Page 2: Historical Events In December - 19

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1796  Manuel Breton de los Herreros, Quel Spain, poet/comic playwright on December - 19.   

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 December - 19 georg Peter Weimar, composer, dies at 66   

1804  Mary Bright, British PM Rockingham, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1814  Joseph Bramah, Inventor and Locksmith, notably invented the beer pump on December - 19.   

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  On December - 19 james Clifford Veatch, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

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

1823  On December - 19 georgia passes state birth registration law the first in the union   

1823  Georgia passes 1st US state birth registration law on December - 19.   

1823  On December - 19 nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer, dies at 67   

1824  On this day in history 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 December - 19.   

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

1832  On this day in history 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 December - 19 john Carpenter Carter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1842  US recognizes independence of Hawaii on December - 19.   

1843  On December - 19 charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol," in England   

1848  Adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1849  Henry Clay Frick, Penn, built world's largest coke & steel operation on December - 19.   

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

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1036  On this day in history birth of su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher   

1498  Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist was born on December - 19.   

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

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

1683  Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) was born on December - 19.   

1699  On December - 19 birth of william Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)   

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

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

1737  Death of James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667) on this day in history.   

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

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