Famous Deaths In December - 19

0401  Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on this day in history.   

1075  Death of Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England on this day in history.   

1327  On this day in history death of agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy   

1370  Urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies on this day in history.   

1614  Melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1737  On this day in history death of james Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667)   

1741  Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on December - 19.   

1749  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on December - 19.   

1751  On December - 19 death of louise of Great Britain, wife of Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1724)   

1798  On this day in history charles-Joseph Panckoucke, publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at 62   

1800  On this day in history georg Peter Weimar, composer, dies at 66   

1804  Mary Bright, British PM Rockingham, dies on December - 19.   

1807  Death of Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, German writer (b. 1723) on this day in history.   

1810  Johann Heinrich Egli, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1813  Death of James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1744) on December - 19.   

1814  Death of Joseph Bramah, Inventor and Locksmith, notably invented the beer pump on December - 19.   

1815  On December - 19 michel Woldemar, composer, dies at 65   

1819  On December - 19 death of sir Thomas Fremantle, British naval officer and politician (b. 1765)   

1823  Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer, dies at 67 on December - 19.   

1848  On December - 19 adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77   

1851  J M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam & Speed), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1867  On this day in history jean-Georges Kastner, composer, dies at 57   

1878  On December - 19 death of bayard Taylor, American author and poet (b. 1825)   

1914  On December - 19 johann F Ritter von Schulte, German catholic lawyer, dies at 87   

1915  Alvis Alzheimer, German neurologist (Alzheimer Disease), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history jose Ignacio Quinton, composer, dies at 44   

1930  On this day in history death of johnny Douglas, cricketer (soccer int, boxing gold medal), drowns   

1932  Death of Yoon Bong-Gil, Korean activist (b. 1908) on this day in history.   

1933  Death of George Jackson Churchward, GWR Chief mechanical engineer. (b. 1857) on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history death of stephen Warfield Gambrill, U.S. Congressman (b. 1873)   

1939  On December - 19 eric Fogg, composer, dies at 36   

1941  On December - 19 l M Dovator, Russian general, dies in battle   

1944  Death of Rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur (b. 1856) on this day in history.   

1946  Death of Paul Langevin, French physicist (b. 1872) on this day in history.   

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1036  On December - 19 birth of su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher   

1498  On this day in history birth of andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist   

1554  Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618) was born on December - 19.   

1676  On December - 19 birth of louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist   

1683  Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) was born on December - 19.   

1699  William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) was born on this day in history.   

1714  On December - 19 birth of john Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)   

1723  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother was born on this day in history.