, Belg, paleont (life cycle of tapeworms)   

1810  Johann Heinrich Egli, composer, dies at 68 on December - 19.   

1813  On December - 19 thomas Andrews, Belfast Ireland, chemist/physicist (ozone)   

1814  Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, Ohio, US Secretary of War (1861-65) on December - 19.   

1814  On December - 19 joseph Bramah, Inventor and Locksmith, notably invented the beer pump   

1815  On December - 19 michel Woldemar, composer, dies at 65   

1817  On December - 19 james Jay Archer, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1864   

1819  James Clifford Veatch, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1895 on this day in history.   

1821  On December - 19 mary Ashton Livermore, American reformer/women's suffrage leader   

1823  Georgia passes state birth registration law the first in the union on December - 19.   

1823  On this day in history georgia passes 1st US state birth registration law   

1823  On this day in history nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer, dies at 67   

1824  Hercules Robinson, Ire, South Africa Commissioner (1880-89, 1895-97) on December - 19.   

1825  On this day in history george Frederick Bristow, composer   

1828  South Carolina declares the right of states to nullify federal laws on December - 19.   

1828  South Carolina declares right of states to nullify federal laws on December - 19.   

1832  On December - 19 john Kirk Barry, Scot, Dr/companion to explorer David Livingstone   

1835  On December - 19 hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin approaches NZ   

1836  Maria L Sanford, pioneer educator (PTA) on December - 19.   

1837  On this day in history john Carpenter Carter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1842  On this day in history uS recognizes independence of Hawaii   

1843  Charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol," in England on this day in history.   

1848  On December - 19 adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77   

1849  On this day in history henry Clay Frick, Penn, built world's largest coke & steel operation   

1851  J M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam & Speed), dies at 76 on December - 19.   

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

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

1554  On December - 19 birth of philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)   

1676  Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist was born on December - 19.   

1683  Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) was born on this day in history.   

1699  William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) was born on this day in history.   

1714  John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779) was born on this day in history.   

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

0401  On this day in history anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies   

1075  On December - 19 death of edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England   

1327  Death of Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy on this day in history.   

1370  On this day in history urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies   

1614  On this day in history melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67   

1737  Death of James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667) on December - 19.   

1741  Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on this day in history.   

1749  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on December - 19.