Historical Events In December - 19

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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1036  Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher was born on December - 19.   

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  Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist was born on December - 19.   

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

1699  On December - 19 birth of william Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)   

1714  John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779) was born on December - 19.   

1723  On this day in history birth of susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother   

0401  Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on December - 19.   

1075  Death of Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England on December - 19.   

1327  Death of Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy on this day in history.   

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

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

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