Historical Events In December - 19

0324  On this day in history licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor.   

0401  On December - 19 st Anastasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0401  On this day in history anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies   

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

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  On this day in history king Henry II of England crowned   

1327  Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy on December - 19.   

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

1498  Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist on December - 19.   

1551  Dutch west coast hit by hurricane on December - 19.   

1562  On this day in history battle at Dreux: Anne de Montmorency & huguenots under Condé captured   

1614  On December - 19 melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67   

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  On this day in history robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe)   

1688  On this day in history king James II's wife & son flee to France   

1696  On this day in history jean-Francois Regnard's "Le Joueur," premieres in Paris   

1723  On December - 19 susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother   

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 this day in history.   

1741  On this day in history vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies   

1744  On December - 19 jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland   

1749  On this day in history francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76   

1753  John Taylor, Virginia, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy) on this day in history.   

1776  Thomas Paine publishes his first "American Crisis" essay on this day in history.   

1776  On December - 19 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 this day in history.   

1777  On this day in history washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for winter   

1779  On this day in history auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, Paris France, engraver   

1783  On this day in history english govt of Pitt Jr forms   

1783  On December - 19 charles-Julien Brianchon, France, mathematician (Brianchon's theorem)   

1788  On this day in history chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam   

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

1498  On December - 19 birth of andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist   

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

1676  On this day in history birth of louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist   

1683  On December - 19 birth of philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)   

1699  William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) was born on December - 19.   

1714  On this day in history 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.   

0401  On December - 19 anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies   

1075  On this day in history death of edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England   

1327  On December - 19 death of agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy   

1370  On December - 19 urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies   

1614  On December - 19 melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67   

1737  Death of James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667) on December - 19.   

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

1749  On December - 19 francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76