Historical Events In December - 19

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

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  On December - 19 1st state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky  

1796  On this day in history manuel Breton de los Herreros, Quel Spain, poet/comic playwright  

1797  Josef Theodor Krov, composer on December - 19.  

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

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

1804  On December - 19 mary Bright, British PM Rockingham, dies  

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

1810  Johann Heinrich Egli, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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

1817  James Jay Archer, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1864 on December - 19.  

1819  On this day in history 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  On December - 19 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 this day in history.  

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  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  On December - 19 hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin approaches NZ  

1836  Maria L Sanford, pioneer educator (PTA) on this day in history.  

1837  John Carpenter Carter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.  

1842  On December - 19 uS recognizes independence of Hawaii  

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

1848  On this day in history 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  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 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  On December - 19 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 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  Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on December - 19.  

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  Melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67 on December - 19.  

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

1741  On December - 19 vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies  

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