Page 2: Historical Events In December - 19

1790  William Parry, England, Arctic explorer on December - 19.   

1792  On December - 19 [Andries] Hendrik Potgieter, Cape Colony, settled Transvaal   

1795  On this day in history first state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky   

1795  1st state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky on this day in history.   

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

1797  Josef Theodor Krov, composer on December - 19.   

1798  On December - 19 charles-Joseph Panckoucke, publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at 62   

1800  Georg Peter Weimar, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

1809  Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, Belg, paleont (life cycle of tapeworms) on this day in history.   

1810  On December - 19 johann Heinrich Egli, composer, dies at 68   

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

1814  On this day in history edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, Ohio, US Secretary of War (1861-65)   

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 December - 19.   

1821  Mary Ashton Livermore, American reformer/women's suffrage leader on this day in history.   

1823  Georgia passes state birth registration law the first in the union on this day in history.   

1823  Georgia passes 1st US state birth registration law on this day in history.   

1823  Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1824  On December - 19 hercules Robinson, Ire, South Africa Commissioner (1880-89, 1895-97)   

1825  George Frederick Bristow, composer on December - 19.   

1828  South Carolina declares the right of states to nullify federal laws on this day in history.   

1828  On December - 19 south Carolina declares right of states to nullify federal laws   

1832  John Kirk Barry, Scot, Dr/companion to explorer David Livingstone on December - 19.   

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

1836  On December - 19 maria L Sanford, pioneer educator (PTA)   

1837  On December - 19 john Carpenter Carter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1842  On December - 19 uS recognizes independence of Hawaii   

1843  Charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol," in England on December - 19.   

1848  Adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77 on December - 19.   

1849  On December - 19 henry Clay Frick, Penn, built world's largest coke & steel operation   

1851  On this day in history j M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam & Speed), dies at 76   

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

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

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  On December - 19 birth of william Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)   

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

1723  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1327  On December - 19 death of agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy   

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  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.