Historical Events In April - 19
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
0607 Comet 1P/607 H1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0898 AUs of Earth on April - 19. 

0843 Judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies on this day in history. 

1012 On this day in history martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich, London. 

1044 Gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies on April - 19. 

1054 Leo IX, [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54), dies at 51 on April - 19. 

1320 Pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67) on this day in history. 

1390 Robert II, King of Scotland, dies on this day in history. 

1451 Alam Shah of Delhi resigns throne on April - 19. 

1524 Pope Clemens VII fires Neth inquisitor-general French Van de Holly on April - 19. 

1529 On this day in history 2nd Parliament of Spiers bans Lutheranism 

1529 John Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55 on this day in history. 

1539 Charles, protestant German monarch, signs Treaty of Frankrfurt on April - 19. 

1552 Mauritius of Saksen captures Karel on April - 19. 

1560 Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63 on this day in history. 

1567 Michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79 on this day in history. 

1587 On April - 19 english captain Francis Drake sinks the Spanish fleet in Cadiz harbour 

1587 On April - 19 sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain & sinks Spanish fleet 

1588 Paolo Veronese (Cagliari), painter, dies on April - 19. 

1591 Chartres surrenders to king Henri IV in France on this day in history. 

1605 On April - 19 orazio Benevoli, composer 

1608 On April - 19 earl of Dorset, poet/statesman, dies 

1619 Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam on this day in history. 

1629 On this day in history sigismondo d'India, Italian composer 

1645 Anton van Diemen, gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at about 51 on this day in history. 

1660 Sebastian Duron, composer on April - 19. 

1689 On this day in history christina, Queen of Sweden (1644-54), dies 

1700 On April - 19 georg Abraham Schneider, composer 

1706 Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies on April - 19. 

1713 Emperor Karel VI ends Pragmatic Sanctions on this day in history. 

1715 On April - 19 james Nares, composer 

1721 On this day in history roger Sherman, signer (Decl of Ind, Constitution) 

1728 On April - 19 francisco Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright 

1733 Elizabeth Villiers, mistress of William III of England on this day in history. 

1737 On April - 19 geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation propagandist 

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