Historical Events In December - 19
Saturday, 07 September 2024
0324 Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor on this day in history.
0401 St Anastasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 19.
0401 Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on December - 19.
1036 Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher on December - 19.
1055 Seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad on December - 19.
1075 Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England on December - 19.
1154 On this day in history henry II becomes King of England
1154 King Henry II of England crowned on December - 19.
1327 On this day in history agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy
1370 Urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies on December - 19.
1498 On this day in history andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist
1551 On this day in history dutch west coast hit by hurricane
1562 Battle at Dreux: Anne de Montmorency & huguenots under Condé captured on December - 19.
1614 Melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67 on December - 19.
1676 On this day in history louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist
1683 Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) on December - 19.
1686 Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe) on this day in history.
1688 King James II's wife & son flee to France on December - 19.
1696 Jean-Francois Regnard's "Le Joueur," premieres in Paris on December - 19.
1723 Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother on December - 19.
1732 On December - 19 benjamin Franklin begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack"
1732 Benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack" on December - 19.
1741 On this day in history vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies
1744 Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland on December - 19.
1749 Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on December - 19.
1753 John Taylor, Virginia, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy) on this day in history.
1776 On December - 19 thomas Paine publishes his first "American Crisis" essay
1776 On this day in history thomas Paine published his 1st "American Crisis" essay, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls"
1777 Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for the winter on December - 19.
1777 Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for winter on this day in history.
1779 On December - 19 auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, Paris France, engraver
1783 English govt of Pitt Jr forms on this day in history.
1783 Charles-Julien Brianchon, France, mathematician (Brianchon's theorem) on this day in history.
1788 Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam on this day in history.
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