Page 2: Historical Events In December - 19

1790  William Parry, England, Arctic explorer on this day in history.   

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

1795  On December - 19 first state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky   

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  On this day in history charles-Joseph Panckoucke, publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at 62   

1800  Georg Peter Weimar, composer, dies at 66 on December - 19.   

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

1809  Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, Belg, paleont (life cycle of tapeworms) on December - 19.   

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

1813  Thomas Andrews, Belfast Ireland, chemist/physicist (ozone) on December - 19.   

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

1814  On this day in history joseph Bramah, Inventor and Locksmith, notably invented the beer pump   

1815  Michel Woldemar, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history hercules Robinson, Ire, South Africa Commissioner (1880-89, 1895-97)   

1825  On December - 19 george Frederick Bristow, composer   

1828  On this day in history south Carolina declares the right of states to nullify federal laws   

1828  On this day in history 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  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin approaches NZ on this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history maria L Sanford, pioneer educator (PTA)   

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  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 December - 19 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 December - 19.   

1554  Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618) was born on this day in history.   

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

1714  On December - 19 birth of john Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)   

1723  On December - 19 birth of susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother   

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 December - 19.   

1327  Death of Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy on December - 19.   

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

1741  On this day in history vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies   

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