Page 2: Historical Events In July - 19

1702  Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Crackow on July - 19.   

1730  Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1735  Garret Wesley Mornington, composer on July - 19.   

1740  On July - 19 francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname), dies at 71   

1742  Jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer on this day in history.   

1742  On July - 19 john-Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor, dies at 45   

1750  On July - 19 alessio Prati, composer   

1760  On this day in history the formal request to found the later city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico is filed by its founders.   

1782  Jonathan Blewitt, composer on July - 19.   

1789  John Martin, English painter on July - 19.   

1797  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer   

1799  On this day in history a group of Napoleon Bonaparte's soldiers discover what is now known as The Rosetta Stone, enabling the translation of hieroglyphics for the first time.   

1810  On July - 19 prussia's Queen Louise dies at age 34 Napoleon has tried to destroy her reputation, but his charges have only endeared her to her people   

1810  On this day in history luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III, dies at 34   

1811  On this day in history vincenz Lachner, composer   

1811  Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer, dies at 76 on July - 19.   

1814  Samuel Colt, US inventor (Colt 6 shot revolver) on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history matthew Flinders, English cartographer (Australia coast), dies at 40   

1816  Survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days on this day in history.   

1817  Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke, US, army nurse (union) on July - 19.   

1819  Gottfried Keller, writer on this day in history.   

1823  On July - 19 george Henry Gordon, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1828  Roger Atkinson Pryor, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919 on this day in history.   

1833  On this day in history john Wesley Turner, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1899   

1834  The birth of Edgar Degas, French impressionist and sculptor on this day in history.   

1834  On this day in history edgar Degas, France, impressionist painter (Bouquet)   

1836  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Ascension on this day in history.   

1838  Joel Asaph Allen, US zoologist (Rule of Allen) on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer, dies at 72   

1843  On July - 19 brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and also becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.   

1844  Heinrich Domnich, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1846  On July - 19 charles Edward Pickering, pioneered American spectroscopist   

1847  Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1848  The first women's rights convention (Seneca Falls, NY) on July - 19.   

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1592  On July - 19 birth of erhard Buttner, composer   

1670  Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (d. 1758) was born on July - 19.   

1688  Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary to China (d. 1766) was born on July - 19.   

1735  On this day in history birth of garret Wesley Mornington, composer   

1742  On July - 19 birth of jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer   

1744  Heinrich Christian Boie, German author (d. 1806) was born on July - 19.   

1750  On July - 19 birth of alessio Prati, composer   

1759  On this day in history birth of seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox Saint (d. 1833)   

0514  Symmachus, Italian Pope (498-514), dies on this day in history.   

1054  Bernold[us] Benno/Bernulphus, bishop of Utrecht (1027-54)/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1234  Death of Floris IV, count of Holland, killed in tournament on this day in history.   

1346  On July - 19 dirk IV, mister of Valkenburg (1332-46), dies in battle   

1374  On July - 19 francesco Petrarca, [Petracco], Italian mountaineer/poet, dies at 69   

1415  Death of Philippa of Lancaster, wife of John I of Portugal (plague) (b. 1359) on July - 19.   

1534  Willem van Enkenvoirt, cardinal/bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 70 on July - 19.   

1543  On July - 19 death of lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII of England