Page 2: Historical Events In December - 19

1790  On this day in history william Parry, England, Arctic explorer   

1792  On this day in history [Andries] Hendrik Potgieter, Cape Colony, settled Transvaal   

1795  On this day in history first state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky   

1795  1st state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky on December - 19.   

1796  On this day in history manuel Breton de los Herreros, Quel Spain, poet/comic playwright   

1797  Josef Theodor Krov, composer on December - 19.   

1798  On this day in history charles-Joseph Panckoucke, publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at 62   

1800  Georg Peter Weimar, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history mary Bright, British PM Rockingham, dies   

1809  On December - 19 pierre-Joseph van Beneden, Belg, paleont (life cycle of tapeworms)   

1810  On December - 19 johann Heinrich Egli, composer, dies at 68   

1813  Thomas Andrews, Belfast Ireland, chemist/physicist (ozone) on this day in history.   

1814  Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, Ohio, US Secretary of War (1861-65) on December - 19.   

1814  Joseph Bramah, Inventor and Locksmith, notably invented the beer pump on December - 19.   

1815  Michel Woldemar, composer, dies at 65 on December - 19.   

1817  On December - 19 james Jay Archer, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1864   

1819  James Clifford Veatch, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1895 on December - 19.   

1821  Mary Ashton Livermore, American reformer/women's suffrage leader on December - 19.   

1823  On December - 19 georgia passes state birth registration law the first in the union   

1823  On December - 19 georgia passes 1st US state birth registration law   

1823  On this day in history nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer, dies at 67   

1824  On December - 19 hercules Robinson, Ire, South Africa Commissioner (1880-89, 1895-97)   

1825  George Frederick Bristow, composer on December - 19.   

1828  South Carolina declares the right of states to nullify federal laws on December - 19.   

1828  On December - 19 south Carolina declares right of states to nullify federal laws   

1832  John Kirk Barry, Scot, Dr/companion to explorer David Livingstone on December - 19.   

1835  On this day in history hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin approaches NZ   

1836  Maria L Sanford, pioneer educator (PTA) on December - 19.   

1837  John Carpenter Carter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history uS recognizes independence of Hawaii   

1843  Charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol," in England on this day in history.   

1848  On December - 19 adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77   

1849  On this day in history henry Clay Frick, Penn, built world's largest coke & steel operation   

1851  J M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam & Speed), dies at 76 on December - 19.   

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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 December - 19.   

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  Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) was born on this day in history.   

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

1714  On this day in history birth of john Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)   

1723  On December - 19 birth of susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother   

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  On December - 19 urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies   

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

1737  On December - 19 death of james Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667)   

1741  On this day in history vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies   

1749  On this day in history francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76