Page 2: Historical Events In August - 19

1692  5 women executed for witchcraft in Salem Mass on August - 19.   

1698  On August - 19 russian czar Peter the Great begins term   

1699  Jose Saenz d'aguirre, Spanish cardinal, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1702  On August - 19 -24] Battle at Santa Marta Venz: English fleet beat French   

1719  On this day in history karl H Freiherr von Canstein, German lawyer, dies at 52   

1737  On this day in history johann Georg Christoph Schetky, composer   

1743  Marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry, last mistress of Louis XV on August - 19.   

1744  On August - 19 carlo Arrigoni, composer, dies at 46   

1753  [Johann] Balthasar Neumann, German architect, dies at 66 on August - 19.   

1756  On this day in history anthony FRE Haersolte, member of Executing Regime   

1757  Battle at Gross Jagerndorf: Russian army beats Prussia [NS=Aug 30] on August - 19.   

1768  On August - 19 saint Isaac's Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia.   

1772  Gustav III seizes effective control of Swedish govt & restores full power of monarchy, which had been subordinate to parliament since 1720 on August - 19.   

1780  Baranger, writer on August - 19.   

1780  Bernhard Haltenberger, composer, dies at 32 on August - 19.   

1785  On August - 19 seth Thomas, pioneer in mass production of clocks   

1787  W Herschel discovers Enceladus, a moon of Saturn on August - 19.   

1791  On August - 19 benjamin Banneker published his 1st Almanac   

1795  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1796  On this day in history spain & France sign anti-English alliance   

1812  On August - 19 uSS Constitution captures HMS Guerriere. Lucy Brewer served on board Consituation as Nicolas Baker during this battle.   

1812  US warship Constitution defeats British warship Guerriere on this day in history.   

1812  On August - 19 vincenzo Righini, composer, dies at 56   

1813  Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's second triumvirate on August - 19.   

1813  William Henry Fry, composer on August - 19.   

1813  Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history john Porter McCown, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1879   

1816  Java again in Dutch hands on this day in history.   

1816  Julius PJA van Zuylen van Nyevelt, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history cAPT James Biddle takes possession of Oregon Territory for U.S.   

1821  On August - 19 failed liberal coup against French King Louis XVIII   

1822  On this day in history melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer, dies at 62   

1824  Georg Goltermann, composer on August - 19.   

1826  Canada Co chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario) on this day in history.   

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1342  On this day in history birth of katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395)   

1398  Marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.   

1521  Lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti) was born on August - 19.   

1557  Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608) was born on August - 19.   

1558  On August - 19 birth of paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian   

1590  Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649) was born on August - 19.   

1596  On August - 19 birth of elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I   

1596  Elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (d. 1662) was born on August - 19.   

0440  On this day in history sixtus III, Italian Pope (432-40), dies   

0472  Ricimer, Barbaars general, dies on August - 19.   

1186  Death of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158) on this day in history.   

1245  On August - 19 death of ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195)   

1284  On August - 19 death of alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273)   

1297  On this day in history death of saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274)   

1493  Frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77 on August - 19.   

1580  Andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71 on August - 19.