Historical Events In May - 19

0715  On this day in history st Gregory II begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

0804  Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 on this day in history.  

0988  On May - 19 dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies  

1296  On May - 19 celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies  

1469  On May - 19 giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor  

1506  Columbus selects his son Diego as sole heir on May - 19.  

1515  George van Saksen-Meissen sells Friesland for 100,000 gold guilders to arch duke Charles on this day in history.  

1517  Philip van Bourgondie installed as bishop of Utrecht on May - 19.  

1536  Anne Boleyn, Queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, beheaded on this day in history.  

1547  On May - 19 monarch Johan Frederik surrenders to Karel  

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1568  On May - 19 english queen Elizabeth I arrests Scottish queen Mary  

1568  Mary, queen of Scots, arrested on this day in history.  

1571  On this day in history miguel Lopez de Lagazpi founded Manilla in the Phillipines  

1585  Spain confisquates English ships on May - 19.  

1588  On this day in history spanish Armada sets sail for Lisbon, bound to England  

1601  Costanzo Porta, Italian composer on May - 19.  

1608  Matthias von Habsburgs army reaches Lieben, at Prague on May - 19.  

1611  Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89) on May - 19.  

1616  On this day in history johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer  

1635  On May - 19 france declares war on Spain  

1643  On this day in history battle at Rocroi/Allersheim French army destroys Spanish army  

1643  Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut &New Harbor form United Colonies of New England on this day in history.  

1643  On this day in history battle at Rocroi/Allersheim: French army destroys Spanish army  

1647  On this day in history sebastian Vrancx, Flemish painter (captain of vigilante), dies  

1649  England declared a Commonwealth on this day in history.  

1649  On May - 19 an Act declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic for the next eleven years.  

1652  Spanish troops occupy Grevelingen on this day in history.  

1653  On May - 19 carel Reyniersz, gov-gen of Neth East Indies, dies at 48  

1662  On this day in history uniformity Act of England goes into effect  

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer on this day in history.  

1749  On this day in history george II grants charter to Ohio Company to settle Ohio Valley  

1755  Gabriele Prota, composer on May - 19.  

1762  On this day in history johann G Fichte German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre)  

1770  On this day in history antoine-Charles Glachant, composer  

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1469  Giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor was born on May - 19.  

1611  Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89) was born on May - 19.  

1616  On May - 19 birth of johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer  

1700  José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770) was born on this day in history.  

1724  Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779) was born on this day in history.  

1744  On this day in history birth of charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)  

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer was born on May - 19.  

1755  Gabriele Prota, composer was born on this day in history.  

0804  On this day in history alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69  

0988  Dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies on this day in history.  

1102  Death of Stephen, Count of Blois (b. c. 1045) on May - 19.  

1125  Death of Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053) on this day in history.  

1296  On this day in history celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies  

1319  On May - 19 death of louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276)  

1389  On May - 19 death of dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)  

1526  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)