Historical Events In December - 19

0324  Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor on December - 19.   

0401  St Anastasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

0401  Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on this day in history.   

1036  Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher on this day in history.   

1055  On December - 19 seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad   

1075  Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England on this day in history.   

1154  On December - 19 henry II becomes King of England   

1154  On December - 19 king Henry II of England crowned   

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

1370  On December - 19 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 December - 19.   

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

1676  Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist on December - 19.   

1683  On this day in history philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)   

1686  Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe) on December - 19.   

1688  On December - 19 king James II's wife & son flee to France   

1696  Jean-Francois Regnard's "Le Joueur," premieres in Paris on December - 19.   

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

1732  Benjamin Franklin begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack" on this day in history.   

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  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on December - 19.   

1753  John Taylor, Virginia, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy) on December - 19.   

1776  On December - 19 thomas Paine publishes his first "American Crisis" essay   

1776  Thomas Paine published his 1st "American Crisis" essay, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls" on this day in history.   

1777  Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for the winter on December - 19.   

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 December - 19 english govt of Pitt Jr forms   

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

1788  Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam on this day in history.   

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1036  On this day in history birth of su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher   

1498  Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist was born on this day in history.   

1554  On December - 19 birth of philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)   

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

1683  On this day in history 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  John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779) was born on this day in history.   

1723  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother was born on December - 19.   

0401  Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on this day in history.   

1075  On December - 19 death of edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England   

1327  On this day in history death of agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy   

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

1614  On this day in history melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67   

1737  On this day in history death of james Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667)   

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

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