Historical Events In May - 19

0715  St Gregory II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 May - 19 anne Boleyn, Queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, beheaded  

1547  Monarch Johan Frederik surrenders to Karel on May - 19.  

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  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history france declares war on Spain  

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

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  England declared a Commonwealth on this day in history.  

1649  An Act declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic for the next eleven years on this day in history.  

1652  On this day in history spanish troops occupy Grevelingen  

1653  Carel Reyniersz, gov-gen of Neth East Indies, dies at 48 on May - 19.  

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

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer on May - 19.  

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  Johann G Fichte German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre) on this day in history.  

1770  On May - 19 antoine-Charles Glachant, composer  

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

1611  Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89) was born on this day in history.  

1616  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1744  Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818) was born on May - 19.  

1746  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Peter, composer  

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

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  

1102  Death of Stephen, Count of Blois (b. c. 1045) on this day in history.  

1125  Death of Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053) on May - 19.  

1296  Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies on May - 19.  

1319  On this day in history death of louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276)  

1389  Death of Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350) on this day in history.  

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