Page 2: Historical Events In December - 19

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

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

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

1795  On December - 19 1st state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky   

1796  Manuel Breton de los Herreros, Quel Spain, poet/comic playwright on this day in history.   

1797  On December - 19 josef Theodor Krov, composer   

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

1809  On December - 19 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  On December - 19 joseph Bramah, Inventor and Locksmith, notably invented the beer pump   

1815  On this day in history michel Woldemar, composer, dies at 65   

1817  On this day in history 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 December - 19.   

1823  On this day in history georgia passes state birth registration law the first in the union   

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

1823  On this day in history nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer, dies at 67   

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

1825  George Frederick Bristow, composer on December - 19.   

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

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  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin approaches NZ on December - 19.   

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

1837  On this day in history john Carpenter Carter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1842  US recognizes independence of Hawaii on December - 19.   

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

1848  On December - 19 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 December - 19.   

1498  On December - 19 birth of andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist   

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

1676  Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 19.   

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 December - 19.   

1614  Melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67 on December - 19.   

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

1741  Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on December - 19.   

1749  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.