Historical Events In May - 19

0715  On May - 19 st Gregory II begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

0804  On May - 19 alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69   

0988  On this day in history dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1296  On this day in history celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies   

1469  On this day in history giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor   

1506  Columbus selects his son Diego as sole heir on May - 19.   

1515  George van Saksen-Meissen sells Friesland for 100,000 gold guilders to arch duke Charles on May - 19.   

1517  On May - 19 philip van Bourgondie installed as bishop of Utrecht   

1536  Anne Boleyn, Queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, beheaded on May - 19.   

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

1568  English queen Elizabeth I arrests Scottish queen Mary on this day in history.   

1568  On May - 19 mary, queen of Scots, arrested.   

1571  On May - 19 miguel Lopez de Lagazpi founded Manilla in the Phillipines   

1585  On May - 19 spain confisquates English ships   

1588  On this day in history spanish Armada sets sail for Lisbon, bound to England   

1601  On this day in history costanzo Porta, Italian composer   

1608  On May - 19 matthias von Habsburgs army reaches Lieben, at Prague   

1611  Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89) on May - 19.   

1616  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer on May - 19.   

1635  On this day in history france declares war on Spain   

1643  On this day in history battle at Rocroi/Allersheim French army destroys Spanish army   

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  On this day in history sebastian Vrancx, Flemish painter (captain of vigilante), dies   

1649  England declared a Commonwealth on this day in history.   

1649  On May - 19 an Act declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic for the next eleven years.   

1652  On this day in history spanish troops occupy Grevelingen   

1653  On this day in history carel Reyniersz, gov-gen of Neth East Indies, dies at 48   

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

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer on this day in history.   

1749  On May - 19 george II grants charter to Ohio Company to settle Ohio Valley   

1755  On this day in history gabriele Prota, composer   

1762  On May - 19 johann G Fichte German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre)   

1770  Antoine-Charles Glachant, composer on May - 19.   

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1469  Giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor was born on May - 19.   

1611  On May - 19 birth of innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)   

1616  On May - 19 birth of johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer   

1700  On this day in history birth of josé de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)   

1724  On this day in history birth of augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)   

1744  On May - 19 birth of charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)   

1746  On May - 19 birth of johann Friedrich Peter, composer   

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

0804  On this day in history alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69   

0988  Dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies on May - 19.   

1125  On May - 19 death of vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053)   

1296  On May - 19 celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies   

1319  Death of Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276) on May - 19.   

1389  Death of Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350) on May - 19.   

1526  On May - 19 death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)   

1531  On May - 19 death of jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)