Historical Events In May - 19
Friday, 08 November 2024
0715 On May - 19 st Gregory II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0804 Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 on May - 19.
0988 Dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1515 On May - 19 george van Saksen-Meissen sells Friesland for 100,000 gold guilders to arch duke Charles
1517 On May - 19 philip van Bourgondie installed as bishop of Utrecht
1536 On May - 19 anne Boleyn, Queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, beheaded
1547 Monarch Johan Frederik surrenders to Karel on May - 19.
1568 English queen Elizabeth I arrests Scottish queen Mary on May - 19.
1568 On May - 19 mary, queen of Scots, arrested.
1571 On May - 19 miguel Lopez de Lagazpi founded Manilla in the Phillipines
1585 Spain confisquates English ships on this day in history.
1588 Spanish Armada sets sail for Lisbon, bound to England on this day in history.
1601 On this day in history costanzo Porta, Italian composer
1608 Matthias von Habsburgs army reaches Lieben, at Prague on this day in history.
1611 Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89) on May - 19.
1616 Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer on this day in history.
1635 France declares war on Spain on this day in history.
1643 Battle at Rocroi/Allersheim French army destroys Spanish army on this day in history.
1643 Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut &New Harbor form United Colonies of New England on this day in history.
1643 On May - 19 battle at Rocroi/Allersheim: French army destroys Spanish army
1647 Sebastian Vrancx, Flemish painter (captain of vigilante), dies on this day in history.
1649 On May - 19 england declared a Commonwealth
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 On May - 19 spanish troops occupy Grevelingen
1653 Carel Reyniersz, gov-gen of Neth East Indies, dies at 48 on this day in history.
1662 Uniformity Act of England goes into effect on this day in history.
1746 Johann Friedrich Peter, composer on May - 19.
1749 George II grants charter to Ohio Company to settle Ohio Valley on May - 19.
1755 On this day in history gabriele Prota, composer
1762 Johann G Fichte German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre) on May - 19.
1770 On this day in history antoine-Charles Glachant, composer
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