Page 2: Historical Events In July - 19

1702  On July - 19 swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Crackow   

1730  Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer, dies at 49 on July - 19.   

1735  On this day in history garret Wesley Mornington, composer   

1740  On July - 19 francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname), dies at 71   

1742  Jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer on this day in history.   

1742  John-Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor, dies at 45 on July - 19.   

1750  Alessio Prati, composer on this day in history.   

1760  On July - 19 the formal request to found the later city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico is filed by its founders.   

1782  Jonathan Blewitt, composer on this day in history.   

1789  On this day in history john Martin, English painter   

1797  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer   

1799  On this day in history a group of Napoleon Bonaparte's soldiers discover what is now known as The Rosetta Stone, enabling the translation of hieroglyphics for the first time.   

1810  On this day in history prussia's Queen Louise dies at age 34 Napoleon has tried to destroy her reputation, but his charges have only endeared her to her people   

1810  On July - 19 luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III, dies at 34   

1811  On this day in history vincenz Lachner, composer   

1811  Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer, dies at 76 on July - 19.   

1814  On this day in history samuel Colt, US inventor (Colt 6 shot revolver)   

1814  On July - 19 matthew Flinders, English cartographer (Australia coast), dies at 40   

1816  Survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days on this day in history.   

1817  Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke, US, army nurse (union) on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history gottfried Keller, writer   

1823  On this day in history george Henry Gordon, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1828  On July - 19 roger Atkinson Pryor, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919   

1833  John Wesley Turner, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1899 on this day in history.   

1834  The birth of Edgar Degas, French impressionist and sculptor on July - 19.   

1834  On this day in history edgar Degas, France, impressionist painter (Bouquet)   

1836  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Ascension on July - 19.   

1838  Joel Asaph Allen, US zoologist (Rule of Allen) on this day in history.   

1838  Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer, dies at 72 on July - 19.   

1843  Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and also becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world on July - 19.   

1844  On July - 19 heinrich Domnich, composer, dies at 77   

1846  On July - 19 charles Edward Pickering, pioneered American spectroscopist   

1847  On this day in history johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer, dies at 75   

1848  On this day in history the first women's rights convention (Seneca Falls, NY)   

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1592  On this day in history birth of erhard Buttner, composer   

1670  Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (d. 1758) was born on July - 19.   

1688  Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary to China (d. 1766) was born on July - 19.   

1735  Garret Wesley Mornington, composer was born on this day in history.   

1742  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer   

1744  On July - 19 birth of heinrich Christian Boie, German author (d. 1806)   

1750  On this day in history birth of alessio Prati, composer   

1759  Seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox Saint (d. 1833) was born on this day in history.   

0514  Symmachus, Italian Pope (498-514), dies on July - 19.   

1054  On July - 19 bernold[us] Benno/Bernulphus, bishop of Utrecht (1027-54)/saint, dies   

1234  Death of Floris IV, count of Holland, killed in tournament on July - 19.   

1346  On this day in history dirk IV, mister of Valkenburg (1332-46), dies in battle   

1374  On July - 19 francesco Petrarca, [Petracco], Italian mountaineer/poet, dies at 69   

1415  Death of Philippa of Lancaster, wife of John I of Portugal (plague) (b. 1359) on July - 19.   

1534  On this day in history willem van Enkenvoirt, cardinal/bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 70   

1543  On July - 19 death of lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII of England