Historical Events In May - 19

0715  St Gregory II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on May - 19.   

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

0988  On this day in history dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1296  Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies on this day in history.   

1469  Giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor on this day in history.   

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

1515  On May - 19 george van Saksen-Meissen sells Friesland for 100,000 gold guilders to arch duke Charles   

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

1536  On this day in history anne Boleyn, Queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, beheaded   

1547  On May - 19 monarch Johan Frederik surrenders to Karel   

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

1568  On this day in history mary, queen of Scots, arrested.   

1571  On May - 19 miguel Lopez de Lagazpi founded Manilla in the Phillipines   

1585  On May - 19 spain confisquates English ships   

1588  Spanish Armada sets sail for Lisbon, bound to England on May - 19.   

1601  Costanzo Porta, Italian composer on May - 19.   

1608  On May - 19 matthias von Habsburgs army reaches Lieben, at Prague   

1611  On May - 19 innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)   

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

1635  On May - 19 france declares war on Spain   

1643  Battle at Rocroi/Allersheim French army destroys Spanish army on May - 19.   

1643  On this day in history massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut &New Harbor form United Colonies of New England   

1643  Battle at Rocroi/Allersheim: French army destroys Spanish army on May - 19.   

1647  Sebastian Vrancx, Flemish painter (captain of vigilante), dies on this day in history.   

1649  England declared a Commonwealth on May - 19.   

1649  On this day in history 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 May - 19.   

1653  On this day in history carel Reyniersz, gov-gen of Neth East Indies, dies at 48   

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 this day in history.   

1755  Gabriele Prota, composer on May - 19.   

1762  Johann G Fichte German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre) on May - 19.   

1770  Antoine-Charles Glachant, composer on this day in history.   

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1469  On this day in history birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor   

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

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

1700  On May - 19 birth of josé de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)   

1724  On May - 19 birth of augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)   

1744  On May - 19 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 May - 19.   

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

0988  On this day in history dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1125  On this day in history death of vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053)   

1296  Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies on this day in history.   

1319  Death of Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276) on this day in history.   

1389  Death of Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350) on May - 19.   

1526  Death of Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464) on this day in history.   

1531  Death of Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456) on this day in history.