Historical Events In December - 19

0324  On this day in history licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor.   

0401  On this day in history st Anastasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

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

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

1055  Seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad on December - 19.   

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

1154  Henry II becomes King of England on this day in history.   

1154  On this day in history king Henry II of England crowned   

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

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

1498  Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist on December - 19.   

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  Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) on December - 19.   

1686  On December - 19 robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe)   

1688  On this day in history king James II's wife & son flee to France   

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

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

1732  On this day in history benjamin Franklin begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack"   

1732  On this day in history benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack"   

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

1744  On this day in history 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  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 December - 19.   

1777  On December - 19 washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for the winter   

1777  On this day in history washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for winter   

1779  Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, Paris France, engraver on December - 19.   

1783  On December - 19 english govt of Pitt Jr forms   

1783  Charles-Julien Brianchon, France, mathematician (Brianchon's theorem) on December - 19.   

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

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1036  On December - 19 birth of su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher   

1498  Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist was born on December - 19.   

1554  Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618) was born on December - 19.   

1676  On December - 19 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  On this day in history birth of william Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)   

1714  John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779) was born on December - 19.   

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

0401  On December - 19 anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies   

1075  On this day in history death of edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England   

1327  On December - 19 death of agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy   

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

1614  On December - 19 melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67   

1737  Death of James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667) on this day in history.   

1741  Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on this day in history.   

1749  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.