Historical Events In December - 19

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

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

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

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  Josef Theodor Krov, composer on December - 19.  

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

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

1804  Mary Bright, British PM Rockingham, dies on December - 19.  

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

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

1813  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 December - 19.  

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  Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer, dies at 67 on December - 19.  

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  On December - 19 hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin approaches NZ  

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

1837  John Carpenter Carter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on December - 19.  

1842  US recognizes independence of Hawaii on December - 19.  

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

1848  On this day in history adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77  

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  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  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  On this day in history birth of philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)  

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

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 this day in history.  

1737  On December - 19 death of james Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667)  

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

1749  On this day in history francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76