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  On December - 19 seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad   

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

1154  Henry II becomes King of England on December - 19.   

1154  On December - 19 king Henry II of England crowned   

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

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  Dutch west coast hit by hurricane on December - 19.   

1562  On December - 19 battle at Dreux: Anne de Montmorency & huguenots under Condé captured   

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

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

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

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  On December - 19 jean-Francois Regnard's "Le Joueur," premieres in Paris   

1723  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother on this day in history.   

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

1732  On December - 19 benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack"   

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

1744  Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland on this day in history.   

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

1753  On December - 19 john Taylor, Virginia, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy)   

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

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

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

1783  On this day in history 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 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  Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618) was born on December - 19.   

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

1683  Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) was born on December - 19.   

1699  William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0401  On this day in history anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies   

1075  On December - 19 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 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  Death of James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667) on December - 19.   

1741  On December - 19 vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies   

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