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 July - 19 garret Wesley Mornington, composer   

1740  Francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname), dies at 71 on July - 19.   

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

1742  On this day in history john-Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor, dies at 45   

1750  On this day in history alessio Prati, composer   

1760  On this day in history the formal request to found the later city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico is filed by its founders.   

1782  Jonathan Blewitt, composer on July - 19.   

1789  On July - 19 john Martin, English painter   

1797  On July - 19 johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer   

1799  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 on this day in history.   

1810  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 on this day in history.   

1810  Luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III, dies at 34 on July - 19.   

1811  On July - 19 vincenz Lachner, composer   

1811  On this day in history christian Gotthilf Tag, composer, dies at 76   

1814  Samuel Colt, US inventor (Colt 6 shot revolver) on this day in history.   

1814  Matthew Flinders, English cartographer (Australia coast), dies at 40 on July - 19.   

1816  On July - 19 survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days   

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

1819  Gottfried Keller, writer on July - 19.   

1823  On July - 19 george Henry Gordon, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1828  On this day in history roger Atkinson Pryor, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919   

1833  John Wesley Turner, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1899 on July - 19.   

1834  On this day in history the birth of Edgar Degas, French impressionist and sculptor   

1834  On July - 19 edgar Degas, France, impressionist painter (Bouquet)   

1836  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Ascension on this day in history.   

1838  On July - 19 joel Asaph Allen, US zoologist (Rule of Allen)   

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  Heinrich Domnich, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1847  On July - 19 johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer, dies at 75   

1848  The first women's rights convention (Seneca Falls, NY) on July - 19.   

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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 this day in history.   

1688  On July - 19 birth of giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary to China (d. 1766)   

1735  On July - 19 birth of garret Wesley Mornington, composer   

1742  Jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer was born on July - 19.   

1744  Heinrich Christian Boie, German author (d. 1806) was born on July - 19.   

1750  On July - 19 birth of alessio Prati, composer   

1759  On this day in history birth of seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox Saint (d. 1833)   

0514  On this day in history symmachus, Italian Pope (498-514), dies   

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

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

1346  Dirk IV, mister of Valkenburg (1332-46), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1374  Francesco Petrarca, [Petracco], Italian mountaineer/poet, dies at 69 on July - 19.   

1415  Death of Philippa of Lancaster, wife of John I of Portugal (plague) (b. 1359) on this day in history.   

1534  Willem van Enkenvoirt, cardinal/bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 70 on this day in history.   

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