Historical Events In December - 19
Friday, 17 January 2025
0324 Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor on December - 19.
0401 On December - 19 st Anastasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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 this day in history.
1075 On December - 19 edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England
1154 Henry II becomes King of England on December - 19.
1154 On December - 19 king Henry II of England crowned
1327 On December - 19 agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy
1370 On this day in history urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies
1498 On December - 19 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 this day in history.
1614 On this day in history melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67
1676 Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist on this day in history.
1683 On this day in history philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)
1686 On December - 19 robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe)
1688 King James II's wife & son flee to France on December - 19.
1696 Jean-Francois Regnard's "Le Joueur," premieres in Paris on this day in history.
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 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 December - 19 francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76
1753 John Taylor, Virginia, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy) on December - 19.
1776 Thomas Paine publishes his first "American Crisis" essay on this day in history.
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 On December - 19 washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for the winter
1777 Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for winter on December - 19.
1779 Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, Paris France, engraver on this day in history.
1783 English govt of Pitt Jr forms on December - 19.
1783 On December - 19 charles-Julien Brianchon, France, mathematician (Brianchon's theorem)
1788 Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam on December - 19.
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